Planet Ruby Starrs

I had a bit of a family week last week - mainly as we anticipated the coming lockdown restrictions - It was half term so the girls kept themselves isolated as much as they could and then we spent a few days together celebrating little (not so little) legs 5th birthday and with an e number fantastic cake and lots of barbies.... and then a lovely walk round Beamish for some fresh air.    It was a welcome break in the tediousness of covid restrictions and also my daughter managed to sort out quite a lot of my technical issues include new mobile phone that works!!!!! We are now hunkered down for the next few weeks with time on out hands - I will be launching my Facebook page selling my scarves very soon - I' waited anxiously for them to arrive from the printers there was a rather avoidable and silly mistake about my address so they were much delayed... they travelled up and down the country lost in transit but eventually - much to my (and the printers relief) they arrived on my do...

Fun afternoon making a lampshade.  First I had to sort out some fabric, I didn't have long to play about, so I took a drawing I did of Sadel Castle on the Mull of Kintyre and sliced it up and stuck it back in an 'abstract' manner and them scanned it in to further play on Photo shop.  I recoloured it using my colour palate - which incidentally is slightly changing to become a tad brighter... and then prepped the design for printing on the Sublimation printer at college.  Still not really liking polyester fabrics but needs must as time (and money) was a factor I decided to use the synthetic linen as it has a really nice texture - its probably the least synthetic looking fabric.  (the sub printer only works with synthetics).  Once my fabric was printed I then cut it to size and started the surprisingly easy and very therapeutic process of making a lampshade.   I've been so centred on design lately that it feels really nice to be actually making somethin...