The travelling pigs!

It's been a long time since any of us wrote on this blog but we've just started a group project we're all terribly excited and pleased about and so it seemed the right moment to post again. Seven of us have each bought a little A5 sketchbook which we will add some inspiration and the embroidery or textile that arises each month, and pass it on to the next person. Since the sketchbooks travel between the members of the group, and since they are branded with little pigs, they have become The Travelling Pigs!

Each of us covered our own notebook and passed it on and we met this week with the first inside page done - lo, every member of the group had finished their piece (normally we should be known as the UFO group!) and each was a delight. The pieces were all wonderfully different and inspirational, with felting, hand emroidery, machine embroidery, collage and quilting all on display and all contrained to an A5 page. We were all agreed that the discipline of the size and time available was an encouragement us to try out a few new ideas and everyone is excited about the next piece.

Here's a picture of our work - it emphatically doesn't do it justice so next time I shall take some close-ups.