Way back in 2008, when Skinny laMinx was but a babe, I spent lots of time making papercuts in my studio. Some found a purpose (that Pincushion papercut certainly proved its worth!), but most of them ended up in a drawer. So I really was super thrilled to find one of them being given a fresh purpose …
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Artfully Embroidered
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Sketchbook Series
Anyone who follows my Instagram feed will see that occasionally I post snaps from the pages of my sketchbook. It’s been nice having somewhere to share my sketches, as I do a lot of drawing, most of which just stayed closed up in whichever notebook I happen to have to hand at the time. Recently, …
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A food editor’s kitchen
A few weeks ago I wrote a bit about meeting the food editor of FairLady magazine, Nikki Werner. Well, over the weekend she sent me this pic of her sweet dollshouse of a kitchen. Just a sec. That cushion made of old embroidered traycloths and napkins, and the Orla teatowel on the oven look rather …
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What’s for Supper 5
Last week, I was very glad to meet the food editor of FairLady magazine, Nikki Werner. She’s the one who writes these What’s For Supper recipes that I illustrate each month. Here’s the latest one: Nikki lives in what sounds like an absolute treasure of a house that belonged to her grandfather, still complete with …
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What’s for Supper 3
More “What’s for Supper” recipe illustrations in the June issue of FairLady magazine this month. Brighter colours were requested. See the others in this series here.
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What’s for supper III
After posting the “Hoops” illustration last week, I forgot about others I’d done for the May issue of FairLady. These little guys each appear on one page above four quick supper recipes. I made the lime and sweet potato soup, and it was delicious! Hmm, got to give them a rough for the next set …
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What’s for supper?
I’m illustrating FairLady’s new one-page recipe feature called “What’s for supper?” that features four quick recipes. This was the first one I did, published in the March issue. I’m really happy with these. They remind me of 70s teatowel designs, and I do like a good teatowel! This afternoon I must finish off the next …
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