Stumpwork – The Stitching sheep

27 February 202427 February 2024

My RSN Diploma Stumpwork

After two years the post I had been meaning to write is finally here! I hope you enjoy reading about how I have created my RSN diploma stumpwork project and what the assessors thought of it. Design From the moment I learned about the stumpwork module I knew which design I wanted to stitch. I…

27 April 201927 April 2019

Wren Etui

I spotted Jenny Adin Christie‘s wren for the first time when Catherine of Hillview Embroidery and I attended a workshop by Jenny at Au ver à Soie in Paris during their Nuit de la Broderie in February 2018. The odd thing was that at first I never realised that it was embroidered when I saw…

19 November 2017

Helen Richman’s ‘Stumpwork Embroidery’

My boyfriend and I took a day trip to Antwerp yesterday. Whenever I am in Antwerp, I always like to pop into the International Magazine Store. It stocks over 10.000 magazines in various languages and they have a great range of craft magazines on the shelf. They even stock Inspirations Magazine! They also stock a…

30 July 201714 August 2017

‘My’ Secret Garden

It has been nearly a month since I have done the ‘Secret Garden’ day class at the Royal School of Needlework. The ‘Secret Garden’ is a design featuring ribbonwork and stumpwork embroidery techniques and has been designed and was taught by Helen Richman of The Bluebird Embroidery Company. The design actually features in her forthcoming…

5 July 20175 July 2017

Back at Hampton Court

The reason for starting the Stitching Sheep is because I love needlecraft and embroidery in particular and I wanted to share it with more people than just my immediate family and friends. The problem, however, with enjoying something so much, is that you want to keep doing it and as a result don’t give yourself…