Stumpwork is three-dimensional embroidery. This piece is worked around wire to give the form and lift to the petals and leaves. In stumpwork, you can also use beads and stuffing and any bits and bobs you can think of. I am busy working on a garland measuring 40cm across and…
You have gotta check out this blog – so creative. The textile art is amazing. http://www.love-stitching-red.blogspot.com/
Here is the glowing Victorian fireplace that I am teaching at the 2011 Mini Convention in Betty’s Bay in March. Many classes and workshops with amazing projects. Book now! http://miniconvention.weebly.com
This is my interpretation of Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter movies. Yes, it’s really small. A doorway measures only 7mm across! Don’t you just marvel at the talent in the sets and décor in the movies – those were very creative people! Enjoy! With a ruler to show…
Darcy is a short legged Jack Russell and was born on 27 October 2010
Here is the copper cookware set that I am teaching at the 2011 Mini Convention in Betty’s Bay in March. Many classes and workshops with amazing projects. Book now! http://miniconvention.weebly.com
This Collection of Curiosities is a selection of the many trivial stories that my brain stores. The book was compiled and edited by myself and then printed onto individual A3 sheets of handmade paper. Now printing it to get each A3 folded in the middle and keeping the pages in…
This is my idea of Christmas Eve… cosy and filled with the wonder of gifts made and given with love…. All handmade including the fire in 1:12 scale.
I love embroidery, it is so creative and working on pre-printed pictures allows the freedom to decide for oneself what and how much to work. This embroidery was done using silk ribbons, threads, beads and other bits and bobs.
As a birthday gift for my husband, Rhys, I collected, researched and compiled some McWilliams family history and bound it into a hard covered book. Thanks to Dave McWilliams, Rhys’ father, for supplying some information and for checking new data. The internet is a wonderful tool and I found…
