The week before last we were in Norfolk and enjoyed an evening stroll along the beach at Cromer. During beach walks I inevitably pick up little bits and pieces and below is a photo of the items I collected that evening. There aren’t many shells on Cromer beach but I just wanted to find odd … More Evening Stroll

This isn’t a new piece, rather something I found in my ‘velvet’ box which I thought should be mounted up as it’s long and thin and not useful for anything in particular. It’s made on a black synthetic velvet base, with applied shapes in silk velvet. I have then free machined some details, using cable … More Velvet Blooms

I spent rather a lot of time today attempting a ‘textile’ wedding card, sewing an awful lot of beads and sequins onto a wedding cake made of scraps of quilted fabric sandwich. I even painted little bits of lace to trim – the whole thing looked a mess! So this afternoon I sat down with … More Wedding Cards

I am trying to build up some coastal elements – pebbles and plants – in a variety of separate little pieces, with a view to combining them in some way. It’s really just an excuse to experiment and a good way to use up some of my materials. Here I have stencilled some Xpandaprint through … More Lacey Lutradur