In the mid ninties i began working as a cross stitch designer....almost by chance...i had been designing surface patterns to go on all sort...

 Today's theme is a woolly one....a few years ago when i fell in love with knitting  all over again, i stitched a little cross stitch sa...

 When I first fell in love with antique samplers and began to study them closely, and then to stitch my own samplers, I enjoyed exploring al...

It's been a bright and flowery week at my house, for several reasons. One is the posy of red anemones, blue iris, white narcissus, orang...

 Hello! This is my third attempt to write this post - the phone rang each time I tried before! It is a cold and wintry day here, and I miss ...

This is a tiny alphabet sampler for a child's room, made up as a small decorative cushion and part of a project I designed for Crafts be...

A few days ago I decided it was time to stitch a sampler for Daisy, so first I had to choose some nice shades of pink stranded cotton and f...

Today's post is all about flags. The Union Jack design to be exact which has been appearing on textiles in one form or another for quit...

While I'm on a seaside theme I thought I'd show you this little coastal inspired picture. As you can tell, it uses several technique...