From Samira Mian's 2023 archive, March. I started to attempt the full tiling but gave up and went back to tracing and tiling. Variation C if you're reading her instructions. Had bought a few new paints in some of my favourite colours and I'm quite happy with them.

From Samira Mian's archive, November 2021 this time. A really simple construction but an absolute nighmare to tile!

I had such a good time with the sixfold stars pattern that I had another go. There's so many different variations....I'm sure I'll be giving it yet another go soon. I've done this one so often now, I know how to do it off by heart!

Loving this sixfold stars pattern from Samira Mian's July 2022 archive. It's a relatively easy pattern to draw and there's so many ways in which it can be modified to make different patterns.

Something slightly different. A departure from the usual stars and diamonds, this is a pattern from the Gur e Amir mausoleum. The February 2022 pattern from Samira Mian's archives. This required more use of a compass...I ended up using 3 different compasses as I needed one to take a softer pencil and I prefer to... Continue Reading →

Another pattern from Samira Mian's archive. This time it's Qila-e-Kuhna Masjid Delhi. Again, a relatively simple construction but I made a mistake with the tiling first time around. A step was missing from the PDF instructions and I then had to go to the recording to see what I'd missed. I started off using yellow... Continue Reading →

This is another design from Samira Mian. This featured in her August 2022 tutorial pack. It was quite a straighforward pattern to follow but I ended up tiling on A3 paper and then it took me a long time to paint As I painted, I wasn't convinced that I liked what I was doing. I... Continue Reading →