Needlework designs and delights
Alphabet blocks return! I’m so happy to create the two new blocks in my alphabet blocks series. I just loved my A & B blocks done a few years ago and always intended to do the entire alphabet. But with so many things on my plate, they kept getting pushed aside. But no longer! In…
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An antique reproduction Nestled among roses, Mrs Patmor’s home was clearly a haven. I like to think that the anonymous antique stitcher loved Mrs P and the home she created around her. While I can’t pinpoint Mrs Patmor in time (save Downton Abbey!), I love that we can remember her, and the kind stitcher, by…
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New, exclusive releases for this first-time online retreat. I’d love to see you there! I’m going to be joining a fantastic new online retreat this weekend (Jan 26/27 2025 Aussie time) hosted by the wonderful Lisa of Paddock Lane Designs. Lisa has been speaking to me for a long time about ways to celebrate the…
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Adapted from an antique, and my birthday exclusive Many of you remember “Echoes of a Garden Past” from last year, which I released as a special birthday exclusive. I’ve seen so many beautiful people stitching it (and a couple of finishes!) and I’m so glad to hear how much you’re enjoying such a special piece.…
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A scrappy WIP upcycling project Do you have a secret stash of offcuts of linens, of bright finishing fabrics and little scraps of trim? Do you also have a pile of half-finished stitches that you know you’ll never complete? I have both, I must admit, and I love using them to create stitched collages. It’s…
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Summer 2024 retreat recap and Winter 2025 retreat announcement! Our Summer retreat was such a joy – Lisa from Paddock Lane Designs and I had such fun putting on our latest retreat, held again at the gorgeous Glenella in Blackheath. I am truly humbled by the creativity and kind heart of all the attendees, both…
Read MoreWhile I love everything I stitch and create, there are some pieces that really take my heart – and this is one of them. When I found the antique original, it took my breath away – the movement in the ferns, the lightness of the butterflies glancing above – it is truly a wonder. The…
Read MoreNew release: ask your store for a copy! I think it’s time to fully embrace my status as ‘the bird lady’… I can’t fight it – I just love stitching birds! And it seems you like them too (thanks for joining me in the obsession!)… This one is a little different though… Adapted from a…
Read MoreNew release – ask your needlework store for a copy! I have a fondness for collective nouns, those wonderfully evocative terms for groups, like a ‘parliament’ of owls, or a ‘murder of crows’, and I was so tickled to discover that the collective noun for a group of hummingbirds is a ‘charm’! And so I…
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A new design in Homespun Australia! Autumn makes me think of winds and spiraling leaves, so when Homespun Australia asked me to do an autumnal design, I created these little hares, playing in the breeze. It was such a fun little stitch, which utilises 9 of the Bookshelf Edit Cottage Garden Threads, in gorgeous Fall…
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