Featured 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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In the greenhouse
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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C is for Chateau, D is for Dodo
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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Mrs Patmor’s Sweet Home
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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The Great Australian Shindig
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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Echoes of a garden past: A special antique reproduction
Sometimes with designing and reproducing, a mistake can send you in a whole new direction. I started this piece many months ago, hoping to release it for Market earlier this year. I started reproducing it in overdyes and stitched almost half before I decided it wasn’t working. Now, it’s not unusual for me to have…
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Special Projects #1: A new, exclusive series starting with “My Bird Pin-Pillow”
This little pin-pillow is the first of my Special Projects – a new series of small projects that also provide a chance to learn something new or discover new fibres or materials. These Special Projects are only available in my Etsy store and will come out a couple of times a year, along with full…
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Rosella Rests
Can we call three birds a flock? I think we’re well on the way to creating a flock to dance across your wall… ‘Rosella Rests’ is the third in my series of reproductions of Victorian-era bird needlepoints. I just love these pieces – and this one in particular. I adore the movement in the leaves…
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Two from Tasmania
This brings back happy memories for me of visiting Hobart for the first time, and my first retreat as guest designer – the Dark Mojo Retreat hosted by the fabulous Kerrilyn from A Stitch in Time last year. Kerrilyn asked me to create a Tasmanian design, and ‘Tasmania, After the Fires’ came together so beautifully…
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On Kindness & Pennsylvania Prims
Whenever I am lucky enough to glimpse an antique piece of stitching, I can’t help but wonder about their stitchers, their lives and their personalities, while admiring their skills and artistry. I wonder about Jane Whiston, from 1818, who created the original piece that inspired ‘On Kindness’. Jane’s little sampler touched my heart, and echoes…
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Mojo Stitches 