by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jan 5, 2024 | Inspiration
As an exhibiting textile artist, I sometimes find that life can be overwhelming. And by life, I’m including my private, family, and professional life in this often jumbled mix. So as my home has to continue to function, regardless of what I have going on in my...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 15, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
Happy Christmas 2023 to all who read and subscribe to my weekly blog. I appreciate that you’re here, so I’d like to give a little something back. Have you given Canvas Work a go? Canvas work is a form of counted thread embroidery, worked on open weave...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Dec 8, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
When you have an idea for a theme and that urge to stitch grabs hold, you just have to follow your inspiration. And that’s exactly what I did with this small series based very loosely on Wildflowers. I wanted to capture the essence of wildness, freedom, pattern...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 10, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
Yes, I’m old school. I love working with paper. Collage, paint, drawing, and design, you name it, I love it. But, have you actually used it to stitch into? Yes, it can be done, quite easily, surprisingly, with a history of punched paper designs that were quite...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 3, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration
New work is the ideal – but coming up with the ideas is really where it’s at. The creation of new work is sometimes just the last stop along a journey of mistakes, or the beginning of new concepts that finally coalesce into something exciting, different,...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Oct 28, 2023 | Inspiration, Personal Growth
20 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed I’d be doing what I’m doing now. Life doesn’t always head in the direction you think it will – and that was certainly the case with me. Never in a million years did I believe I’d become a...
