Draw That Stitch

Draw That Stitch

Are you having trouble picturing how a stitch will look in a pattern or design? Then draw it. It’s the simplest way I know to get a a feel for how that stitch will work before you even thread a needle or take a stitch – plus it’s fun. Several...
Layering Ideas

Layering Ideas

I’m beginning to understand myself as an embroiderer. I’ve written about how I design for hand embroidery, but there’s another element to what I do that seems to make a lot of sense to me. I call it layering. The idea or concept is the beginning...
Colour in Embroidery

Colour in Embroidery

I’ve just recorded an episode podcast for my Stitch Safari on ‘Colour in Embroidery’. As this topic is so important, I thought I’d write about it here too. What amazes me is that with all the whizz-bang theory, tools and technology, people are...
How I Create New Work

How I Create New Work

It doesn’t take much, I can tell you, to enthuse me to create a new piece of work. Colour, a simple idea, a piece of beautiful fabric or threads, unusual embellishments, or a combination, it doesn’t matter. What matters is creating and enthusiasm. I like...
Christmas Canvas Work

Christmas Canvas Work

Happy Christmas 2023 to all who read and subscribe to my weekly blog. I appreciate that you’re here, so I’d like to give a little something back. Have you given Canvas Work a go? Canvas work is a form of counted thread embroidery, worked on open weave...
Stitching A Small Series

Stitching A Small Series

When you have an idea for a theme and that urge to stitch grabs hold, you just have to follow your inspiration. And that’s exactly what I did with this small series based very loosely on Wildflowers. I wanted to capture the essence of wildness, freedom, pattern...