Blog
Hello and welcome to my Blog especially for textile artists, combining inspiration, personal growth, creativity and design. All the good things!
Retrieve Intuition
There’s a superfluity of instruction, books, tutorials, classes, and videos sure to set us on a path to certain success – or does it?
Embrace Buttonhole for Pizzaz
Buttonhole Stitch is a reliable and versatile stitch that’s been around for a very long time, referenced in a number of significant historic needlework texts.
3D Stitched Motifs
If you’re in the mood to work with some stunning embellishments available now, check out your stash of beads and sequins. The gratification is immeasurable.
DIY Design
Teaching design is not easy. Teachers don't know what you know and what you don't know; they don't know your strengths or weaknesses - nor your passions, beliefs, or feelings. And they're the things that help inform and impact you as an artist, particularly when it...
A Delectation of Embroidered Fiction
So keep your eyes peeled for my Stitch Safari book reviews – a pleasurable, sometimes exotic, always thought-provoking journey into stories involving a needle and thread and the characters they immerse.
Slips, Sequins and Stumpwork
So a passionate interest in embroidery and history has led to research for a podcast – with the offshoot that I’m more adventurous in my use of technique. Who knew?
Secret Love – Books!
Frankly, this book is an utter delight from cover to cover and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in concept embroidery.
What If?….
Regardless of how we work as Textile Artists, we should always be asking ourselves that hugely important question, ‘what if?.
Slash and Burn Embroidery
Honestly, nothing’s out-of-bounds now in terms of creative, innovative embroidery.
What Is Slow Stitching Exactly?
Whatever you like to call it, needlework, embroidery, soul-stitching, or slow stitching – I highly approve and promote all it has to offer – whatever it’s called.
After Christmas Revamp
My best wishes to you all for a very happy and safe Christmas – and After Christmas Revamp.
The Mixer
I’m the baker, the mixer of ideas and the one willing to spend that precious time trying to discover a way forward, with the ingredients I have at hand.
The Power of Intention
Intent’s important because it underpins everything we do. It offers purpose and direction – enough to inspire developing a concept.
That Online Purchase Experience
As purchaser’s, we all have long memories. We also make future choices on past experiences.
Yes, No or Wow
Doubt is normal. Certainty is stifling. View problems as an opportunity. Re-awaken that inner voice. Equate failure with learning. Use desire, persistence and expertise to communicate concepts clearly and always for ‘wow.’