The top sample uses only stitch to try and capture the different colours and fissures of the ice.  In the second sample I used a piece of dyed scrim to give a more textured approach, but it was more difficult than I thought as, of course, the stitches immediately compress the texture. I used free...

I saw these images of the arctic seas and was fascinated by the lines formed, though I did think they might be more open to fabric manipulation than stitching, but you never know…. The above images are an assortment of straight lines, except for the image bottom right where the squares of the fence look...

I used a dye palette for these samples.  I didn’t use the green in the first image as it wasn’t in the original image, but just loved the juxtaposition of colours. I used both single and double threads in the needle and in the second piece experimented with leaving bits of fabric visible under the...

I wasn’t satisfied with these designs so looked through some books until I found the tulip design which really caught my eye, so I decided to work with this. I need to practise lettering some more, especially stitching over with a second colour.

This was an interesting exercise which at first I felt I wanted to do as a continuous spiral from one colour into another,  but I had too many pieces with too little space to really do this, so opted to do each colour seperately. I love colour and am very aware of it.  I notice...