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Moira Carter
- May 6, 2019
- 3 min
Serendipity - the happy accident!
Horace Walpole proposed this 'new' word in 1754 – after reading The three princes of Serendip, a fairy tale in which the heroes were...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 25, 2019
- 1 min
Something new!
It's a New Year and January looks like this - a new collection - and some of these and a couple of variations have already been submitted...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 26, 2018
- 1 min
I've never grown up!
Some of you may have noticed I've been revamping the website and have been through several transitions. The first move was to update my...
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Moira Carter
- Aug 4, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Jon Eric Riis
Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the...
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Moira Carter
- May 17, 2018
- 2 min
Process : From the top! Part 2
Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in...
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Moira Carter
- May 17, 2018
- 2 min
Process : From the top! Part 1
Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette...
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Moira Carter
- Apr 23, 2018
- 3 min
Process - STOP sowing, START sewing
Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us...
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Moira Carter
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
A Heroine - Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...
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Moira Carter
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Alice and Martin Provensen
I wrote this some months ago and just found it languishing in the drafts folder! So without more ado I give you Alice and Martin...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 28, 2018
- 1 min
Elephant on Holiday!
The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 18, 2018
- 1 min
The Sketchbook Project 2018
Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 15, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 3
Week four: The next decision was which part of the book I should illustrate, and I did these rough sketches of a scene where Eleanor...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 2
Weeks two and three I drew Eleanor some more and got to know her and how she would look when she laughed, smiled, cried or when she was...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 2, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 1
It seems ages since I told you all I was taking an online course with Make Art That Sells in Children's book Illustration, it was in...
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Moira Carter
- Dec 30, 2017
- 1 min
A gift for Christmas!
I'm picking out one present from my annual stash for special mention: 'The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970'. A very much appreciated...
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Moira Carter
- Dec 12, 2017
- 1 min
Merry Christmas!
I was talking to my Aunt the other day and she reminded me that she has kept every Christmas card I have made and sent to her ...and that...
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Moira Carter
- Nov 20, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artists - Christmas!
It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 31, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Gustaf Tenggren.
The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 27, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Olle Eskell
Olle Eksell Swedish graphic designer, poster artist and children's book illustrator. His illustrations are the epitome of late 40's,...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 26, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Hanna Czajkowska
Oh dear! Apart from a few enticing images on Pinterest I can find very little about Hanna Czajkowska, these images will just have to be...
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