Last weekend I was looking for something in my sewing room. I came across some kits I'd prepared for a Dresden Lace Class a few years ag...

I made some bottle cap pincushions a few years ago. It's a nice small project that you can tuck into your bag and take with you to stitc...

Every now and then you come across an embroidery video that shows some technical aspects which provide food for thought. A number of thi...

I just had to share this rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by the Rustenburg High School (Hoerskool Rustenburg) in the North West Province, Sou...

Camouflage netting may seem like an unusual textile to embroider, but that is just what the Royal School of needle work has done. The Duches...

Some while ago I tried a couple of crazy patch pincushions. This was the more successful one where I used Anchor variegated threads. You can...

The Cape Embroiderers' Guild are having their Winter Embroidery Mini Market on Saturday 13 July from 10h30 to 16h00. Entry fee R20. If...

Pulled thread work should be done in a frame or embroidery hoop. That seems to be the generally accepted wisdom and that's the way I hav...

A couple of weeks ago one of the trees in the little park at the bottom of the garden burst into flower. It's a paperbark tree. For a br...

I spent the day adding a gift suggestion to some of the listings in my Etsy shop . Etsy provides support and ideas for shop owners and I fol...