STITCHWORKS

I have now managed to finish my green and purple bag. I had a sudden burst of energy and I am pleased with it. I made two short handles fro...

We got back from Ireland on Wednesday. The journey was complicated by the flight being cancelled and then having to get to Dublin via Belfa...

I am persevering with the pieces of fabric which I monoprinted in various ways. This one was done with acrylic paint and fabric medium on a ...

Yesterday I visited the Hackwood Art Festival, which is in about its third year. I have never managed to get there before which is bad as i...

I’m still trying to work out the best ways of monoprinting on cotton but in the meantime for a break I made this bowl as one of my sons want...

It is a Bank Holiday today and I woke up to heavy rain. It was cold and miserable. My husband has gone to Sweden on a course. Rather than be...

I have finished the landscape experimenting with Bokhara couching. I really enjoyed the bright, dramatic colours and the stitch is so versa...

I finished this bag recently but have been holding on to it to use as a sample for a small workshop I am running in a local library. Basical...

This is a small bowl, 4 1/2 inches, that I made this week from merino tops. The band round the outside is made from Suffolk/Jacob cross flee...

This is such fun, I found it via Flickr. Its particularly great because I just gave this piece away - now I can pretend it is in a gallery...

The previous tutorial came about as I was busy working out a project for a small group at a local day centre, so I thought I would photograp...

Painting various types of papers is great fun in itself, it also helps with design ideas and the end results can be used in a number of way...

It was the last session at the felt making course on Saturday. You can see from the picture that we had a really productive and good humoure...

I would highly recommend the felt making course at The Mary Ward Centre for anyone living near to London. As you can see we learnt a 3d felt...

Not much time to post this weekend as I go up to London tomorrow to start the felt course. I have packed silks and lace to include in the fe...

If you look at one of Raspberry's recent posts, see my links, you will see she has been making felt balls; hers have developed into key ...

This is a sample of machine embroidery on transfer printed polycotton which I have made into a small ‘cushion’ by adding a machine embroider...

For someone who has given up full time work, I seem to have been really busy. I had to buy a new car as my old one ‘died’; I also went for a...

I wrote about this piece after I had been to a talk given by Sherrill Kahn at the Knitting and Stitching Show. I eventually finished it and ...

I have been playing with colouring papers today; trying to work on some ideas for a workshop. I used a variety of paper, including brown pap...