Needlework designs and delights
One of the great joys of my work has been finding good people to work with – and Cottage Garden Threads are one of my favourite collaborators and friends. As an early champion of their beautiful threads (and an explorer of the innovative things we stitchers can do with them!), it’s heartwarming to see how…
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A free design in thanks… Being part of the stitching community is such a privilege and a comfort. It’s been a difficult time, and I wanted to create a small design to offer you in thanks for your kindness, and to celebrate the resilience of even the most fragile-seeming life. I love those moments when…
Read MoreFeatured in Autumn 2025 Just Cross Stitch Magazine It’s such an honour to have a design featured in Just Cross Stitch! I was asked late last year to contribute to their “Inspired by a sampler” series, and my mind (typically going sideways) took the brief in a slightly different direction. Although I am constantly inspired…
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So many people have stitched and enjoyed “In the library” – it’s been such a joy to connect with other readers all over the world. I always intended to create another piece, and this one celebrates gardeners and plant lovers. I’m particularly thinking of my mother, who makes things bloom, and my sister, who makes…
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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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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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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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A stitching panel for Cottage Garden Threads’ “Work Cushion” pattern Some time ago, Katie from Cottage Garden Threads re-released a pattern she designed for a work cushion – an ingenious idea to create a cushion to use as a stitching surface that is adjustable in height, and that contains lots of clever little pockets to…
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A series of charts featuring new ‘Bookshelf’ colours in collaboration with Cottage Garden Threads Now, this I didn’t expect! The lovely Katie from Cottage Garden Threads contacted me about her upcoming trip to the Nashville Needlework Market (goals!), where CGT are attending for the first time. They wanted to showcase some new products and some…
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Zelda Fitzgerald’s quote, ‘Nobody has ever measured, not even the poets, how much the heart can hold’ immediately came to mind when I was asked to create a design to support Pam from Cottage Garden Threads last year. It was such a pleasure to be able to give back (a little) in thanks to Pam…
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Mojo Stitches 