Machine embroidered beads

As you can see from the above image I have posted an old picture of machine embroidered beads. The reason is - that beads and machine embroidery are the two things that I have been working on this week.
In October - I am teaching class - “Machine Embroidery for Beginners” here [...]

Not the best day to-day.
Got up this morning and did a couple of hours stitching before the rest of the household surfaced. Pinned the piece up on a big board - and really was not happy with what I saw.

The individual elements have a lovely quality - but the piece as a whole doesn’t [...]

Another good day in the studio - what bliss I have had four complete days in there. The fact that it has rained non-stop has meant that my gardening commitments have not been vying for my time.
Today’s challenge;
I now have so many layers of fabric, tissue, papers, organza, plus I have added [...]

Thought it was time I had a web presence with a blog - so here is the first post, together with a detail of my latest work “A little piece of Heaven”
Machine and hand embroidery on layers of tissue paper, which have been painted.