I started this blog on 21st January 2005, exactly 10 years ago today, so I thought I’d have a dig in the archives to find 10 articles that I wrote, one for each year. Okay, maybe they are not the absolute best of the posts for that year but they encapsulate what I thought summed up that year for me. So here goes!
1. The best post of 2005 (and arguably of the whole blog) has to be one I wrote right at the end of the year. It is a photo tutorial I made on the spur of the moment during a brief respite from Christmas preparations. I called it How to Make a Concertina Book . It is also my most popular, mostly because it was noticed by an origami blogger, Eric Gjerde who submitted it to Make Magazine. It still gets pinned on Pinterest today.
2. In 2006 I did a lot of dyeing fabric and thread. Here is one of the blog posts showing some of the results.
3. In 2007 I compiled the Google map of textile museums and a list of those online too. Some of the links are probably dead after all this time but it would still be worth delving into if you like fabric related museums.
4. In 2008 I did a lot of Gocco printing (remember that?).
5. In 2009 I was selling on Etsy and wrote a post for the Ecoetsy team about How to reuse Scrap Paper for journalling, packaging and tags.
6. In 2010 I did a lot of screenprinting in 2010, mostly on layered on fairly large pieces of fabric.
Also it was the Year of the Reeds, – I took a walk each month in a local park where they grow along the river, and posted photos taken throughout the year showing how they changed over the seasons. Here is July’s and – if you’re particularly interested in reeds – here is a link which lists each time I mention them….
7. In 2011 I documented a walk around Crindau, an area of Newport. I started walking a lot around that time and explored the city to discover quiet back streets and alleyways.
8. In 2012 I took 12 photos of 12 things to celebrate the year.
9. In 2013 the blog languished, but I did a lot of upcycling clothes inspired by the Great British Sewing Bee, and I took the Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design course which kickstarted my pattern designing.
10. In 2014 – at the beginning of the year I took part in the Paper Love Bloghop with lots of pictures of all sorts of paper!
Well, there we are, I hope you enjoyed that quick run through the last 10 years – I wonder what the next decade will bring? Well, some train ticket art no doubt!
What an interesting thing to do, and how interesting to read. I may have to try that on my own blog – I’m getting close to the 10 year mark myself. Just fascinating to see how your interests and focus has varied and led you to where you are today. Life and art certainly are not static.
Thank you, Sheila, yes it was fun to do. Glad you found it interesting and I’ll look out for a similar one on yours!