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My last post was about Newark Park and the Laura Ashley bedroom. While I was there I also found time to admire some of the wonderful needlework around the house. There is a good range of embroidery,...
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Brunel Broderers’ Exhibition at Newark Park
On my recent visit to Newark Park I was lucky enough to see the Brunel Broderer’s exhibition, which was of work made in response to the house and gardens. I really hate singling people out in...
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Teeny tiny sewing machine
I have just come back from a long weekend break in Spain. While we were there we had a less than successful stay in Murcia, where the Medieval Historian had been many years previously. Sadly,...
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Red Rabbits
I am starting in the middle a bit with things here. This is the second quilt in a series, and I have yet to blog about the first, but I am aware that it has been a while since I posted anything and...
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A small thing
This is short post about this very small piece which measures about six inches by four inches. It is made on a piece of old quilt with needle-turned appliqué. The appliqué is mainly done with plain...
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Straight stitching
Most embroiderers, myself included, have at least one book on their shelves called something like 101 Embroidery Stitches. This is a bit like having all those programmes on an automatic washing...
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Joy in work: feathers
Very occasionally I get to write one of these posts about when a piece of work just goes amazingly well. This is one of those occasions. It feels like I just turn up and provide the hands but the...
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Field notes from Utopia
A couple of months ago, I went on a fantastic weekend at Shore Cottage Studio. I have blogged about this before, but, to recap, it is a gorgeous studio on the Dee Estuary which runs short courses on...
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Maria, Hen Empress of all the Russias
If you have been following my blog for a bit, you will know that every New Year’s Day I make a doll which either says something about the past year, or about the one coming up. My rule is that it has...
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Alf Rehn’s shirt
Wednesday was the birthday of a Grate Frend (Molesworth) of mine, Alf Rehn. Alf is the epitome of the modern European: divides his time between London, Copenhagen and Finland, speaks most modern...
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Spring Wreath
This is my latest piece of work. It is quite a traditional piece of hand appliqué. I started with a piece of printed furnishing fabric from a sample book, measuring roughly 18 inches (46 cm) square...
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Another wreath
I was a bit taken aback by how popular the last wreath was, so here’s another. This is made in the same way. The background is a sample of furnishing linen which I have had for ages but not wanted...
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Further adventures in wreath-making
This version of the wreath is a bit more unusual than the first two that appeared on the blog. It’s made with Amy Butler fabric so it is much more contemporary-looking. The substrate is a sample of...
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Wreath Wraith
I have been very busy recently and have let my blog slip. I can only apologise. There are plenty of posts coming up which I hope will go some way to make up for this. I am starting with the pieces...
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I recently went on a really great workshop organised by Selvedge magazine. It was called a ‘Craft Spa Day’ and was held in Bloomsbury. Selvedge, by the way is a fantastic magazine. It has the most...
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Turtle Egg
There has been one of my all too frequent gaps in posting. Again it is because I have been doing a lot of making, mainly on my inspired by Fabergé eggs. I have also moved on to working with wook...
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Turquoise egg
I have been busy making more pieces to illustrate my soon to launch Fabergé-inspired egg workshop, and I am going to put them on the blog in fairly quick succession. This one is one of the flat panels...
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This egg panel is very simple. I wanted to use the orange rose print just because I think it is so pretty. I tacked the fabric over a stiff card egg template, stitched almost all the way round it...
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Pheasant/Phoenix
I am hardly ever proud of what I have done. I follow a curve of getting very excited about something and then thinking it’s a pile of rubbish. I am with all those artists who say that there is...
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