Sandy Snowden

This month I finished this piece for the Stretching Art and Tradition 2020 exhibition. I didn’t get around to photos straight away because I...

Ages ago...(maybe 4 or 5 years 😲) my son asked me to make him a tool roll for his chainsaw files etc. So, because it was going to be co...

Week 13 This week I chose colours that reflected the sections, for instance green on green and brown on brown. Some blended in so well th...

Treasure 55 Another special cuddly toy. I made a huge bird costume for a commission one time. My friend Niki modelled it for photos. Ou...

A Certain Young Man has come home...he’d rather be locked down with us than on his own when everyone else has already gone. The research Ph...

Week 12 This week I used threads that are in the orange range. Well, some are more close to yellow, but I haven’t got much orange in my s...

Okay. So this wasn’t actually posted on Saturday. I was finishing off another project with a deadline. Treasure 54 A vase given to me fr...

A glimpse... Halfway through quilting. Hope to finish a work on binding today.

Week 11 This week I used threads of purple hues.

Treasure 53 Another glass dish I was going to stop at 52, a ‘year’ discounting the weeks I missed out, but I can’t think of anything el...

Margins I am working on a Ramshackle piece for Stretching Art and Tradition 20. The theme is Community. So, perfect for an idea I have had...

Week 10 This week I used threads with green.

Treasure 52 One of the lovely glass dishes I have.

Finally, I have finished the purses I cut out years ago for the Sew Powerful project. I was working on them throughout February. I am so gl...

Reflections from the new black faceted kettle.

Week 9 This week I chose threads with red or pink.

Treasure 51 My friend Pat is a wonderful knitter. Some years ago, she was making everyone a ‘jelly baby’. This is mine. Isn’t he cute?

These are the last of the Amaryllis flowers for this winter. Double Red Dragon. We had a second stalk of the Double Dancing Queen which fini...

Yesterday we met at our friend’s house to have a pancake night. One day early because other friends were going away today. 🧇 Mr Thoughtful...

Week 8 I chose threads that were blue, contained blue or grey/black.

Treasure 50 A new Treasure. It is just right. Oh, and the kettle is new. NOT a treasure! The old one died on Sunday morning...that afte...

trying out a way of decorating denim I like writing with the machine using a zigzag stitch.

We don’t usually go out for Valentine’s Day on the day, because it is too busy. So, this year we went to lunch on Monday at the cafe at Holm...

Just to show you how I use the carrying bowl for my daily embroidery. And my Valentine roses! And the 25Million stitching project.

Week 7 I decided to use my threads that are yellow, orange, or containing those colours.