Biscornu

Bisornu Pincushion that I made as a little gift for

my very dear friend Pierrette's Birthday.

The Silks used are Dinky Dye Coral Sea

First Sampler now finished

I have just finished this little sampler as a gift for my daughter in law who just loves Hippos and the design was a free one from http://wiehenburg.de/19.html and its the Mini Sampler and I changed the little birds at the bottom for little Hippos. It is stitched on 28 count evenweave and the thread used is one of the new Anchor multicoloured called Stormy Seas number 1439

Needlepainting

This is a little cottage that I have just finished for a Birthday gift for my friend Pierrette.

Needlepoint

This is a little Orna Willis needlepoint design called Sunflower

I have just finished it and now have it framed, I made it for a Christmas gift for my daughter Susannah and just hope that she likes it. She lives a long distance from me which is why she has not received it yet but I am planning on visiting her shortly within the next month

Gifts made for Christmas

Front of Pinn

Back of Pinn

I made a couple of things for my friend Pierrette for Christmas. I made her some aprons and also a little Dog Pincushion and found just the right fabric for it with a tiny print of sewing items like cotton reels tape measures thimbles etc- This little doggie pincushion now is called 'Pinn'

Freestyle Embroidery

These are a couple of little motifs that I stitched onto a CQ Block for my very dear friend Pierrette the Squirrel was stitched using silk perle from Vikki Clayton's Hand Dyed Fibres and the mushrooms and toadstools were stitched using assorted threads

Blackwork

This is my first venture into Blackwork and is of a little flower and butterfly, I enjoyed making it and have several other Blackwork projects in my long line of future WIP's