Crazy Quilting

This is a little friendship pillow/sachet that I made for my very dear friend Pierrette, if you look closely you will find a little 'Bee' as I always try to add one to everything I make for her (this is a little joke between us)

Crazy Quilting

This is a little Pansy block that I made that I was going to make into a little pouch however I decided that it would make a far nicer needlecase

Mr Blobby

This is my Mr Blobby in his favourite sleeping position, It seems to be quite a common pose for cats who are rather rotund (better be polite in case they can read this as you never know)

Freestyle Embroidery/Needlepainting

This is a peacock that I designed and stitched for my City & Guilds Embroidery and Design course it is worked on Ivory silk fabric and the threads used are all silk with the odd scattering of a gold metallic thread

This was one of my first attempts at creating a picture with threads, it is worked in a single strand of either DMC or Anchor. The design is one of the Di Van Niekerke miniature cottages http://www.needlecraft.co.za/vanniekerk.htm this is her old website but you can find her new designs here http://www.dicraft.co.za/

This is another of Di Van Niekerk miniature cottages that I worked with single stands of either DMC or Anchor threads

Brazilian Embroidery

This is a little trio of Brazilian Embroidery that I made for a gift for my friend Pierrette.

The Needlecase, Pincushion and

Scissor Fob are all made with Dupion Silk and the embroidery is all done with Edmar's finest rayon thread called Glory

My 1st ever Needlepoint

This is my first ever needlepoint project and the design was by Loretta Spears (I think that she is now either chronically ill or deceased and her designs are no longer available unless on Ebay or somewhere similar) this is one of her series of Mystery Designs.

I was only able to attempt this and complete it with the help of my wonderful friend Pierrette who held my hand from start to finish.

We chat daily but for around five weeks we not only chatted but exchanged photos of Bargello Symphony daily where she stood over me with a big stick (LOL).

This is the end result, Pierrette also completed the same project along side me for herself, however I changed mine very slightly as I always like to be different. If you view hers see if you can see the difference and I do not mean the way that she has mounted and framed hers.

William Morris Design

This was a kit that I purchased at a show for the silly price of £5 it took some time to finish but once I got stuck in I could not stop.

It was originally for a cushion cover but I decided to mount it, to date its still not framed but is laced onto a board and all ready to go.