Sandy Snowden

Today I started a wearable art project. I hope to enter it into a show this year. I may show details, but I think I will hold back on showin...

Today it was my turn to make something in a workshop at the library. Lisa ran a workshop on beaded bracelets today, so I went along. and h...

As I already had the pieces cut to do the inside of the Wendy House, I decided to do quick painted bits to stand for the section of the insi...

Here are some of the bright and colourful Button Blooms made by the ladies who came to the Tuesday session of Crafts @the Library At the Bir...

Medieval Scrabble tiles? seen in the new medieval gallery at the British museum

At last I have been able to get back to the Wendy House . Here is the back. I have started putting the curtains into the sides. I hope to ...

After I finished the dragon yesterday afternoon, I had a look at the new challenge for Fast Friday . The challenge theme : is Flower Childr...

A bit scarier than I meant him to be, but there we are. A simple description this time. Merdragons are often mistaken for seahorses. Howe...

Trimmed and a bit of detail. The dragon has been quilted down, but I need to go round the edges to make him stand out. Then quilt the backgr...

I was able to begin work on the Merdragon today. I am quite pleased at the amount I accomplished, as I had most of the day to work on it. To...

On Saturday, the Contemporary Quilt AGM in London was not very far from the British Museum. Even though I had been there a few weeks ago, I ...

I meant to post this on Monday, but for some reason my photo programme wasn't working. A very fascinating piece of sculpture I came ac...

Yesterday I was out and about all day. I went into London for the Contemporary Quilt AGM. I took the camera, but the only thing I took phot...

Over the holiday, I also bought some fabric for some of the projects I am working on. Perhaps not an occasion to be marked for some, but I r...

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth! I was having more and more problems with my computer, and at last my son declared I needed...

Thanks for all the encouraging comments about the dragon! I am usually champing at the bit to do my other projects so I can get back to do a...

Here is the dragon I showed you yesterday. He has been quilted and bound round the edges with the same fabric as the background. The Stor...

I have been working on the fire creature I showed the other day. Although I worked on it while I demoed outdoors at Caversham Court, it was...

Smile ! Where do you find smiles?

Easter Blessings! Celebrate!

When I was at the British Museum last week, I saw photos on their posters of a double headed snake from Mexico. So, I went in search of it, ...

(What? sewing outdoors on 1 April?) This is NOT an April fool's joke. New Directions did actually have an outdoor event with demonstr...

A bit more Spring Joy today...amidst a day of bitter wind and rain! We had the Crafts @the Library at Birch Hill. Because of having to let...

An adult cake for the 21st birthday of a Certain Lad. pattern and repetition

Friday and Saturday I was in Birmingham at the above show held at the NEC. Friday I mostly went round with my fashion teacher/designer head ...