Yes this is my life. Also a reminder that workshop artists have to make prototypes/samples to work out material costs, variations and timings, often spending longer on prep than the duration of the workshop to make sure it's a smooth and enjoyable workshop for all participants. #whatartistsdoallday

I loved mine. It was pale blue. My daughter wore it when she was little too.

It's that time of year when I'm not sure what to wear. It's lovely outside and possibly ok in a big cardi but I have a feeling it will be colder INSIDE the studio. #studiolife

I made mini versions of my Message in a Bottle series. Question. What should they be? A. Brooches B. Pendants C. Magnets Please help me decide. #onmydesk

Roses are red Violets are blue...

Public galleries/exhibitions often have a 'no explicit or offensive ' clause but these quilts are beautiful, bold abstract expressions. I guess this speaks of their power. Well done to SAQA for pulling the exhibition rather than be censored 🔥#textileart

With news of independent businesses closing practically daily, especially hospitality, supporting local restaurants is key so finished the week with fabulous food with the family at Zaytoon. Fresh & tasty. Friendly & accommodating. But still can't spell my name right 😁 #manchesterfood

Today I had to wait for an assistant to age approve me at the self serve check out for Tiramisu 😂

Since returning to freelancing at Christmas, my OH has been getting back to his more creative side alongside the web work. Great to see his stuff getting so much love from the BlueSky community 🩵

Hey BlueSky. A little something blue for Blue Monday 🩵 "Think Global" from my No Man is an Island series. Recycled textiles cast with coloured concrete in plastic packaging.

Popular culture can have an effect on the incorrect names I get called. 😂😂😂

Daughter is obsessed with The Traitors. I just want to know if @claudiawinkleman.bsky.social is rocking cool wrist warmers again this season. I make mine out of old jumpers/cardigans. #warmhands #thetraitors

Popped into The Oystercatcher in Sale to check in on my coastal bottle wall plaques. There's also some of my work in Chorlton branch including some Coastal Dreams textile wall panels. It's nice when I meet their customers at fairs/events and they recognise my work. #manchesterart #manchesterfood

This is me 🤣

Christmas always brings funky plastic packaging that I hoard for future projects. Can you guess what came in these?

My first 1/6* 🥳🥳🥳 Wordle 1,290 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Making good use of getting the back room at Mum's as visiting without my kids. Single bed with fabulous sea view trumps big bed and skylight 📷📷📷📷📷

Double bill of Muppets Christmas Carol and Die Hard ✅ Christmas gammon & red cabbage ✅ Presents wrapped and under the tree ✅ Christmas Eve done. Roll on Christmas... 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

I'd rather it be 100% potato thank you very much! 😅

How can Arndale Market truly call itself a market if they don't have a stall selling stripey socks and big pants? 😜 #manchester

Having done my tax this week, I'm definitely hoping my fortune comes true 😂🤞 #freelancelife

Trying to work out where past Nerissa stashed the big roll of holographic ribbon. 🤔

Proud middle class woman of a certain age 💪🔥💃🍰🍷

Black Friday? More like Black Fortnight. Soooo bored of soooo many emails. Delete. Delete. Delete. 😫

Woohoo!! Good news dance @ottomancer.bsky.social 💃💃💃

I love Borrowbox. Cosy murders and mystery thrillers are my favourite ebook borrows while driving or in the studio. Recommendations of new authors to check out welcome.

Had to unfollow The Guardian as basically filled my morning BlueSky stream. Felt like they had posted every article individually. Then add in all the reposts and wall to wall Guardian. Feel calm about it knowing that you lot will repost the important stuff.

Long time since I've managed to coincide with cabbage day at This & That. My favourite rice and three combination (cabbage, chana, chicken + roti) from my favourite R&3 restaurant. #manchesterfood

I'm the designer on this production by final year BA(Hons) Performing Arts students. The use of "amateur" in the venue publicity jarred. Why not "student" to denote nonprofessional? Amateur suggests untrained; a hobby. I trust a student nurse but not sure about an amateur one. Thoughts? #theatre

Heard the arty peeps have finally arrived. Been in the kitchen scrolling Instagram. I make art from recycled materials exploring environmental issues. Also community arts and performance design. Hoping for art/culture/craft/community/environment chats. Photo: Because The Straw was the Problem. #art

Been to vote. It felt quite emotional. Do we dare to believe? The last election was supposed to be close but wasn't. Brexit and Trump. Feel like I'm holding my breath. Anyone else got election anxiety?

Son went cheeky rather than spooky for this year's pumpkin 🎃 He also went as a very unscary banana to Halloween party 🍌

Last Friday, Storm Babet was raging so badly that I couldn't get out of the car when I got to Lidl so sat in the car on social media for about 20 minutes before doing my shopping. Today I received a parking ticket 😭

The panic of getting a piece accepted for an exhibition and not being able to remember where you squirrelled it away 😫

Didn't open laptop today. Lovely calm day in my studio instead. Swapped crocs for boots and chucked on a chunky necklace to turn scruffy into arty for parents evening.

Another form inspired me to craft this venn diagram which describes a pet hate of mine when submitting artwork to exhibitions. High Res + 1500 wide + less than 2MB does not exist so I'm going with medium res.😡

Also annoyed that I forgot that "I want to interview you for an article/blog" actually means "can I send you an in-depth questionnaire about your work to fill in that I can copy and paste as an article/blog?" Said yes as I was up for a chat. Now feel like I've basically agreed to write an essay. 🙄🤔😤

I F***ING hate jotforms. This morning I submitted an incomplete form by pressing rtn on my keyboard trying to add a break in a block of text. Then managed to accidentally go back a page resetting whole form when trying to move the cursor when almost finished. Refuelled on pasta ready to try again...

Loving the vibe on @bsky.app as relaxed chat rather than sell/promote but haven't quite found my people yet so feel like I'm earwigging on the tram and butting into strangers' conversations.

I was this week's Friday Feature Artist on Fibre Arts Take Two if you fancy watching me burble about my work, #textiles and #sustainability. I wave my hands around a lot so hope I didn't accidentally swear in BSL 😂 www.youtube.com/live/joUBK6d...

I can definitely get behind #bleat. Has that same animal connection as tweet and rather accurate definition. 🐑

Today is talk like pirate day. Yesterday marked a year since our pirate cat came to live with us. My hasn't she grown 🥰

I mount my #textileart over old #charityshopart so posted some recent purchases for #septtextilelove #hidden prompt. But just how comforting is that #inspirationalquote? Was it discarded because their lover turned out to be a shark or a jellyfish? Is love on the rocks or hit an iceberg? Thoughts?

Lying on the sofa scrolling through my socials looking for my people, heading down YouTube wormholes like a teenager. #Sunday

Ok, said yes to an invitation. Now to find the other artists, crafters, textiles types in the room. Probably admiring the curtains rather than in the middle of the dancefloor. Come say hi🍹