Anyone who knows much about my embroidery work knows I love hardanger.  It's quite quick, it looks great and is deceptively simple to wo...

I mentioned in my last posting on this project that I'm often wary of bullion knots.  I think that, with a combination of Kathy...

Thanks SO much for all the kind compliments on the last finish - and also all the way through the project.  And now, welcome to a new proj...

Here we are arrived at part six of the dress panel project - the penultimate instalment. And. This. Part. Was. Scary. Actually, the pa...

Part five today - the beads and jewel embellishments. I'd never used pearl beads of this size before, or diamond-like sparklies eith...

  Today I'm here with an extra instalment insterted in the dress panel story.  After the last post on the silver threads, Dima from th...

Time for part three of this project and stage three - working the silver outlines and stems. As is true of many embroiderers, my go t...

I confess, I'm not getting a lot of embroidery done at the moment.  To be honest, I'm more into knitting just now as I'm doing...

Welcome to part two of the wedding dress panel series.  Today we're looking at the creation of the basic satin stitched flower and le...

Here's the project many readers have been waiting to read more about - the wedding dress modesty panel.  Today's introductory inst...