Forgive my soggy photographs it was raining heavily yesterday and I only had time first thing to take them (the afternoon was spent at a lovely talk by Anna Pavord). Being...
This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Shadowed. I have toyed with the obvious ideas of shadows but instead have gone for a feeling of being shadowed from the heat of...
I am thrilled with the Sheep Pincushion now it is finished. The kit is from Lorna Bateman and it is one of two kits I bought to help me learn some...
I have finished the embroidery of the sheep pincushion and I am rather pleased with it. Next up is to trim the fabric and make it into a pin cushion but...
Finally, a completed project. I finished the paisley embroidery weeks ago but as ever I am very slow in finishing off the project. Part of the problem is that I needed...
I have been plodding along with the pincushion for a couple of weeks, albeit it only a few evenings a week. It has been a challenge right from the start as...
I have finished the paisley cushion cover; I just need to sew it all together which I plan to do one wet weekend. In my bid to learn more embroidery skills...
Donna’s comment on my last post that the first paisley motif made her think of a whale with flowery eyes made me chuckle and since then all I can see are...
I had been making good progress on the paisley designed cushion cover but I suspect I am about to take some steps backwards. In my last post I mentioned how frustrated...
Back on the 1st January I blogged about learning a new skill – crewel work. I have an inability to sit and do nothing of an evening so I tend to...