When I’d finished putting the large elements on to the backing felt, I laid it on the floor and scattered the small elements over it. Although the basic shape is symmetrical and the basic layout of the design is too, I’ve not attempted to create absolute precision in the execution of the design. The backing [...]

Once I had decided which of the score or so of arrangements I was going to create, I laid out the large elements on the needlefelted felt and tweaked the design a little more. The gaps will be filled in with little flower gems and seed beads, so I ended up spacing out the large [...]

My brain really wasn’t working very well just before Christmas, and I found it hard to settle to some of my more challenging projects, like the Masterclass. Add to that, the fact that everything had to be cleared away before Christmas because my window for embroidering is also the window for the Christmas Tree, and [...]