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!
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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Dutch Redwork Duo
An antique reproduction and a drum This pattern arose out of friendship – the lovely Nicola from Number12StitchCo on Etsy asked me to create a special reproduction using her beautiful linen, for the first Toowoomba Stitcher’s Retreat in 2024. After going back-and-forth on a couple of designs (and hitting the inevitable design roadblocks) we decided…
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