Yes, our panel for The Great Tapestry of Scotland is very nearly finished! We are just filling in our individual boxes around the outside. If you have missed any of my regular updates on this amazing project you can read more here and here and also here. I have just completed my last turn and stitched …
Do you remember a few months back I showed you a new magazine that featured my African Flower Crochet Bag? The publishers wanted to get pre-orders so had mocked up a cover showing lots of the featured bags. Well here is that actual magazine, Creative Bagmaking, out just yesterday. And as you can see my …
Phew I just made it! Yes, I have just snuck in to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival Spring 2013 on the last day! Thanks so much to Amy for hosting one of my favourite events in the quilting year. Usually I am right there at the front of the queue but this year I was waiting …
I seem to be always busy but not getting much done at the moment! I think it’s down to a particularly heavy class schedule in May. I don’t really have anything finished to show you and not much prospect of it in the near future! But I don’t want you all to forget about me …
First of all thank you so much for all your lovely comments and stories about embroidery. It’s obviously a subject that many of you have an interest in and/or happy memories about. And now for the winner…… It’s comment number 14 And, at the risk of sounding biased, I am really happy that Marg is …
This spool block is part of my Modern Patchwork Techniques 2 evening class. It’s probably the easiest week of the course. I made a block as an initial sample, then another in the class, and then we did the course again a few months back and I made another. And I thought, if I just …
Last week I was sent this beautiful new Embroidery book by the publisher’s Jaqui Small. Sophie Long (who worked on Kate Middleton’s wedding dress!) has put together the most exquisite book on needlework that I have ever seen. As well as instructions on every technique imaginable it also features a wealth of textile inspiration. Just …
Here’s a cushion I finished back in January. I did give you a sneak peek and shared the embroideries I used, but now you can see the finished result. Another Cathedral Window (it’s becoming an addiction!), made again from Essex Linen this time in bleached white, and with vintage and new embroideries peeping through the …
…hopefully on your door mat by now, if you are coming! If the postman hasn’t delivered your ticket yet, you might want to look away now so as not to spoil the surprise (though if you own a pair of eyes it is probably too late!!). We have been having such fun planning stuff for …
Here’s a wee update for all of you who are following the progress of The Great Tapestry of Scotland panel that my group of stitchers, The Edinburgh Tenners, have been working on. More info about this project here and here and here. There is also a Facebook page with loads of photos of all the …