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.
This design is available in my Etsy store in full-colour pdf. Merry Christmas!
Quokka Quaker
There I was, just stitching on a quaker, and this little critter came along and photo-bombed it! Known for their photogenic quality (and tendency to photo-bomb), Quokkas are sometimes called “the world’s happiest animal”, and I felt it was my way of just giving everyone a hug… I had this idea some years ago (I…
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When flowers bloom…
Those antique birds – I just can’t stop stitching them! I wanted to introduce you to my newest feathered friend, this little one, surrounded by a magnificent wreath of flowers. I think it’s a cardinal – but perhaps the original stitcher took some license with the colouring – what do you think? I’ve been collecting…
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Oranges & Lemons
While I was preparing for the most recent Stitching in the Mountains Retreat, I was considering patterns that would fit our theme of scent. After some to-ing and fro-ing, I remembered my Great Aunt (Auntie Pam, we called her), who had a beautiful kumqat tree in a big, fancy pot, right by her front door.…
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Make Happiness
An antique reproduction (Eileen Elizabeth Mason 1923) and two pin-pillows… More of my time than I care to admit is spent searching online for antique samplers. Most are out of my price range, and many use very similar motifs, similar sentiments and have tried-and-true colour palettes. It was such a treat to find this relatively…
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