A Magical Map
How have I managed to leave my biggest project so far off this site for so long? It took five months from first conversation to finished item and over 150 people shared their stories and made their mark on it. We took an old bed sheet, a lot of thread and some keen volunteers and…
A Creative-ish Visio Divina Experiment
Instructions based on our Creative-ish experiment on zoom together. You’ll need a picture to look at that you’re happy to spend some time with, and some simple creative supplies. That could be as simple as a pen and paper, or it could be crayon/paints/pastels/felt pens, or it could be technology that will let you write…
A Community Quilt Experiment
My most recent community textiles project is a gorgeous green patchwork quilt I made with the Space4 Wednesday Craft Group, most of whom had not done any patchwork or quilting before. We spent two weeks together making improvised patchwork blocks – using a traditional log cabin block as our jumping off point. The blocks people…
Mending at A Wing and A Bear
Where better to teach a Mend your Knitting class, than an excellent new local yarn shop? A Wing and A Bear is tucked away behind the Market Place in Durham, on Fowlers Yard and is well worth a visit, if you’re interested in knitting, crochet, spinning or natural dyeing. I was delighted when the owners…
A very sad teddy bear
A collection of photos telling the journey of a very sad looking teddy bear I found on a dog walk with a friend. He’d clearly got dropped along the way by his previous owners while walking the same footpath, and spent a long time out in all weathers. I’d been on the look out for…
Mending jeans
This is everything (nearly) I know about mending holes in jeans, based on a lot of experimentation over quite a few years. In particular, it’s how to do a crotch mend, where your thighs rub together, because it’s an awkward place to mend, and pretty much no-one wants a visible mend right there! You want…
The dress that is me
This is probably the most joy-filled thing I’ve made so far. The end result, the making process and how the whole thing came to be, all three have been coloured by joy. It all started in Llandudno, where I spent 3 weeks on a spirituality and prayer workshop1, last August. Each day, we were given…
Claire’s Bible Story Thing
You are warmly invited to join us for a Bible story, followed by some gentle reflection and creativity. We’ll gather together on Zoom to hear a Bible story retold, then spend some time together chatting about it with some open ended questions to get your imagination going. “What seems most interesting about this story?” or…
An Advent Experiment
Introduction A low key Advent experiment that you are invited to join me on. An examen is a way of praying, where you review your day, in the evening. You look for what has been good and life giving and look for what’s been hard or stressful, and take all that to God in prayer.…
Balloons Everywhere
Would it be possible to make a physical collaborative art project, when all the participants are spread around the country? And what if meeting up in person just wasn’t possible? I’m part of a group called Creative-ish. We meet regularly online to chat about creativity and faith and how we combine the two. We work…
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