Historical Embroidery in Full-size and Miniature

Blog Posts

This is where you will find my latest blog posts. They may be about my embroidery work, lectures or workshops I have run, exhibitions I have been to, or just about interesting or amusing things I have seen or done! I will try to post here regularly, but I’m not making any rash promises…….

Costume Work, General postsJuly 11, 2020July 11, 2020

THE JOYS OF “DRESS-UP”

I’ve spent quite a lot of time during Lockdown working on making ‘dress-up’ costumes. This is a widespread hobby, which includes everything from costumes in museums for kids to tryContinue readingTHE JOYS OF “DRESS-UP”

NewslettersJune 27, 2020March 10, 2022

Newsletter, June 2020

COPING WITH LOCKDOWN AND PLANNING AHEAD: We are living in strange times! One of the things I was taught in microbiology at University rather more years ago than I careContinue readingNewsletter, June 2020

MiniaturesJune 20, 2020June 20, 2020

Addiction and relapse!

Some 20 or so years ago I got involved in a hobby that rapidly became addictive: Dolls house Miniatures. I started with the furniture and such, then rapidly moved overContinue readingAddiction and relapse!

General postsJune 17, 2020June 20, 2020

LOCKED DOWN AND WORKING HARD!

There is an old curse which says, “May you live in interesting times.” I’m not sure I really want to – these times are a bit too interesting, perhaps –Continue readingLOCKED DOWN AND WORKING HARD!