TrishAlan Designs Hand Dyed Fabric & Threads

Wow! Where does the time go? It's been ages since I posted here. The reason for my return is a long planned holiday. Where better to keep everyone up to date on my travels than here. I won't...

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It’s time for a change. I’ve now added a blog to our website. You can catch all future posts at www.trishalandesigns.com Come say hi. TrishAlan Designs www.dyeingforfabricandthreads.com

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All these braids have been completed on the disc while travelling backwards and forwards to Cairns.   Now I just need to finish off the ends…or I could just keep braiding. TrishAlan ...

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I’ve been quite out of sorts lately.The place I’m staying in Cairns, whilst clean and comfortable, has appalling lighting for a crafter. I’ve been doing quite a bit of embroidery at home bu...

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The Welsh Dragon cross stitch I brought home from holidays is finished. I’ve now started on version 2, the next one is going to be jazzed up a little, only to prevent me getting bored. I ...

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I week to go and I’m all set. This is what every well dress eclipse watcher will be wearing on the morning of the 14th November. Bring it on. TrishAlan Designs www.dyeingforfabricandthre...

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My Faux Crazy Patch Angel has been published. She features in the holiday issue of Stitch Craft Create magazine out of the US. I was thrilled with the layout, they made her look so go...

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A full weekend of motor racing has seen great progress with the Welsh Dragon cross stitch. A few more races and it should be ready to fly. TrishAlan Designs www.dyeingforfabricandthreads.c...

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psst… that’s Welsh Dragon. After my recent crocheting woes I decided that since i will be home this week I would start on my Welsh Dragon kit I bought while on holidays. At first it fel...

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Before hopping on the plane and heading OS I grabbed myself some 8 ply wool and a crochet hook. Crochet is a great ‘plane craft’, its quiet and doesn’t need a lot of elbow room.  Since I�...

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Before we went away I ditched my old house slippers. I know they are not really very ‘in’ but I really don’t like walking around the house barefoot. Once home i needed to replace them so I ...

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I’ve always loved this place. Particularly the monorail, it gave a bird’s eye view. I have been to the bird park numerous times over the last 20 years, often choosing Singapore as...

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With the pics from the Singapore leg of our holiday on Alan’s camera I decided to share with you my craft finds while in the UK. My first stop was the ‘dye’ aisle. I knew this shop st...

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Summer Blooms are everywhere in the UK, in gardens, hanging baskets, vases on street side cafes and bicycle baskets. I have no clue what any of these are, I just know I loved the intensity o...

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Next stop was Liverpool. Liverpool was playing host to a Tall Ship Regatta at Albert Docks. About half an hour after we took this photo the docks were packed with people  enjoying the suns...

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Our last night in Llandudno coincided with a Blue Moon. The day’s clouds cleared away to reveal a beautiful night. I took this photo while sitting on the train at Deganwy rail s...

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Last year Alan & I were watching the Rally GB and Alan was surprised to see they were driving around the Great Orme’s Marine Drive. he promised to take me for a spin. It is a toll road wh...

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This is the Victorian seaside town of Llandudno. The sun is shining so all the holiday makers are out on the Prom, some brave souls even went swimming. This place has the biggest seagul...

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We are in the middle of a four day stay in North Wales. Alan hasn’t been back here to Llandudno since he left 37 years ago.  We’ve been catching up with the Welsh rellies and seeing some of ...

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Chester is a walled city. Surviving from Roman times the wall gives you great views of the city sights. It took us about an hour to stroll around. Just to the right of this arch were the st...

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Alan did his apprenticeship in Chester so we decided it would be a great place to start our ‘holiday’. We dropped off our bags and went for a walk to et our bearings.   The River Dee. T...

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Alan did all the planning and organising for our trip to the UK. My one and only request re accomodation was I wanted to know I was staying in the UK; I didn’t want to be in some faceless hotel...

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Losing your voice 2 days out from giving a talk you travelled half way around the world to give is not good. Up until the day before I hadn’t actually felt crook just couldn’t talk. Then on t...

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While visiting the old mills in Maccelsfield on Wednesday I spied some old wooden printing blocks they used to use to create some of the patterns. They had cupboards of them. Hundreds stack...

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Today we went to Maccelsfield Silk Museums. This is my very first British High St. Alan and I played hooky here after lunch. But before lunch this is what we got up to. We were taken ...

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