News — tapestry

‘Road Trip: The Murray Bridge Bunyip’After about 140 hours of weaving (and a few more hours of finishing the hem to go) - here she is in all her glory!This tapestry will be included in my Summer Solstice collection that will be released in December, but please DM me (or share with someone who you think may want her!) if you are interested in giving Bertha a new home :D

I hope you enjoy the progress of my latest finished tapestry!

I was listening to a podcast about perfectionism the other day.Yes, I am totally a perfectionist … though it’s probably part of my neurodiversity, but I am very well aware that I have obsessive tendencies, and need everything to be ‘just so’ before I can let go of them. Yes, I am that person who cannot work in a messy room, and lines up items in a certain way ;)So why the hell did I choose tapestry as my medium? Tapestry is a perfectionist’s nightmare. When I started, I was told that ‘you have to be doing tapestry for at least...

OK, the second Bunyip is nearly there … just weaving those eyes!It’s been so fun working on this one again, but I just remembered how challenging it is ...Luckily, I have a lot of lovely black background to weave too, which is so so fun :D

Woohoo, excited to have cut this one off the loom!That same day, I warped up my loom for the next one ... stay tuned!