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
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Linen & Transfers back in stock
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
Antique Linen
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
Search Press Publishers
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
New Botanical Patterns
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
Online Shop Open
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
Away Overseas
Hello everyone I hope this finds you well and that you are having a great week? Just a reminder that I will shortly be leaving for my overseas trip and the shop will be closed from 7th June to 7th July, so tomorrow is the last day for placing orders. I will have limited access… Continue reading Away Overseas
Embroidery and our environment
Hello everyone Hope you have had a wonderful week? Summer holidays are approaching and I will very soon be leaving for the UK to deliver the new book manuscript to Search Press (due to be released next year) and to visit Kew Gardens - all very exciting, but lots to do and of course there… Continue reading Embroidery and our environment
Provencal & Campagne Updates
Hello Everyone and a happy Monday morning! The popular Provencal & Campagne Landscape PDF digital patterns have been given a face lift. The outlines have been re-drawn and slightly increased in size for your convenience. The layout has been amended to reflect an easier interface to follow and the stitch glossary has been updated. Provencal… Continue reading Provencal & Campagne Updates
New DMC Floss
Hello everyone How are you, hope your week is going well and you are getting in some stitching time? NEW DMC FLOSS COLOURS Many of you have emailed stating that you cannot find some of the thread numbers for the new embroidery pattern: Tuscan landscape, so I thought it was time I introduced you to… Continue reading New DMC Floss