I think this year is going to be a busy one for me. After completing a Certificate IV in Colour and Design at ISCD and graduating with an Award for Excellence I’m taking the next step and going onto the year long diploma in Surface Design. It’s a massive commitment but the idea of one day being able to design my own fabric is keeping all the doubts at bay for the moment.
I think I knew my love of sewing would take my life in an interesting direction from my very first stitches back in 2012, I just didn’t know where until now. I think surface design is a natural evolution born out of a love (read semi-addiction) of beautiful colourful fabrics which I know many of you share.
After posting some of my practise sketches on my instagram feed and getting some encouraging responses I felt confident enough to write this post. So…. with your indulgence I’d like to use this platform to share my progress with you throughout the year as my hope is it will be of interest to some of you sewists out there. I will still be sewing of course just maybe not at the same volume as in years past.
Here’s a little sample of my practise working with different mediums over the past month before the course started.
Clockwise from top Left- 1 & 2 watercolour and pitt artist pens, 3 still life in charcoal pencil, 4 freehand geometrics with pitt artist pens, 5 suminagashi dye on paper, 6 gouache paint floral pattern.
freehand satin stitch embroidery 
I had to share this one separately because it won me the week 3 prize for Creative Bug‘s Lisa Congdon sketchbook exploration course. I was so excited, it was the perfect confidence boost before the start of my new course.
Thank you so much dear readers for your support and wish me luck!
**I’d love to know your views- would these creative updates be of interest to you as fabric lovers??**
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