Needlework designs and delights
It’s not a medal, but a recognition I was playing around while working on my reproduction of H Sophia Baker, 1878, trying out the colour palette and made this adaptation. Antique reproductions can be stitched exactly, or you can adapt, change and recreate elements of the original into a new design. While trying to work…
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Not all reproduction samplers are quiet and subdued. Meet H Sophia Baker. I love old samplers. They often appear almost ghostly, having faded so far into time. Others arrive with freshly-lipsticked smile, all bright and gleaming. H Sophia Baker is one such freshly-painted gem. I love her rough stitches, her almost-garish colours and her sense…
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Mojo Stitches 