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The Elephant Doorstop
An Elephant Of No Distinction But Infinite Charm Do you remember the Elephant of No Distinction But Infinite Charm, who inspired the canvaswork footstool I made for my mother? She’s now commissioned me...
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Rethinking The Elephant Doorstop
Needs More Thought I originally decided to use plain stranded cotton for the Elephant Doorstop, in colours chosen to match the curtains in the living room as closely as possible. However, once I...
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Quaker Tapestry kit – Cooperation is better than conflict
Cooperation is better than conflict I suppose you could say I inherited this panel. A local embroideress died, and her daughter gave me (and I believe many others!) various bits of her stash. This was...
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Something I didn’t quite think through
Not quite thought through... I’m really not at all sure what to do with this. It’s an abandoned experiment that I recently rediscovered, and which is nagging me more than somewhat! I really should...
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Another eBay Project
Dressing Table Set in Cutwork When I first discovered eBay, I bought a lot of transfers and some threads, and this dressing table set in cutwork arrived in one of the parcels, already stamped and...
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A little light repair work
A Cutwork Tablecloth in need of some loving attention One of the advantages of a family obsession with textiles is that no-one looks at me strangely when I get excited about a fabric, a thread, or a...
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Happy Holidays – The Sea Tractor at Burgh Island (part one)
The Sea Tractor At Burgh Island This piece was intended as an entry in a competition run by “Needlecraft” Magazine about 25 years ago. The brief was to recreate “A Holiday Memory”, and as it happened,...
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Happy Holidays – The Sea Tractor At Burgh Island (part two)
The Sea Edge Continuing the Saga of the Sea Tractor… I worked the sea edge in short lengths of scroll stitch in close pastel blues. The idea was to create the sense of the ripples at the edge as a...
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Kai Lung of the Golden Hours
Kai Lung This wonderfully contorted Imperial Dragon was another Needlewoman Magazine design (March 1934), and he got his name from the Golden Hours of Kai Lung, by Ernest Bramah, which I was reading...
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The Aztec Blind
Aztec Hall Blind Our predecessors in our current house had a somewhat flamboyant decorative style, and we still haven’t replaced the Aztec inspired wallpaper in the hall. If the combination of...
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Overcoming The Fear
A Blank Sheet This post has its roots in some conversations I’ve had with friends who are involved in education and enrichment, and in our mutual realisation that, although we may have different words...
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From Watercolour to Embroidery
Watercolour : Silk Flowers at Paynesville This vase of flowers was on the table in a motel room we stayed in, many years ago. For some reason they caught my eye, and for our whole stay – which was full...
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Same design, different stitches
Ribbons And Bows I’ve been rummaging in a variety of boxes, because with “Leaving the Tyne, 1915” finished and on display, and two “Dreams of Amarna” pieces in a good state, I feel as though I have a...
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