by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jul 5, 2024 | Creativity
How can we nurture creativity? Each new day brings hopes, dreams and expectations – all of which can change in the whisper of a moment. Is that a bad thing? Of course not, but we can support ourselves and our art in various ways. It’s about strategies,...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | May 3, 2024 | Creativity
Yesterday I sat down to work on a particular idea. Yesterday I created something completely different. Colours and materials were visible as I worked, enabling ideas to flow easily. I had no plan other than to create. Does it matter how I work? Not for me. Ideas...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 22, 2024 | Creativity
Are you having trouble picturing how a stitch will look in a pattern or design? Then draw it. It’s the simplest way I know to get a a feel for how that stitch will work before you even thread a needle or take a stitch – plus it’s fun. Several...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 26, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
I’m beginning to understand myself as an embroiderer. I’ve written about how I design for hand embroidery, but there’s another element to what I do that seems to make a lot of sense to me. I call it layering. The idea or concept is the beginning...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 20, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
I’ve just recorded an episode podcast for my Stitch Safari on ‘Colour in Embroidery’. As this topic is so important, I thought I’d write about it here too. What amazes me is that with all the whizz-bang theory, tools and technology, people are...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 12, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
It doesn’t take much, I can tell you, to enthuse me to create a new piece of work. Colour, a simple idea, a piece of beautiful fabric or threads, unusual embellishments, or a combination, it doesn’t matter. What matters is creating and enthusiasm. I like...
