winterberries: winterbrights

I do some of my best creative thinking while I am out walking with my dog.  And one day back in October, I was struck by the abundance of red autumn berries in the fields around us - rich berry colours, small droplets of rainwater shining, making them look like bright jewels hanging from the bushes.   They reminded me too of jars of hedgerow jelly, shining on the window sill.  


And that was the inspiration for my latest collection of woven textiles, which I call winterberries: winterbrights.  

I used 14 different handspun yarns in this collection and handwove the pieces on rigid heddle looms.  The yarns include polwarth, teeswater (from Exmoor), mule (that's a blue faced leicester cross) and merino.   The cushions are all backed with handdyed pure wool fabric and the fillings are plump feather cushion inners.

Some of these pieces are available from my etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/bigskytextiles or, if you live in the Bristol area, you can also find some lavender cushions and squishy feather cushions at the very lovely shop Tilly's Vintage Treasures in Backwell.