Phillipa Turnbull of the Crewelwork Company has recently released a catalogue of some of her collection of crewelwork pieces. Have a peak inside, and find out how this look at some beautiful pieces can be used as inspiration and guidance in your own designs!
Nicola Jarvis’ Crewelwork Birds When I first moved to the UK about five years ago, I was quite keen to go to the William Morris Gallery, and see the exhibition they had on at the time featuring Nicola Jarvis’ work, and her beautiful crewel and canvas work birds. It was a lovely day, and I was really taken …
A new crewelwork piece. Designed with the aim of extending my skills learnt at the RSN in mind, this design uses a variety of both commonly used, and not so commonly used stitches!
This project took a tad longer than I thought it would to complete, but that has more to do with me not having the time to sit and stitch more than anything else! Here he is, the finished piece. I much prefer the fly stitch on his right wing than the left, and the seeding …
We had a lovely time away in Cologne over the Easter period, and for the first time in a very long time, I didn’t take any embroidery with me. Our holidays are usually fairly jam packed with activity, and I don’t even take it out of the suitcase, so I decided to just not take anything …