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For #throwbackthursday a grain sack cushion I painted for texture hunter @eelkejanbles a few years ago. I'm painting up some similar hunky bolsters for the Charleston Frost Fair on 24-25th Nov.
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www.charleston.org.uk/event/frost-fair
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@charlestontrust #frostfair #charlestonfrostfair #linen #paintedfabric #cushion #paintedcushion

Absorbed at studio today painting linen with a bold interlace design that was originally an #elizabethan #wallpainting.
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This and a 2nd will be made up as a thick, double sided curtain for a drafty door in a #tudor house.
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#linen #geometric #paintedfabric

Two weeks before the first FROST FAIR at Charleston. Here are a couple of hand painted cushions I'll be selling.
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www.charleston.org.uk/event/frost-fair/
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@charlestontrust #frostfair #charlestonfrostfair #Charleston #CharlestonHouse #stencilled #stencil #linen #cushion

Stirring weather on a poignant day
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#Hastings #seafront #armistice100

Thrilled to be invited to take part in the first FROST FAIR at Charleston Nov 24/25th. Can't wait to see the newly restored barns and meet lots of fellow creatives.
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#putitinthediary
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@charlestontrust @melissasometimes #Charleston #frostfair #CharlestonHouse #bloomsbury #makersfair

For #throwbackthursday a screenshot from a sponsored ad by @fabricsandpapers that keeps popping up on my Insta feed (!)
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This is my "Arden" design in Velvet Blue from the #arden collection I designed for @zoffanyfw in 2012. The design is adapted from an early #elizabethan #wallpainting featuring #medieval #bestiary type animals.
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Still available in sumptuous velvet and linen colourways.

.... and here's my portrait from the book "A Celebration of British Craftsmanship" (see my last post).
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Photography by the wildly talented and incredibly charming Julian Calder (he photographs HM The Queen don't cha know!)
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Featuring my "Peacock Garden" design for @zoffanyfw as #wallpaper and #velvet (thank you @alisonkeane). Hurriedly made the velvet into an apron the night before... Julian's idea).
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Book available via www.qest.org.uk/shop £60 with net proceeds going towards supporting the next generation of professional craftspeople
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#wallpaperwednesday #peacockgarden #scenicwallpaper #qest #QESTscholar #qestbook #zoffany @style.library #indianstyle #peacock #juliancalder

Magical book launch last night with my fellow #qest scholars and @qestcraft.
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"A Celebration of British Craftsmanship" is a big, sumptuous 240 page hardback book of stunning portraits and stories of some of the craftspeople supported by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust.
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I'm so proud and honoured to be amongst the 100 alumni selected to feature in this gorgeous book with photography by Julian Calder, written by Karen Bennett foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
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Available from www.qest.org.uk/shop for £60 with net proceeds going towards supporting the next generation of professional craftspeople.

Thanks to my fellow #hastings #QESTscholar @janefryersmillinery for being my travel buddy #firmdalehotels #numbersixteen #morecambeandwise

....and a zoom-out... #throwbackthursday: an enjoyable commission from 2015. My newly wed clients wanted to invest their wedding gift £££ in a special painting to remind them of exotic travels in India. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ They chose flora & fauna and an exuberant palette of colours and set me loose on this large fresco secco painting. Nothing muted or serene about this scene stealer! A joyful project to be sure! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #frescosecco #painting #hummingbird #butterflies #rose #goldleaf #indianinspiration #weddinggift

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