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Day 24. #DailyHonestDesk
Experimenting with some new to me quilt blocks. In a wonky, improv style. 😀
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #Patchwork
Overhead view of a desk with two different patchwork blocks, surrounded by sewing tools.
September 26, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Day 15. #DailyHonestDesk
More mini quilty experiments...
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #ModernQuilter
Overhead view of a desk with several mini quilts in progress. Small squares of line fabric with multicoloured thin stripes of fabric.
September 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Day 11. #DailyHonestDesk #CreativeSpace #Sketchbook
Overhead view of a desk with piles of art materials, sketchbooks and magazines.
September 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Day 21. #DailyHonestDesk
Sketching quilt blocks. 😊
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#CreativeSpace #Sketchbook
Overhead view of a desk with a large open sketchbook. On the page are sketches of quilt blocks. Crayons, pens, and other sketching materials surround the sketchbook.
September 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Day 55. #DailyHonestDesk
Testing a design board for my hexagon quilt. 😀
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #HexagonQuilt
Overhead view of a desk with a white rectangle taking up most of the picture. On the rectangle are a bunch of fabric hexagons laid out in a colour wash layout.
October 27, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Day 60. #DailyHonestDesk
No time at the desk today, instead I drew some trees out in nature and everything. 😀
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#CreativeSpace #Nature #Tree
Photo of a medium sized tree with thinning leaf coverage that is turning yellow.
November 1, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Day 17. #DailyHonestDesk
More sketching homework. Enjoying this a lot. 😊
#CreativeSpace #Sketchbook
Overhead view of a desk with an open sketchbook with sketches of buildings. The sketchbook is surrounded by pens, pencils, and other drawings tools.
September 19, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Day 25. #DailyHonestDesk
Another quilt block experiment. Not as wonky as yesterday's.
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #Patchwork
Overhead view of a desk with several individual patchwork blocks in mostly green and pink colours. Various sewing tools are around the edges of the photo.
September 27, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Day 32. #DailyHonestDesk
Started cutting triangles for a quilt. I've never made a quilt with this type of triangles before...
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#ModernQuilter #Patchwork
Overhead view of a desk with a pink cutting mat filling almost the whole picture. On the mat is a pile of blue fabric triangles and various quilting tools surround the mat: scissors, rulers, and a rotary cutter.
October 4, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Day 29. #DailyHonestDesk
Scribbling quilt blocks for half an hour. That's all the time I spent at the desk today...
Overhead view of a desk with a large sketchbook open to show a page with sketches of colourful patchwork blocks. Colour pencils and crayons are scattered around and on the sketchbook.
October 1, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Day 50. #DailyHonestDesk
Just some random stuff, didn't spend much time at the desk today...
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#CreativeSpace #Sketchbook #TextileArtist
October 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Day 37. #DailyHonestDesk
Didn't spend any time at the desk today. Instead here is Blake wondering where his daddy* is.
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#PawprintBlake #DogsOfBluesky

(*He was in the office, not working in his office upstairs but try and explain that to a dog! 😂😭)
A white Jack Russell terrier with a black ear is lying in a dog bed. His head is raised and he's listening and wondering where his daddy is.
October 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Day 42. #DailyHonestDesk
Didn't spend much time at the desk today but did manage to make a brooch in the shape of a tiny quilt block. 😀
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #TinyQuilt
Overhead view of a desk with a mess of fabrics, fabric leaves, scissors and a tiny patchwork.
October 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Day 59. #DailyHonestDesk
Adding a bit of stitching to my Samhain pages. 🍂
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#TextileArtist #TextileArt #Appliqué #Samhain
Overhead view of a desk with two purple fabric squares. On the left one is appliqué of an oak branch and acorns. On the right one are common knapweed and rosehips.
October 31, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Day 31. #DailyHonestDesk
More quilt blocks sketching. Maybe I should actually make some quilt blocks? Slightly obsessed with log cabin blocks...😍
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#CreativeSpace #Sketchbook
Overhead view of a desk with a large open sketchbook with colourful quilt blocks sketched on the right hand page. Colour pencils and crayons are scattered on the page and next to the sketchbook.
October 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Day 58. #DailyHonestDesk
Spent a bit of time adding beads to this letter.
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist
Overhead view of a desk with a piece of white fabric in a wooden embroidery hoop. On the fabric is a capital F filled tiny bits of fabrics in an ombré effect from yellow to purple with shades of orange, red, and pink in between. The hoop is surrounded by small bags of beads, embroidery threads and a pair of scissors.
October 30, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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Day 26. #DailyHonestDesk
I was not at the desk today. I was in London sketching a replica Spanish galeon! 😀
Some finishing touches required at some point.
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#Sketchbook #UrbanSketching #ElGaleonAndalucia
In the background is a working replica of a Spanish galeon, a wooden sail ship with three masts. In the foreground an open sketchbook is held up, showing a partially finished sketch of the ship.
September 28, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Day 12. #DailyHonestDesk
I honestly haven't been at my desk today. So here are some flowers and a Blake. 🥰
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#PawprintBlake #DogsOfBluesky
#Wildflowers
A photo collage with three pictures: a small pink poppy, blue thistle like flowers, and a white dog with black ears asleep in a dog bed with a pink blanket.
September 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Day 14. #DailyHonestDesk
Experimenting with shapes, colour and texture...
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist
Overhead view of a desk with piles of small quilted pieces of linen fabric with lines of colourful fabric appliqué.
September 16, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Day 4. #DailyHonestDesk
#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist
Overhead view of a desk with piles of fabric in bright colours, sketchbooks, several pairs of scissors, and bits of fabric cut into the shape of flowers and leaves.
September 6, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Day 41. #DailyHonestDesk
A bit more work on this project...
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist
Overhead view of a desk with a purple square of fabric scattered with fabric oak leaves. Various pens, pairs of scissors, and other bits are also lying on the desk.
October 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Day 33. #DailyHonestDesk
Cutting letters. Feeling sad...
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#TextileArtist #CreativeSpace
Overhead view of a desk. A piece of light blue fabric, with a print of colourful marbles, fills most of the picture. On the fabric are letters cut from coral coloured fabric. The letters spell: children are not targets.
October 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Day 16. #DailyHonestDesk
Doing homework for a sketching course I'm taking at the moment. It's great fun! And expanding my sketching techniques. 😀
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#CreativeSpace #Sketchbook
Overhead view of a desk with an open sketchbook surrounded by watercolour pencils, pens, pairs of scissors, and a needlebook.
September 18, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Day 45. #DailyHonestDesk
No time at the desk today either. Had an errand in London so I visited Kensington Gardens to see the Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin sculpture. It's big!
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#KensingtonGardens #YayoiKusama #London
Photo of a landscape with an expanse of grass, with trees in the background. In the foreground is a large pumpkin sculpture, bright yellow with black dots in different sizes.
October 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Day 56. #DailyHonestDesk
Spent some time adding the stitching to these #RageStitching pieces. 😢😢😢
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#CreativeSpace #TextileArtist #StopTheGenocide
Overhead view of a desk with a light blue fabric rectangle on the left of the picture, with the words: children are not targets, in coral pink fabric letters. On the right hand side of the image is a red fabric rectangle with the words: people in tanks are not victims, in dark blue fabric.
October 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM