Hey all! Just popping in to make sure you know submissions are open for Stitch Fetish 7!! If you don’t know what that is, where have you been? No, just kidding. Stitch Fetish is a yearly celebration of erotica in stitch that I curate at The Hive Gallery and Studios,…
Book Review – Supersize Stitches by Jacqui Pearce!
Jacqui Pearce is one of the UK’s most popular needlepoint designers and her latest book, Supersize Stitches takes her designs to whole new level! One of the frustrations about my beloved cross stitch is that it takes so long to create anything of a decent size. In this book Jacqui…
Pinning the Past – Wool
I would find it hard to choose my favourite fabric. Silk comes pretty high. Linen is lovely. But wool wins. Wool is a super-fibre: natural, sustainable, breathable, fire-resistant, hydrophobic and fantastically warm. When I researched my book Sew Eco, I looked into the green credentials for wool, as well as…