Here is something else I have found in a heap of things to finish… This cotton tote bag with an aida panel across the front was a free gift with a magazine, several years ago. It must have been about the time I was designing the series “Inspired by Clarice Cliff“, and it probably seemed [...]
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7 Jun 11
1 Mar 11
Some of you may recall that this time last year I was very excited because some designs I produced for Classic Embroidery had just been launched. Well, over the past year I’ve created another two, “On Guard” and “Swimming Swans”. They’ve been charted and test-stitched, photographed and the kits prepared, and now they are launched. [...]
15 Oct 10
Emboldened by the combination of fun and applause (admittedly only from my parents at that point!), I moved on to the “Hollyhock House” design from the series of Designs Inspired by Clarice Cliff. Again in two versions, and again I haven’t photographed the tent stitch cushion. Hungarian Stitch is another of my favourites, and you [...]
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Posted in General Embroidery, Needlepoint
Tagged canvaswork, inspired by Clarice Cliff, Needlepoint, ornamental stitches
Tagged canvaswork, inspired by Clarice Cliff, Needlepoint, ornamental stitches
13 Aug 10
The design in counted cross stitch that I created, “The Cat Who Walked By Himself” (now being re-issued by Classic Embroidery – remember how excited I was a few months ago?) was such a success that I experimented with other ways in which the basic design might be used. First of all, in ordinary tent [...]
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Posted in General Embroidery, Needlepoint
Tagged canvaswork, experiments, inspired by Clarice Cliff, Needlepoint, ornamental stitches, stitches
Tagged canvaswork, experiments, inspired by Clarice Cliff, Needlepoint, ornamental stitches, stitches
26 Feb 10
I’m very excited this week (again!). I’ve done some counted cross stitch designs for Classic Embroidery, and on Tuesday I went to a trade show in the NEC, Birmingham, to see the designs up on the stand, and to talk about other possibilities for future designs and future collaboration. It was so satisfying to see [...]
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