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25.01.2022 Heads Up! Friday 13th Special : These pin poems from #the100dayproject will be released for sale in my Etsy shop tomorrow Friday 13 at 13.00 AEDT ( Australian Eastern Daylight Time) . These six have been randomly chosen - others will be on sale at later dates and at the Hunter Art Bazaar on 6 December. These are one of a kind - I have not made duplicates of any of these. https://www.etsy.com/shop/empresswu Free shipping within Australia and free Christmas gift tag bonus.... To see more : https://www.flickr.com/p/empresswu/albums/72157713803669781 Send message to reserve

25.01.2022 I am enjoying displaying my love of textile art with the challenge by the Seam Collective #SeptTextileLove Would you like to see my responses for Week 1? - Wilma https://empresswu.blogspot.com//september-textiles-love-we

23.01.2022 #septtextilelove @seam_collective Day 30 prompt - TEXTURE . I can think of no better way to create texture than stitching ... even a small repertoire of embroi...dery stitches can grow a garden of different textures . #embroidery #texture #stitching #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

23.01.2022 Christmas Countdown #25envelopers 21 December : Hark the herald angels sing ... https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-countdown-25enve

22.01.2022 Please join me and other Art Dolls Only members for a deliciously Dark Christmas themed long weekend show and sale November 6-8 2020. Our International group of doll makers will be offering dolls, and doll related items in an online gallery. Look out for more information - Art Dolls Only #artdolls0nly #artdoll #christmas #adarkchristmas #darkchristmas #empresswudesigns #wilmasimmons

20.01.2022 Sometimes, it is just so good to make something without a deep concept or thought - just fun. The current theme for Tag Tuesday is "Down on the Farm" ... https://empresswu.blogspot.com/2020/09/farm-fervour.html

20.01.2022 https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-countdown-25enve

19.01.2022 Today is day 18 for #septtextilelove and the @seam_collective prompt is DISCIPLINE. I like the discipline of making art daily to improve techniques and to exp...eriment with the new . Every year , I look forward to #the100dayproject because it not only challenges oneself to the discipline of daily art practice but also of posting on social media as a daily check in. Here are some of the 100 stitched collaged pins with accompanying haiku which I completed this year. #collage #discipline #dailypractice #textileart #empresswu #wilmasimmons See more

18.01.2022 Day 21 #septtextilelove @seam_collective - SUSTAINABILITY. It is good to be reminded that eco dyeing , the use of plants instead of petroleum based colourants,... is a more sustainable approach to reduce the impact of the polluting textile industry . I have just had two days of learning more about sustainable practice with lovely results in a workshop with Anne Leon @timelesstextiles . #ecodye #sustainability #plants #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

17.01.2022 Happy Boxing Day .... #25envelopes review https://empresswu.blogspot.com/20//25envelopes-review.html

16.01.2022 ‘Discoveries’ is today’s prompt for the monthly challenge by @seam_collective #septtextilelove ... I was quite a way on my textile art journey when I discovered... that stitching can have a voice - to express political opinion and comment on social justice issues . These images are from my corset series, showing respect to generations of women who made a positive impact in the struggle for women’s equality. #corset #womensrights #empowerment #stitching #textileart #empresswu #wilmasimmons #socialjustice See more

16.01.2022 Day 13 #septtextilelove - the prompt from the @seam_collective for today is ‘temporary/permanent . I often try to capture a moment in time and interpret it so ...that the experience becomes a somewhat permanent record ( for as long as stitched fabric will last) . I practise a lot but not sure I can really portray that transient ‘startled’ moment when birds are disturbed by humans or other animals in the garden ... here are moments of magpies, rainbow lorikeets and pigeons being interrupted and flying off in a flurry of noise and movement. #textileart #movement #capturedmoment #birds #stitching #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

16.01.2022 Art on Friday - now on Etsy... Wilma

15.01.2022 Day 19 #septtextilelove @seam_collective - LOCKDOWN, a prompt for the times . Having a significant birthday during lockdown may have affected the style of celeb...ration, but my beautiful family still surprised me with this amazing quilt, with each panel handmade by a family member (four generations) - truly a textile treasure made with love! #family #stitching #surfacedecoration #quilt #quilting #collaboration #birthday #empresswu #wilmasimmons See more

15.01.2022 Jolly old St Nick? https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-countdown-25enve

15.01.2022 Today’s prompt for #septtextilelove @seam_collective Day 15 is CONSIDERED. If anything, I ‘overthink’ decisions related to artwork and I try often to work mor...e intuitively and not consider too much the outcome. However, recently, when a class exercise was to stitch with plastic , I considered this idea for a long time ... understanding that using plastic as a material is far better than it being disposed of carelessly into the environment , but , on the other hand, is the use and elevation of plastic as a ‘thread’ encouraging and condoning companies / supermarkets to continue to over package? Such a dilemma to consider ... eventually , after weeks of consideration, I made a small stitching using outer packaging from paper towel and toilet rolls as a memory of COVID-19 times . #considerenvironment #packaging #waste #stitching #empresswu #wilmasimmons See more

14.01.2022 Day 24 #septtextilelove - @seam_collective prompt for today is UNCERTAINTY.... I approach every art work with uncertainty and like life in general, the only thi...ng one can be certain of is change itself . This artwork I made at the end of last year now seems even more relevant in Covid times as a statement of uncertainty - unpredictability, undetermined direction and ambiguous meaning . #mixedmedia #textileart #scrolls #markmaking #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

13.01.2022 Friday art - now on Etsy ... Wilma

13.01.2022 ‘Fibre’ is today’s 14th prompt for #septtextilelove @seam_collective ... Flashback- Fibre is now my ‘essential art ingredient’ but it wasn’t always so . About ...15 years ago when I was engrossed in making jewellery and working with contemporary clays and glass beads , fibre and textiles crept up on me and became a new passion. These three art dolls ( Three Wise Women) started this wonder- filled journey of exploring fibre and textile art. #artdoll #artdolls0nly #fibre #textileart #empresswu #wilmasimmons See more

13.01.2022 Wearable art for the weekend from Wilma

12.01.2022 "Twas the night before Christmas ... https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-countdown-25enve

10.01.2022 Structure - day 12 theme for #septtextilelove, @seam_collective. Arranging various elements is always a consideration in an art work and often provides t...he most fun and simultaneously the most challenges! In this work ‘Black Hole ‘ what started as free mark making ended up as quite a structured composition of dyed and painted paper and printed and stitched fabric elements .#textileart #structure #mixedmedia #stitching #galaxy #empresswu #wilmasimmons See more

09.01.2022 I am enjoying the @seam_collective daily prompts fot #septtextilelove . Today ( day 16) is LINE... a single line of text often prompts me to stitch . Yes- ano...ther strange habit of mine - cutting out lines of text from abandoned books! #teabag #teabagart #stitchedteabags #cranberrytea #collage #text #stitching #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

08.01.2022 Best wishes to all and thank you - It's a wrap #25envelopes https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-25envelopes25.ht

07.01.2022 #septtextilelove Instagram challenge @seam_collective Day 6 theme - colour . This is one of my recent works , a stole for ‘an upcoming exhibition ,’ Stole the ...Show’ - I hope these colours help to tell the story of regrowth and regeneration. #colour #stitching #textileart #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australia See more

07.01.2022 How my doodle /line drawing became a print on an art tag, paper and fabric..... https://empresswu.blogspot.com//covid-man-and-book-print.h

06.01.2022 What a lovely day with the Wednesday group at Timeless Textiles yesterday with beautiful works in progress for our theme ‘Circles of Strength’ . We would love t...o hear what this theme means to you? Share your ideas with us here in the comments please - I’m sure they will inspire us . Images : 1. Ruth with her stitched fabric and rope circle , remembering the women and children who have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence . 2. Ann’s delicate embroidered lace circle 3. Ann-Maree’s Stash busting Magic circles. Ann-Maree has prepared a little workshop for these magic circles so watch this space for a future date

04.01.2022 A first attempt at splicing still s and a video and editing in iMovie.... https://youtu.be/NVqCN9ZbJ4c

04.01.2022 I hope to be participating in this, so please look out for what I think will be an amazing show ... more details later , Wilma

03.01.2022 Today’s prompt for #septtextilelove @seam_collective is REVERSE. Ever since a friend demonstrated this at my textile art group, I have been enjoying the explo...ration and extension of the technique of reverse appliqué and using the experiments in fun pieces . #textileart #stitching #banners #reverse #applique #empresswu #wilmasimmons @ Lambton, New South Wales, Australiae See more

02.01.2022 20 December ( sorry I forgot to blog yesterday) https://empresswu.blogspot.com//christmas-countdown-25-env

02.01.2022 Did you know that one of the earliest records of Father's Day being acknowledged publicly in Australia was in Newcastle (NSW) in 1936) https://empresswu.blogspot.com//newcastles-nsw-link-to-fat

01.01.2022 Art on Friday - now at Etsy ... Wilma

01.01.2022 Happy 2021! May your year be bright with clear skies and visions splendid https://empresswu.blogspot.com//sun-or-moon-happy-new-year