Funky Fish Fabric!

I've been watching the Great British Sewing Bee and it has inspired me to do a bit of sewing again! 

Look at this great fabric I bought:

It's really a quilting fabric, but I'm going to use it to make a dress to wear for school visits. I've got a few fishy dresses that I wear, but this material is the best I've found. There are lots of funny faces, but I think this little orange guy is my favorite!

I'm not sure on the style yet, but maybe something a bit vintage-y would look nice. It's just a shame I won't be able to make it in time for World Book Day on Thursday, but it will be a fun project for next week.

Redlands School Mural III

Just a quick update on the mural I'm doing for Redlands School: I haven't had a huge amount of time in the last couple of weeks to work on it, the weather has been a bit more autumnal, and I can't really paint in the rain. Also I went to visit Drapers-Mills school in Margate last week, to talk to the kids about my books. It was a fantastic trip, the children were lovely - but I've had a lot of catching up to do, what with trying to move my studio etc...

You can see faint chalk outlines where I am going to add in more little fish and details, there will be more of these appearing soon as I finish the main creatures and move on to the finer details.

I added in some more pink and purples, and started on the greens, I think the greens really add a lot more depth. I am pleased with how it looks so far, it is just a bit frustrating when I want to crack on but the weather has other ideas!