Painting of Bearded Iris in the Artists and Illustrators magazine.

I am really delighted to have my painting of the Bearded iris Chieftain and an article about my watercolour painting included in the August issue of the magazine Artists and Illustrators.  I show my paintings on Portfolio plus which is a great way to showcase work and I would recommend it.

Hand embroidery pendant. St Bartholomew Church, Lake Konigsee, Germany.

Hi, I have completed another little embroidery. I have designed a pendant hand embroidery of St Bartholomew Church, Lake Konigsee, Germany. I have tried to capture in this little embroidery the tranquility of the  lake and the lovely reflections of the church in the water. I thoroughly enjoyed designing and hand embroidering this one of a kind pendant. I think for my next embroidery I will stitch a typical English view across fields with some poppies in the foreground.

Hand embroidery pendant, roses round a cottage window.

I went to Sissinghurst gardens a couple of weeks ago and the weather was lovely. The gardens at Sissinghurst are fantastic and gave me the inspiration to embroider a view of a cottage window surrounded with roses. There were many beautiful roses growing at Sissinghurst and I took many photographs. The result is a hand embroidered pendant necklace of roses round a cottage window.

Hand embroidery of Crowns Engine Houses, Botallack, Cornwall.

I think this is my favourite miniature embroidery so far. This is such an atmospheric place to visit and changes with the light. The day we visited was very changeable, one minute sun then the next rain. I have tried to capture the engine house in sun. The sea takes on some amazing colours in the sunshine.

Hand embroidered wedding bouquet.

I am thoroughly enjoying my embroidery and am creating some lovely designs. I have added to my shop customised embroidered wedding bouquets. They would make lovely gifts to remember a very special day. I have created an embroidery as an example from my friends sons wedding. The flowers were beautiful and have made a very pretty design. I have used a combination of DMC and Anchor thread on silk fabric chosen to compliment the flowers. Great fun to stitch.