At the weekend I was in Leigh-on-Sea a town about half an hour from here. It is right on the Thames Estuary. On the way to the station I had to stop and snap a…
View PostAt the weekend I was in Leigh-on-Sea a town about half an hour from here. It is right on the Thames Estuary. On the way to the station I had to stop and snap a…
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Happy Monday! There’s only seven weeks until Christmas! Which is both exciting and OMG-where-did-the-year-go?! It defintely feels winter-y today, it was near freezing on our morning walk, there is no escaping the changing season. When…
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When I made the frame for my Gloriana embroidery, I had some off cuts leftover. I didn’t know what to do with them, so I sewed them together to make a rectangle. Then I grabbed…
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Did you see that DMC have released 35 new embroidery thread colours? Did you see that?!! Sorry, a bit excited… ;-) You can get a tin with all the colours together, but since about half…
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This is a reminder for anyone who wants to pre-order a signed copy of Mandalas to Embroider from me: don’t dawdle, order it nooooow! I plan on placing my order this week, so if you…
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A few weeks ago I took a class in machine embroidery at The Village Haberdashery and it was great! I had had a got at doing it myself earlier in the year, but I wasn’t…
View PostA few weeks ago I took a class in machine embroidery at The Village Haberdashery and it was great! I had had a got at doing it myself earlier in the year, but I wasn’t…
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Gloriana is now even more glorious! Sort of. ;-) I decided that for once, I’d do something with an embroidery, not just leave it rolled up in a drawer. So I made a textile frame…
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Summer is almost over. Although, as I’m writing this, it feels very much like summer still. 22°C in the shade at 10 AM! I plan on sitting in the garden with my embroidery later. Better…
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