Category Archives: embroidery

Textiles in Maker church, Cornwall

Last week, I was staying on the Rame Peninsula in Cornwall, to celebrate a family occasion. During the week, I went to visit the church of St Mary and St Julian at Maker and found a treasury of interesting textile items within. At the moment, the church has scaffolding around its tower. This is theContinueContinue reading “Textiles in Maker church, Cornwall”

Slow stitching – Needlepoint

Some parts of quilt-making are focused on speed: quick methods of cutting or piecing or quilting, but how about doing some deliberately SLOW stitching? I’ve been enjoying working on the needlepoint piece pictured below. This came to me as a gift. It was brought, along with a number of other unfinished projects, to a groupContinueContinue reading “Slow stitching – Needlepoint”