Day 1

End of Day 1 ready to start the silk shading.
All framed up and 'stab stitched'.

Fabric is silk dupion, but the colour hasn't come out too good - probably due to the fluorescent lights, but it's a nice blue.

Rotated the image when I 'resized' it but it's reverted back!  Need to find out how to correct it.

RSN Advanced Silk Shading

 This is Teddy.  He is one of the Donkey Sanctuary's rescues.  He is blind.  I have 'adopted him', ie I am donating some money for his upkeep.  I used to have donkeys, so I'm very fond of them and want to try and help the sanctuary where I can.  So I've decided that my Advanced Silk Shading project will be Teddy.  If i'm pleased with the result then I shall photograph the embroidery and organise postcards/notelets for the Sanctuary to sell and raise much needed money.

The Lacemaker

Well it's the Durham time of the year!  I didn't manage to complete my blackwork piece over the winter - too many other projects plus work of course!  I probably won't get much more done now before I'm in Durham at the beginning of June.  My plan is to seek Tracy's opinion and advice, spend one day on The Lacemaker and finish at home.  This year I will start my advanced silk shading.

Katherine Parr - finished

Katherine is now finished and mounted ready for Claire and Tony to frame.  I have also mounted the other 6 embroideries that Tony's wife embroidered.  I decided it was good practice for my RSN work!  They are quite large - 17" x 11".

Katherine Parr

My current project is finishing a set of blackwork figures for a neighbour.  His wife died before they were finished.  The set is in blackwork and features Henry VIII and his 6 wives.  I am embroidering Henry's last Queen Katherine Parr.

I will then mount them all ready for Tony to frame.

Shoes

Little shoes I made for Charlie

Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilts

George's Quilt

Charlie's Quilt

Millie's Quilt

Embroidered detail

Back of Millie's Quilt showing all the food the caterpillar ate his way through

Detail of embroidered caterpillar in chain and stem stitch

 Over the summer I made three cot quilts for two friends' babies and for my niece's baby. The quilts were accompanied by the picture book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.