Look What I found!

This beautiful old Ercol chair from my local charity furniture shop for £10! Bargain! And it's really so comfy, and just the right size for our little lounge.

And here's a little sneak peek of my cuttings which I'm using for my arts trail piece in the groups show.

Arts Trail Workshops At Make Do And Mend

Morning! Happy 1st September, I think I may be in the minority, but I for one am thrilled that we are now coming into the Autumn months! Just think of all the lovely cosy evenings in and crunchy walks.

Anyway, just thought I'd let you all know about some workshops I will be doing at Make Do & Mend as part of the Chelmsford Arts Trail. The workshops are all free and in the case of the tile decorating workshop you can drop in at any time during the day to do them - really looking forward to them! Here's all the info on the website:

Tile Decorating - Tuesday 13th September 11 - 5pm
To celebrate Georgia's tile designs as part of the Chelmsford Arts Trail come and decorate your very own tile to adorn your home! Be inspired by the fabric, papers and textures all on display in the shop and get making! We will use permanent pens, ceramic paints and stencils to adorn and embellish your unique tile - all tiles will be photographed and digitally made into a large pattern exhibition on the Arts Trail website.

Vintage Paper Dolls - Tuesday 13th September 6 - 8pm
Ever spend a few hours dressing paper dolls with little paper dresses and accessories as a child?(remember the little tabs you had to cut out and bend round?) Well come and do some more! Using Georgia Coote's designs patterned papers will be used to dress and design little clothes to go onto vintage ladies to be exhibited as part of the Chelmsford Arts Trail.

Paper Patchwork - Thursday 15th September 11 - 5pm
Come and create some simple pattern and print making with paper to make a paper patchwork. Be inspired by actual patchwork and surface pattern designs to create your very own piece of art!

To book please visit: http://makedomend.com/workshopsnew.html or go into the shop!

Arts Trail Blog

Just to let you know that I will also be posting on the Chelmsford Arts Trail blog on the run up to the trail, here's my first post: http://www.chelmsfordartstrail.com/2011/blog/?p=1224

Here's a sneak preview - this is my patterny portrait of Hannah the company owner of 'Make Do & Mend' my venue for the event.

Riot Raffle

Morning Everyone :-) Just to let you all know that I've donated to the Riot Raffle - a raffle creared by Zoe Grant which is raising money for small businesses who were affected by the riots in the past few weeks. All the prizes have been donated by creative designer/makers, and there are some gorgeous things on there! To buy and ticket and have a look through all the wonderful prizes please visit: http://www.riotraffle.org/

Footstool Workshop at Make Do & Mend

Yesterday I went to the wonderful Make Do and Mend (who coincidently is my arts trail venue, very excited about the collaboration!) to do a footstool upholstery workshop. It was so lovely, the shop has all the types of things I love, cosiness, teacups and saucers, lovely handmade gifts and gorgeous wallpaper! There was a really nice atmosphere with some people chatting and browsing and others learning to knit and crochet.

Anyway onto the workshop, we had a lovely tutor who took us step by step through the whole process of making, which was surprisingly easy with help! I used an off cut of my 'Lucienne' fabric which I got printed for the arts trail last year. Was so lovely seeing one of my designs in situe as a proper little piece of furniture - there really is a limit to how many cushions you can squeeze onto a sofa! Anyway, here it is, am feeling very pleased with myself! Want to do lots more upholstery now :-)

(Excuse the quality of the pics, can't find my camera lead!!)

The brown version of the design I used for the fabric.

A well earned sit down for a sit down for me and the bump (Am now 30 weeks, eesh!) Our new favourite past time aside from eating!