My first Noël

A quiet Christmas.

I’m not one for Santas, snowmen or flashing lights. Christmas is hot where I live, and much of the traditional iconography just doesn’t make much sense.

I was asked to create some simple Christmas designs, and really enjoyed using simple Algerian Eyelet stitches to add texture to these motifs. They really are so quick and easy to stitch, and can be made up into ornaments as well.

See my “No sewing machine finish” tutorial for instructions.

This design is available in my Etsy store in full-colour pdf. Merry Christmas!

Under the River Gum

A new design in June/July 2026 Homespun Australia magazine. It’s always a pleasure to create something for the wonderful ‘Homespun Australia’ magazine, and this collaboration especially so. Ellie Whittaker, the new editor, reached out to me to contribute to her themed edition, on a ‘sense of place’. I loved this idea, as so many of…

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Seahorse Sway

Beneath the Waves Palette – XStitch the Rainbow special design It’s always humbling to see the breadth of design talent out there in your stitchy community, and the yearly XStitch the Rainbow collection is a perfect example. Run annually to coincide with the Nashville Needlework Market, XStitch the Rainbow features a different floss dyer each…

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Cockatoo Caravan & Platypus Grove

Additions to the “Home Together” Series Last year I began a new series of designs called “Home Together”, where I celebrated the fauna with whom we share our environments. It’s been such fun to stitch some very Australian scenes, as each of the designs also contains a built element. These two additions portray a very…

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Marvellous Blooms

An antique reproduction – special Etsy exclusive Working with antique samplers is such a privilege. While my collection mostly consists of the damaged, neglected and in need of saving, I have found a particular love of French samplers. Typically very floral, there’s a lightness and delicacy about them that keeps me intrigued. This sampler came…

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