knit and stitch show

Thankyou to everyone who came to the stand at Alexandra Palace last week. The response to my work was overwhelming and very very welcome !!!!


Hello to all the new readers ! and thankyou to the regulars who said hello in person !


Finally another thankyou to all of you who have commented on this blog and the Prick Your Finger blog about my work recently. I have been immersed in stitching and have only just found some ! It is always a joy to hear people's kind thoughts.

I will be filling up the shelves on Etsy this week with a new range of buttons and embroidery kits.........


The kit range has a bag , two dolls and some heart shaped pincushions all in blackwork on linen. (price range £5-£25)

I have loved thee with an everlasting love

.....therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee . (Jer.xxx 1.3)


Many thanks to Prick Your Finger for showing this. It will be up until mid-September and will then be off to the Knit and Stitch show at Alexandra Palace at the start of October.

The Ghosts of Winter

'nearly finished.....







Have a look at the Prick Your Finger blog for the finished corset , private view/party on Thursday 15th July 7pm

The Ghosts of Winter...a plan

The first major project of the year is a second 'flat' corset (see' In my garden I am Queene'). I will be adding to this post as I go..........
Inspiration list:
frost , death, rebirth , dandelion clocks, geranium leaves , the green man , faerie mounds and spider webs .
This will be a layered affair with beading , needlelace and 3d embroidery.The hare above is one of three animals which will be leaping through the leaves. It took fifteen hours to complete using a hand dyed silk floss and a big magnifying lense !!!!. The finished hare measures about 12cm long so the detail shots are at least double the actual size





These images are of the actual corset at several stages, the first being the pencil tracing for the beading.

..frosted geraniums


..the first embroidery


.... a pile of dandelions

The Tulip Faery

In the shop window today there is a length of trimming from a new range I am working on. This is my Tulip Faery ribbon , inspired by old fashioned paper cuts she is made from several layers of organdie and vintage lingerie ribbon. The shape comes from a tulip I pressed in my sketchbook.
The whole range will be launched soon at Prick Your finger.