Textile butterflies

Well its nearly over and what a year it turned out to be, a real rollercoaster not to be too clichéd about it. I thought I'd take a few moments to reflect and look forward to 2017. Here are my highlights. I started teaching workshops for the fantastic Make at Monteray http://www.make-at-monteray.co.uk/ This led to teaching a taster workshop at The Contemporary Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey which was a great experience. I signed up for business mentoring with the fabulous Creative Business…

I want all those boring old paper moths in my backyard to look like these instead. See more of Yumi Okita’s work via The Jealous Curator.

I just finished Dare!, my moths and butterfly quilt. This is about the idea behind the quilt, as well as the process that went into making it.

Anyone who has visited my blog knows that I have a thing for handmade butterflies . I love to make them from paper, throw in a dash of glitt...

Free pattern: Fabric moth Oh, this fabric moth! Isn’t she pretty? Red Brolly shares a free pattern for making one! Or a bunch, because I think you should probably go ahead and make several. How gorgeo

This week, three packages of butterflies arrived at my doorstep, bringing the total received to date to 58, plus one I added in just for fu...

This delicate vibrant butterfly wing is a mesmerising embroidery with intricate detail. Working quite often from the back means, you can’t always predict what the outcome will be at the front. The fragility lays in the holes created in the stitching, giving it a feeling of decay. My work explores how to replicate natures beauty with thread, either in bloom or decayed, with textures, mismatches, colours, layers and light. 60 x 45 cm unframed 72x 72 cm Floating in round frame