New ‘Redwork with a Twist’ collection

You’ve seen redwork, but this time there’s a twist… The Redwork With a Twist collection features brand new designs, stitched with an added splash of colour.  

January 2021

Looking back over 2021In January 2021, I was able to share all these designs for free with the embroidery community via my Facebook group and online shop. I received this second hand ‘Kook en Geniet’ recipe book from my mother-in-law shortly after we got married over 30 years ago. It is very well used, and…

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We survived 2020

Phew, 2021! Things got crazy, and I got crafty. I am so thankful to every one of you joining in the fun — doing something we love, together — on good weeks and bad weeks. 2021 is still a mystery, but may it be filled with many more designs and all of you enjoying them.

Redwork challenge

I have set myself a digitising challenge. I’ve downloaded a 30 Day Challenge Prompts journal for sketching, challenge yourself to create every day. And rather than sketching, I decided I will digitise. So here we go! Want to see how these designs stitch out?

Zoo Cookies

We’ve been chatting about childhood memories and what we miss from our childhood.  That made me think of ‘zoo cookies’, something I ate as a child. The thought of ‘zoo cookies’ brought back such happy memories.  I just had to recreate these as embroidery felties. I call them ‘safari biscuits’. 

Big 5

I really enjoyed creating these ‘In the hoop’ machine embroidery coasters. Making these animals was so much fun.

Digitising

It has been some time since I’ve posted.. then again so much has happend since then! One thing I am seriously getting into lately is digitising. I’ve always wanted to do it, and I had some software to digitise but since I’ve upgraded my software to Hatch it is as if a whole new world…

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Farm Yard

I had so much creating these little farm yard friends. These are my first stuffies digitised from scratch. I must say, I love them and think it came out beautifully.

I Made My Own Shoes (And Yes, I’m Still in Shock)

Let me start by saying: I didn’t expect to actually walk away in shoes I made with my own two hands. But I did. And not only did they survive the workshop, they’re still holding up under real-life walking, with actual feet in them. Mine. It’s wild. A few weeks ago, I went on a…

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