On Sunday 10 June 2018, the streets of Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London were filled with thousands of women and girls across the UK, wearing the suffragette colours. ‘Processions 2018’ was a living artwork to honour and celebrate one hundred years since the suffragettes first won the right to vote and stand for public office, […]
It was over a year ago. I was so happy to find out that my whitework piece ‘London Skyline’ was selected to be one of a series of limited edition of RSN (Royal School of Needlework) greeting cards. Now it’s sold out. Thank you very much for your support. I am very grateful. This fine […]
At Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Studio, we often get ecclesiastical embroidery jobs. St Mary Oatlands church in Surrey was one of our clients. We worked on their alter frontal. I was fortunate to get invited to the rededication service on New Year’s Day. It’s a beautiful church. It is fabulous to see the alter frontal […]
Some thoughts as we say goodbye to 2016. Some people think it’s been a bad year. Sure, but I’d like to think we also had some happy moments. This year I had a opportunity to develop more original kits to sell at the Royal School of Needlework shop. I am very grateful that my ‘Blackwork […]
This lovely needle minder is made by Deborah Wilding (stitchandco.co.uk). She’s one of our RSN tutors. I bought this at RSN shop. It’s magnetic, so needles can lay flat. I just love using the two holes in the heart-shaped button. Deborah also makes some lovely magnets to hold tissue paper. It’s always important to cover […]
Throwback Thursday. This is one of my favourite pieces. I wanted to try stumpwork technique to recreate Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairy. Actually, the whole piece looks like an opened book. When I was mounting this piece, the Duchess of Cambridge (Yes! It’s Catherine!) came to visit us at Royal School of Needlework. Before we […]
As a stitcher at Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Studio, I sometimes get an opportunity to work on very interesting projects. Game of Thrones project was one of them. A huge embroidery artwork was created to mark the release of Season 5 DVD. It was a collaborative project with The Embroiderers’ Guild, Fine Cell Work […]
Happy New Year! I just started to work on a Goldwork piece. This is the design I’ve been longing to embroider. The design of three motifs – the pomegranate, the crown and the fleur de lys – is from RSN (Royal School of Needlework) Collection. In Goldwork (RSN Essential Stitch Guides) by Helen McCook, you […]
My blackwork kit is on sale at RSN shop! This ‘London Skyline’ design comes from my Fine Whitework piece. Lovely RSN shop. You can do online shopping as well:) http://www.royal-needlework.org.uk/shop Thank you for your support.
