Red rose appliqué and embroidered with love

I just love daisies! The detail of the yellow centre, the white petals and the tiny tinges of pink at the tips add to the gentle charm of daisies.

A little Gallery of my embroideries, all originally designed by me and sewn by hand to give a fresh, naive, charming quality.  I use all types of linen as the base for the embroideries. The finer modern linens give a professional style finish to the piece, while the vintage linens and grain cloths are softer and give the project a gentler, sort of faded grandeur. Sometimes I add hand or machine appliqué and mix these with my favourite faded florals from Cabbages & Roses, Caroline Zoob, Kate Forman, as well as from my stash of vintage fabrics, which I have collected over the years.

The bird below is a naive bird shape sewn in blues and greys onto slubby vintage linen

The embroidery bird

Beach huts by the sea

Fabric appliqué onto natural fine linen. Stitching, pictures and ‘writing’ embroidered by hand.  The sun is made with a chain stitch.

Sea and sun and sand, castles and buckets and spades

Embroidered boat on vintage linen

Blossoms float

I made this embroidery into a cushion filled with feathers.  The blossoms are sewn as French and colonial knots. The trunk and branches are either stem stitch or back stitch and I ‘write’ the words freehand in a simple back stitch

Lavender in a pot embroidery sewn into a heart and filled with fragrant lavender to match the picture

I usually use two strands of embroidery silk and keep the stitching simple. I used a fern stitch and back stitch

Scandinavian style heart in red and blue on vintage linen