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Cake decorating Crochet Cross Stitch Embroidery General Knitting Throwback Thursday12 January 201710 June 2017

Throwback Thursday

My mum was the first person who got me interested in needlecraft. During my childhood, she knitted 80’s-jumpers for herself, and outfits for my dolls. She embroidered a number of tablecloths with cross stitch designs, and stitched a lovely blackwork picture based on a design by M.C. Escher. She also sewed me a number of…

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Cake decorating Throwback Thursday27 September 201210 June 2017

Squires Kitchen Foundation Course – Sugar flowers

For the past two days I have taken the sugar flowers foundation course at Squires Kitchen in Franham during which we have made a life size rose and blossoms. On the first morning we started by making two rose buds, one of which we will be expanding to the large rose. Making the petals was difficult…

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So excited to have received the class assignments for the @ega_usa national seminar this morning. I got both of my first choices! It will be a seminar filled with historic stitches for me as I will be doing a one day class with Cynthia Jackson exploring 16th century stitches (top right) and a four day class with Chris Berry about 17th century stitch techniques (bottom pictures). So excited to be participating as it will also be my first transatlantic embroidery trip. Who will I be meeting in Boston in September? #bostonstitchparty
Was able to do little bit more today on my Hampton Court sampler by @jennyadinchristie. Love the look of the silk and how different laid work can look by using different patterns. #surfaceembroidery
Perfect timing today: my 2nd hand book bargain purchase from @abebooks arrived! Perfect for snuggling up on the couch with a cuppa trying to get rid of this 🤧. #needleworktools
Feeling a bit under the weather today with the cold that is going around but happy that I was able to do a little bit of stitching on my Hampton Court Sampler by @jennyadinchristie. I have done laid work before on my RSN certificate crewelwork but wool is so much more forgiving than silk, which is proving quite a challenge. But loving the challenge and hope I can manage to make it look good once this bit is finished. #embroiderychallenge
I just couldn’t resist starting the Hampton Court kit by @jennyadinchristie I received for Christmas. I just needed some colour and different patterns in my embroidery-life and Jenny’s kit are always just perfect. Love the many different techniques and materials she uses. There is always something new to learn. Today’s stitching started with colouring pencils for instance! I will have so much fun stitching this lovely momento of doing the certificate and diploma courses at the Royal School of Needlework, which is based at Hampton Court Palace #embroiderylove
Nearly finished the darkest part of the sky of my RSN diploma blackwork project today. Might need to revisit it though to add some more stitches to the centre of the circles to get a more even tone. However, I want to have completed more of the design first to see how it will all look together. Next I will stitch some more of the monument and add some shade to the foliage. #rsndiploma
After the museum visit in the morning it was time for some retail therapy. One of the shops I visited was the @antiekcentrumamsterdam, an absolutely huge antique centre. I was hoping to find some needlecraft items and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. There was so much on offer, and even some antique goldwork threads, it difficult to make a choice. I settled on a variety of threads (twists, jap and passing), a wooden spool with divisions for different threads, and a silver thimble in its original box from a jeweler in Rotterdam. If you like antique needlecraft tools do check out this amazing antique centre as they had lots on offer. #antiqueneedleworktools
I had a fabulous needlecraft trip to Amsterdam yesterday. In the morning I visited the Jewels! The Glitter of the Russian Court exhibition @hermitage_amsterdam. It was an amazing exhibition with, besides some beautiful jewels, also some magnificent embroidery. For those of you, who have missed my IG stories yesterday I have included some of the highlights in this post. The exhibition is on until the 15th of March 2020. Do go and see it if you are in the area! #goldwork
The sky is slowly growing. The pattern is quite psychedelic so shouldn’t look at it too closely and I think by the time I have finished the huge amount of sky I can stitch this pattern in my sleep. #blackwork

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