Children For Gaza Quilt – Making Work with Tears in my Eyes
If you know me, you will know that Palestine and Palestinians are very close to my heart and have been […]
embroidery
Goldfinch on Pomegranates
Inspiration for the art work Yes I must admit I have a bit of an obsession with both goldfinches and
Little Puffin Commission
Puffin Commission Who doesn’t love puffins? With their brightly coloured beaks and funny walk, what’s not to adore about these
The Summer of the Kingfishers
Since I was a small child I’ve always loved kingfishers. This piece ‘The Summer of the Kingfishers’ is inspired by
Peacock on a Hilltop
‘Peacock on a Hilltop’ is a small silk painting embroidered by machine using free machine embroidery and by hand
Little Kingfisher
This little kingfisher started out as a very vague silk painting. I used acrylic inks to create a mottled background
Early Influences
My mother was the first person to really help and inspire me with embroidery. She was the one who made
Beautiful Bee-eater
I’ve tried to recapture the sense of decoration and opulence I experience while visiting the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There
Pretty Peacock
Shimmer shimmer shimmer. It’s taking forever to “sequinize” this peacock embroidery.
World Embroidery Day 30th July 2013
I only found out about “World Embroidery Day” from the Mahila Community on facebook a few days ago – it
Entanglement
Stitches are like plants: they grow organically if you let them, springing forth from the fertile ground of furrowed fabric.
Sunlit July
The weather has been so warm and sunny recently (hip hip hooray!) that I’ve been feeling the need to use
Wild About Poppies
I feel like I’ve come to the end of this particular poppy piece; “Large Poppies” and it is now ready
Bokhara Couching
[wpg] I’ve been having a little go with some hand stitching trying out various stitches. One of my favourites that
Textile Experiments
[wpg] I’ve recently become interested in doing something different with fabric painting – so trying a few textile experiments. I
Brown Grasses
“Brown Grasses”. It was created from Bogoak tweed bought in Donegal Town, Ireland at McGees. It’s gorgeous fabric and
Messing Around
[wpg] This is just a bit of mucking about with some spattered silk dupion as the background. Then I added
Green Umbels update
[wpg] This one has been hanging around for a while after I finished the chain stitching on it and decided