Playing With Print

With Christmas nearing i recently decided to have a play with the idea of my birds but with a more illustrative festive feel. I have been doing some wooden laser cuts and thought i would have a play with some prints. 

Here are my initial what i like to call 

faire-isle tweeties - 

inspired by faire-ilse knits and my favourite birds 

Crested Tit

Bule Tit

House

Sparrow

I hope you enjoy.

Too Wit Too Wooooooooooooo

Here is a sneak preview to my new collection 

of embroidered owls, to go with 

my spring time 

British Back Garden Birds

Blighty Back Garden Birds.

"How sweet the hedge that hides a cunning nest,

And curtains off a patient bright eye thrush,

With five small worlds beneath her mottled breast!

                                                                Norman Gale

With spring in the air and birds singing loud 

it would be difficult for me not to take 

a great deal of inspiration from this joyous time of year,

  The weather has been warm the daffodils are up and flowering 

and all around are signs that spring is on its way. 

 So here i introduce to you my new range of

 spring time themed 

British Back Garden Birds.

Bonnie Book of a Bird.

From my love of the birdie purse i now 

give life to the birdie notebook.

I have spent today creating these flighty feathered friends

for the lovely Scary Canary.

I hope they fly off the shelves as their feather friends 

have done so before them.

They are for you all who choose to keep your daily "to do list" in,

or perhaps write your Christmas lists in, or

maybe for you to write in your deepest loving thoughts.

Anyhoo,
 they are for you to write in what you please.

But know that your flighting friends will keep it safe.

You may wish to also know
that a select few may appear in
My Little Shop.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.

Hello my craftily creative companions. 

The first thing i would like to say is,

 I'm sorry for the neglect my blog has suffered this, 

the beautiful month of September. 

But i have very many exciting things to share over the next few days.

My first and arguably most exciting piece of news is that i have been offered an extremely exciting opportunity to do some work at Winchester School Of Art. 

So 

Guerrilla Crafter is moving to Winchester

I shall be moving to Winchester at the end of November for 8 Months for maternity cover,

and fulfilling the role of Printed Textiles Technician.

I almost feel like i am getting the chance to go back to into my university education.

So as you would expect life has
been rather busy 

But I have also been busy crafting
 away for this

Of which you are all cordially invited to.

After a days worth of hard sewing and the weather being so unseasonably warm,

I took opportunity to take myself and my work for a walk to the park, to be around the colours, sound and smells of autumn that have given me so much inspiration for this collection.

Here are some of the works i will be showing later in the month at the Blue Gallery.

Footnote: It sings because it has a song!

Birds Of a Feather.

Well, well my craftily creative friends,
it seams that Autumn may be upon us. The trees now have some gold and red on
 their leaves and there seams to be is a nip in the air.
But this is very apt.
I have recently been asked to create an autumnal, bird themed
collection to go to the beautiful 

Blue Gallery in both Shifnal and Shewsbury 

which are both situated in the stunning county of Shropshire.

When asked for specifically birds of an autumnal feel i instantly thought of my Momma Crafter 

(who has always been keen on keeping an eye on the birds in her garden)
When i told her of the brief i had been given, she suggested i go and find

"The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady"

Which to her surprise i had never read before.

For those of you who have never had the pleasure of this delightful book,

it is the hand-writen diary of Warwickshire school teacher and artist Edith Holden.

You travel through the months with Edith reading her thoughts, monthly motto's and favourite poetry. Each page displays her illustrations of local wildlife, plants and flowers.

A truly heart warming read.

From the very first page I was full of craftily creative excitement.  

 It has been a great source of inpiration for

 my new collection

So here it is, the start of a a new season and the start a new collection and theme.

Please keep your crafty eyes pealed of more bird themed goodies.

The collection may 

(or may not)

 include 

some beautifully birdie hot-water bottles for those cosy winter times

Footnote: They stick together!