by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 2, 2024 | Inspiration
Slow stitching? Sometimes it can be very slow indeed. What to do to keep the time not only entertaining but even educational? Well, I listen to audiobooks – constantly. And Podcasts work just as well. I’ve worked out a system of using wireless earbuds,...
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...
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...
