The Immortal Nasturtium

The nasturtiums in my garden were still flowering yesterday when the first snow came. In their honour I have a new set of flower buttons which are part of a new range to be launched in the spring. These ones will be £15 for the set of four.
Happy Christmas and a peaceful heart to you all.

The Secret Desires of Moths

I have long been inspired by wings , be it birds or moths . When I discovered a book called 'Night Visions ,The Secret Designs of Moths ' I was in heaven !
This set of three buttons showing the vein patterns on moth wings is stem stitched onto silk and is £15 for the set. It is also the starting point for two new pieces of work which will take the best part of a year to complete !

Thankyou !!!

Many thanks to all my new customers ! I recently did the Knit and Stitch show at Alexandra Palace and had a wonderful time ( and was very tired !! ) Many items sold out and I am now busy trying to make some more of the rarer items. The 'Lost Glove' button sold out on the first day so I am now searching for old gloves. The picture above shows the button before I embroidered around the edge with a lovely old rayon crochet thread.....


..and this is the finished button. They are £4.95 each .

A faerie mound

This is what I made today........................if you hear music don't go inside.

All at sea

The next button in my baroque phase ! This time a little galleon sailing in a needlelace sea complete with mermaid and leaping fish.

The Sun King

I recently visited the Baroque exhibition at the V&A and loved the baroque theatre with its moving scenery . This has of course inspired a set of buttons which are three dimensional. The first one is of the sun behind the clouds. The sun is heavily embroidered in a baroque style onto the silk but the clouds are made in needlelace and are suspended in front on little springs.

The Earwig Mystery

I recently discovered that earwigs have wings but never use them. They are folded up some forty times and this is suggested as a reason for them not being unfolded. I think that they are saving them for a special occasion and when that happens they will unfold their silky origami wings and wear garlands of dew drops and tiny silver and gold chrysanthemums ( their favourites) .......and here is the button proof available now on etsy !!!!