https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/80c0e76d-c6cb-408e-9c48-d43a0800f086/IMG_1380.JPG https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/aboutkirstiemacqueen daily 0.75 2023-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/d9879cdc-1423-4dd1-ad87-fe82ef2c256b/IMG_0567.JPG https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio daily 0.75 2023-01-16 https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/books monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/b9c47714-531f-45a9-bc75-0c0512fec167/IMG_0678%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Books Never ending story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/7ac70725-907f-458c-81f6-9abe92373119/IMG_1938%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Books Hibernation book wrap - for keeping the book you're going to read next safe while you finish the one you're reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/fe8f1f0d-298c-4507-b473-aabb52aaf78f/IMG_3356%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/212b81ea-e105-4725-b072-e144e78a305e/IMG_3009.JPEG Portfolio - Books Rust and repair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/9678bf7a-eba7-413e-85c8-2ad97855277b/IMG_4723.JPEG Portfolio - Books From a workshop with Brunhilde Scheidmeir and Jude Kingshott August 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/666bd1d1-a24c-4eba-adf4-52b7d8a850fa/IMG_6916.JPEG Portfolio - Books Ecoprinted folded books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/380a9871-85bd-4a8b-8386-68efab222035/IMG_4829.JPEG Portfolio - Books After playing with indian ink on a drip sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/e78bc217-3082-4bc6-baa1-86340da48e0c/IMG_5861.JPEG Portfolio - Books Anniversary present for my parents. Containing maps showing their homes over the years (next image). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/649690e6-8e4e-4c85-a421-48f80d39532a/IMG_5864.JPEG Portfolio - Books Present for my parents' anniversary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/47948674-e100-4d07-b411-b9582888e94e/IMG_8272.JPEG Portfolio - Books Indigo dyed paper and thread. Woven spine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/aa7529fd-bda0-4f9c-975a-61e597e82089/IMG_8275.JPEG Portfolio - Books Summertime blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c873047b-782a-457b-82e3-0bbee76bd7d0/IMG_8233.JPEG Portfolio - Books Small indigo dyed book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/df58a475-2810-4df9-8d2c-6e7cc5847265/IMG_9708.JPEG Portfolio - Books Made at a Romford Embroiderers' workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/3e47a870-ba68-4002-a353-9de39ba3e6a0/IMG_9790.JPEG Portfolio - Books Folded drip sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/6bc14be1-6e98-4f9e-a4e8-cb4b6baaecbb/IMG_9882.JPEG Portfolio - Books Garden book. Coloured with earth and botanical inks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/2ebb2ed2-9df7-4fee-b389-97941651177f/IMG_9871.JPEG Portfolio - Books Indigo dyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/ac09d342-5253-43d5-96d8-890f83c483c7/IMG_9941.JPEG Portfolio - Books Cold pressed with onion shells. https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/memorycloths monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/e3c20f9c-d4ca-4bdb-9e1a-1198b0705e40/E89623BB-145A-45F1-9F80-7E3487617B75.jpg Portfolio - Memory cloths Nouveau Monastere de Sainte-Croix August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/6b60aacc-846f-440b-807f-d83daf2150e6/Memory+cloth+Port+Logan+May+2022.jpg Portfolio - Memory cloths Port Logan May/June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/52d75392-97ee-440c-9727-d78d4550549d/IMG_7205.JPEG Portfolio - Memory cloths Port Logan November 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/40139fa0-7839-47cd-b9b9-170656050d3d/memory+cloth+Port+Logan+November+2019.jpg Portfolio - Memory cloths Port Logan November 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/1673531343241-A4RDM69ZXSE9X83KY2YC/IMG_6974.jpg Portfolio - Memory cloths Leytonstone October 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/bb598e80-52eb-4372-9ab0-a320ce1a2fad/IMG_7012.JPEG Portfolio - Memory cloths Leytonstone October 2019 https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/aprons monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/96a3d16f-a7dd-4308-a293-336445486ea5/IMG_7754.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Browser's apron - An apron to wear while browsing in a brocante. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/902efe59-bc6a-47a3-b29a-3fd38a1f195b/IMG_7741.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Gardener's apron - An apron to wear while gathering flowers on a late summer's evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/d2a22ca1-bb80-4fd3-8e68-755ad0ad4684/IMG_7756.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Dyer's apron - An apron to wear while playing with an indigo vat with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/74a8dd76-e8a1-423e-8e59-e7b9524bff08/IMG_7749.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Reader's apron - An apron to wear while curled up with a really good book. "With freedom, flowers, books and the moon, who could not be happy?" Oscar Wilde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/11ebce48-3a15-4a05-9a82-8d7e0562e844/IMG_7751.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Beachcomber's apron - An apron to wear while walking on the beach collecting treasures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/35a1d761-9a1e-4eb6-b375-f7e4aadd35b1/IMG_7753.jpg Portfolio - Aprons Dreamer's apron - An apron to wear while lying on your back looking at the sky. https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/process monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/5b05b7fa-6259-49e6-9e05-5c333b7108f5/IMG_0812%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Process Cold pressing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/55c3649e-38a2-4087-812f-cdf15905b170/IMG_1267%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Process Hand stitching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/e821e32c-240e-4b2e-b5f9-849556ace21d/5475CF7C-251B-4D39-937A-02AEE6058D80.jpg Portfolio - Process Bundling around stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/eb452953-c111-483f-b27c-33f560147709/IMG_2174.JPEG Portfolio - Process Bundling between wooden coasters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/cc3c621c-9785-4654-bb79-c8b169a16db7/IMG_2673%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Process Machine stitching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/20817c4d-9fd0-44d2-bf67-69dd0df4c101/2BE4F459-ADBD-4A33-BB56-08DD967A434D.jpg Portfolio - Process Concocting potions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/4a3483b2-c8a9-422a-b7dc-f4bcbe21d2ee/IMG_2696%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Process Bundling with tin foil food trays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/e84cec0d-02a6-4941-a4c2-f2038d8e01c8/IMG_3038%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Process Rust printing https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/miscellaneous monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/a8df5407-a702-482c-b31d-cb6f99ad4905/IMG_9732.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Pin cushion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/b79442ca-f345-44fe-b7d5-d5485e0b4b90/IMG_1857.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Pin cushion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/b82add81-1e9a-40e3-b2cf-b9d11efe7041/CAD94267-D9C9-4AEF-8B52-1DEC59943E97.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Bag for a beachcomber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/6a14c4bc-2967-41b1-a69f-1512d9a9d73c/IMG_2118.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Rope storage basket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/2aec7a45-bb91-4c22-84af-749779371efa/IMG_1639.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Fugitive bag (during construction). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c3f27e6b-080b-40f1-ab07-daf60ea6dcef/IMG_3342.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Badge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/0bd12b20-a194-4267-9105-20d7ec5402d8/IMG_8570.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Japanese rice bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/6776e391-95d0-43ce-8ca4-16e0944617b2/IMG_8483.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Pin cushions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/b613275d-faf1-435f-8948-ebf8b0b2776b/IMG_3510.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Wrist bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/9e633a6c-b52b-40bd-a17d-f623a2df89e5/IMG_3484.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Wrist bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/f149cca0-1fcc-413c-a793-c53ef9fd1a40/IMG_9954.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Valentine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/7cccbca2-387f-4c7e-8da7-e34a579a5d01/IMG_9540.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Christmas decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/06968b34-6538-4794-8847-7cd6bd09232b/IMG_9505.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Christmas decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c451377c-3d57-4cc5-a73f-42c5caab667d/IMG_4486.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous 'Sustainable farming". Contribution to Romford Embroiderers' Coronation Cloak project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/15b2ecdd-7542-464d-bee8-08c18051f406/IMG_8057.jpg Portfolio - Miscellaneous Easter eggs. https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/wallhangings monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/0bdab47d-2f57-4ee5-978e-e344f6b8f464/IMG_1970.jpeg Portfolio - Wall hangings Comfort Cloth. "There is a crack ..... in everything, that's how the light gets in". Made as part of India Flint's February Project 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/55eb4b51-1dac-4ba1-9a86-8250226a3494/IMG_7724.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Smoke bush. Continus prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c035fa48-edd1-441f-aa2e-47270f39e6a5/IMG_7722.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Blue moon II. Moongate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/779cde55-71aa-47d7-bd13-bd346d9f9aa5/IMG_7734.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Blue moon III. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/3bcffd96-e86b-483e-a124-4925441c1d87/IMG_7730.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Swarthmoor Hall woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/1703952264949-2KPBUCM4OH4V0O3QWKL6/IMG_7732.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings "Be still and cool in thy own mind and spirit". George Fox. Colour/prints from the woodland at Swarthmoor Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/3036300f-c046-4e3c-8759-a350363f70d9/47AB824D-166F-42FD-BB9C-DA4C89EF9A05.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings From the dye garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/198807cf-e7fb-4eb0-831c-7dc9580c565f/IMG_7717.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Garden cloth of gold. Printed and dyed with coreopsis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/4c19156c-792b-455e-86db-7d4d67d7e834/IMG_0763.JPG Portfolio - Wall hangings Paving stones. Exploring the patterns made by the cracks in the paving stones in my garden as the red roots push their way beneath them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/24e01b20-ac33-4ba8-ad70-6cd7c8c49ce2/IMG_0171%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings Mapping the garden with cloth and thread coloured with material from the garden and kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/8654f523-fd14-4b4b-903d-a7969ca92fc3/IMG_3787%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings Held in trust. Displayed at Swarthmoor Hall, the home of Elizabeth Fell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/5398315f-8622-4f29-9b1b-52d29d4d90d1/IMG_9282.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings I received two pieces of printed cloth from @ongoingconversation.art during the national lockdown 2020 with the instructions to make my mark and tell my story. For me the kites speak of freedom. We are constrained and shut away, or alternatively enclosed and kept safe - but our minds and imaginations can still fly free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c4048efa-3115-4645-9c0b-563f8b8e50fc/IMG_9283.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings "Wear it as long as thou cans't" (front). My contribution to the Loving Earth Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/bb4c8db4-52b9-489c-81b2-96be24a7ef61/IMG_9290.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings Wear it as long as thou canst" (reverse). George Fox to William Penn about his sword. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/bfff06af-ee32-4fb0-9159-c2fdff50949b/IMG_7728.jpg Portfolio - Wall hangings Making a mark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/9bb1e0c1-d248-4cdb-a0fe-1ffb09a28732/IMG_1117%281%29.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings "It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought". James Douglas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/c4fae525-35bb-4c27-8bd4-003394dd27d6/IMG_1718.JPEG Portfolio - Wall hangings The myriad colours, harbingers of decay, sing choruses of joy. Contribution to a group textile poem. https://www.alliumseedheads.co.uk/portfolio/garments monthly 0.5 2023-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/f3054eda-f069-424d-9992-e28746886690/IMG_7760.jpg Portfolio - Garments Protective garment. Made as part of India Flint's Being (t)here 2021 workshop. Dyed with home grown indigo. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/f08738ec-fc1f-43fa-adac-ee538e83ae85/IMG_7762.jpg Portfolio - Garments The woodlander's waistcoat. Leaves from a woodland in Bretagne. Dipped in iron water after printing. Summer 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/0210e55f-c48f-44ff-9a02-5d8717b5673e/IMG_7738.jpg Portfolio - Garments Beachcomber's slipover. Ripples in the sand. January 2023. Made as part of India Flint's Tidewanderings workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/9e5b415f-3bf4-4676-b546-a949426fa74d/IMG_3575.jpg Portfolio - Garments Coreopsis tabard. Flower hammering. September 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/baa123d5-5f18-42ea-8ce0-c4d2906bfcb5/IMG_7737.jpg Portfolio - Garments The robe of second chances. Began life as the anniversary robe, bundled with leaves saved from a bouquet. This was not successful so I made a new bundle with different leaves and returned it to the dye pot. January 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/0bfeaaed-b4ad-492a-96c8-ac8993f44b2e/IMG_7736.jpg Portfolio - Garments The hibernation robe. Made in the liminal space between Christmas and the new year 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/0835b072-d9dd-43d6-8021-6e277e791d73/IMG_7743.jpg Portfolio - Garments The bird watcher's cardigan. Eucalyptus leaves from the London Wetlands Centre October 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/3a99ffee-805b-4e4b-a240-72b55a8a315f/IMG_7744.jpg Portfolio - Garments The scientist's jumper. Combining two dye pots from my first Eucalyptographia experiments. Whitebeam leaves dipped in iron water. October 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/a18d25ce-1459-4eca-b827-a4309a170e56/IMG_7747.jpg Portfolio - Garments The flower arranger's cardigan. Free eucalyptus from the florist - she said it was too dried out to sell. August 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b3efb340b94120086a2c17/6e1999a2-d540-4c14-b64b-8084ab75d068/IMG_7759.jpg Portfolio - Garments Wayfarer's comforter. Made as part of India Flint's In place workshop 2020