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The pattern pack for Blue Flora & Bee line project is now in stock. Pack includes: Printed Instruction bookLinen fabric with pre-printed outline Have a wonderful week. Trish

Hello everyone hope your week is going well? I am delighted to let you know that the Blue Flora & Bee Line pattern is now available in the online store. If you follow me on Instagram you would have been following its' progress and I know some of you have been anxiously awaiting the pattern!… Continue reading Blue flora and bee line pattern

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well? As promised some time back I will be sharing with you my visit to Kew Gardens followed by a meeting with an extraordinary embroidery group in Ireland in June this year- where is the time going!! Following my visit to Tunbridge Wells and Search Press I spent… Continue reading Kew Gardens and Ireland

Hello Everyone, hope your week is going well? This week I would like to address some concerns you may have had with using an iron on transfer with cotton fabric, but firstly a bit about sublimation printing and how an iron on transfer is created. Iron On Transfers Iron on transfers are a life changing… Continue reading How to use an iron on transfer with cotton fabric

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well? This week I would like to share with you the Blue line flora and bee line embroidery. I have been working on this for some time and only able to reveal it now. This embroidery is reproduced with kind permission from artist Rachel Pedder Smith in the… Continue reading Blue Flora and Bee Line Embroidery

Hello everyone Hope you are having a great week? Just to let you know that the premium linen is finally back in stock. There has been a 5% price increase, sorry about that but unavoidable. As you know this is a top quality fine, linen fabric imported from Belgium - it is not easy to… Continue reading Linen & Transfers back in stock

Hello everyone Today I wanted to dye some white linen to give it an antique look for a specific project, and thought you may find it helpful to see the process and the results. I prefer coffee over tea for this as it creates a beautiful soft antique shade, see for yourself here is the… Continue reading Antique Linen

Hello everyone Hope your week is going well? Overseas trips always provide me with new inspiration - it is good to get away and see what is happening in the rest of the world and come back refreshed and brimming with new ideas. As there is too much to share in one sitting I will… Continue reading Search Press Publishers

Hello everyone A happy Monday morning to you! Want to learn how to do botanical needlepainting then these are for you. Botanical needlepainting is the realistic interpretation of flowers and plants. I am pleased to announce that there are two new botanical needlepainting patterns available in the shop. Both patterns are stitched using DMC stranded… Continue reading New Botanical Patterns

Hello Everyone, how are you? I am back from my overseas trip, lots to show and tell and will share with you as soon as I have settled back in. The online shop is now open. Have a wonderful weekend. Trish