Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
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My name is Karen Lane and I am a Feltmaker and Textile Artist based in the market town of Horncastle in the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds.
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
1w ago
In a previous post I showed a wire work Angler Fish made using galvanised wire, aluminium wire, beading wire and sinamay, for Waltham Textiles forthcoming exhibition. My original plan had been to cover the wire frame with painted Tyvek fabric before distressing with a heat tool….somehow I got carried away with making the framework and ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
1w ago
This time last year I became a member of Lincolnshire Textiles, an exhibiting, mixed media group who meet monthly at Cherry Willingham near Lincoln. I became aware of the group after being invited as a guest speaker to talk about my work and this was followed by a visit to their last group exhibition, Sapphire ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
3M ago
During the last quarter of 2023 I finally got around to signing up for a couple of online workshops which I’d fancied doing for a while. The first was Fiona Duthie’s Fibre + Paper. I’d dabbled a little with mark making on mulberry paper and then felting it so I knew how easy it felts ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
3M ago
I mentioned in my last post that Waltham Textiles Exhibition will feature an Octopuses Garden. Well, after many hours of needle felting Olivia, or Oli to her friends, was born. At approx 36cm in diameter she’s a blue ringed octopus, fully articulated and created from carded Corriedale with Merino markings. The only thing left to ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
9M ago
As part of the Waltham Windmill “Making Waves” challenge all members will have a metre wide wall space at next years exhibition to use as they wish. It’s too early to know for sure what I’m going to be putting up in my space (no shortage of ideas though!) but one possible piece could be ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
10M ago
The Waltham Windmill textile group, of which I’m a member, have a theme which runs for two years culminating in an exhibition of work. The current theme is Making Waves and the exhibition for this one will be held sometime in the first half of 2024. Within the groups theme we have free rein to ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
1y ago
I’m not the most techie of folk but I’m doing a happy dance this week as I’ve managed to set up an Online Shop linked to my Sumup Account. I’ve added a “Shop” tab to my websites navigation bar and put a few items in there to start things off including a forthcoming workshop, brooches ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
1y ago
I’ve done it again…..it’s over six months since my last post and I’m now sitting here wondering how it happened and whether it’s possible to “seamlessly” slip in half a dozen catch ups without it looking clunky! As this blog originated as an online journal to keep track of the things I’m doing, seeing and ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
2y ago
Back in 2019 I signed up to take part, for the first time, in the 2020 British Quilt & Stitch Village Show which is held annually at Uttoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire. Needless to say it got postponed due to Covid and was rescheduled for 2021. With Covid delaying it yet again it was rescheduled for ..read more
Lincs In Stitches - Creative ramblings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
2y ago
My recent Forest Floor workshop for the ladies of Snape Textiles up in Bedale has reignited my interest in working with Tyvek fabric. It’s a material I hadn’t used for a little while but making a tiny seed pod a few weeks ago, as a sample for their class, has led to more, and larger ..read more