Summer is slipping slowly by and autumn beckons. I’ll miss the summer barbeques and afternoons spent at the beach or in the garden but there is something so alluring about the autumn months and as I do as every season approaches, I think about what there is to look forward to…. turned up collars twinkle lights crunchy leaves underfoot foggy…
Embroidery increasingly occupies my days. There is something so therapeutic about putting little stitches onto fabric. When that fabric is a beautiful soft vintage linen, it’s even better. When that vintage linen is already beautifully embroidered, it’s a dream. Wondering whose hands embroidered this linen all those years ago occupies my thoughts as I add new stitches to the fabric.…
The last couple of weeks have been very busy, leaving little time to sew and even less to blog. My sons have moved home and we formed part of most of the removal crew, there has been a trip back to my home town in Kent and one to London to see Coldplay. I love having lots to do but…
Appliqué – from the French word appliquer – to apply or fasten. Appliqué is essentially where you fasten one piece of fabric to another – you can use a variety of different methods. Today I’m looking at raw edge appliqué and the way of doing it I’m showing you now achieves a look similar to free motion embroidery, where you drop…
I love to spend time doing appliqué – there are so many ways of doing it – I love them all. continue reading
Seedheads are often popping up in my work. Cow parsley, allium, clematis, poppies… I find as much beauty in the seedheads as I do the flowers. continue reading
The last couple of days have been busy as I’ve been setting up my new Handmade at Amazon store. continue reading
