Rachel Hewlett

A stitched view through a porthole! l live on a narrowboat and sketch and stitch the wildlife around me. Obsessed with homes on wheels and homes on water!

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

Urgent! @charitybirdaid need our help by Nov 27th to save their resident injured birds/Animals. Please RT & donate: Thanks https://t.co/1OaRWdXyvt

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Now that I've started feeding Dutchy live buffalo worms for breakfast, he has taken to doing a little excited happy dance!

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

@RebeccaStott64 I've just heard it! It's wonderful, so touching and as someone with a mountain of UFOs, so relatable! Is there a transcript of it anywhere? X

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Lovely work by textile artist, Bozena.

[Bozena Wojtaszek @textile_cuisine]

Hello #elevenseshour ! Here I come again with my #birds arranged into a #garland - had no idea it is so easy to do 😊
Now we're talking #MondayMotivation 🐦
Buy #ornaments and make a garland!
https://t.co/noq9RmyqSy

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Just been interviewed about my robins and stitching by the very lovely @LarrywareEmily

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Bob really is quite the most handsome robin I know.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

This is Billy, the robin I rescued last year as a fledgeling and kept on my boat for a couple of weeks. I released him onto my mooring and he subsequently befriended me and wouldn't leave my side.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

My little pal, Bob, showing the others how it's done.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Well if that isn't a way to welcome in a bright new day...Dutchy, singing for her breakfast.#robinsofinstagram #robin #erithacusrubecula #europeanrobin #bestbirdpictures #bestbirdvideos #bestbirdphotos… https://t.co/62vlaQqhfp

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

@crafstory @sue_stitches Absolutely. We're friends 'on another platform' (!) and I've loved watching her work evolve.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

@SITselect Just a bit! I go through bags of them!

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

I have 5 robins that live on my mooring and fly to my hand each day. This is Bob reminding Billy how it's done.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

@textile_cuisine I really do too. It must have been so exciting having your own exhibition! X

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Just finished this hand embroidered heron. Now just to wash and lace it before framing.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

This is my friend, Bob, doing his party trick! Bob has flown to my hand almost daily since coming into this world in May 2017. He hooked up with Bobette last year and they are back together this year! A true robin romance.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

@textile_cuisine @sue_stitches Hi Bozena! Thank you! It's been a while. I've been busy elsewhere, if you know what I mean! Nice to catch up with you X

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

Last year, I rescued a baby robin from a friend's cat. For various reasons, I couldn't follow the advice of leaving a fledgeling alone, so kept him on my boat for a couple of weeks before successfully releasing him along the canal. He now flies to my hand every day for food.

[Rachel Hewlett @RachelHewlett2]

It's all getting a bit territorial on the mooring. There was a bit of a bun gight between these three, Bob, Billy and Dutchy. Dutchy is the one at the back of the hawthorn bush. I don't know if you can tell, but she… https://t.co/Tvv3giELWa