“Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. ”
― Wendell Berry
whenever a man says “childless women contribute nothing to society,” the ghost of the famously unmarried Jane Austen rises and says, “you are such a disagreeable man that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by you.”
Well here it is, at long last, I give you my latest embroidery…🧵🪡🌿🌺🩰✨
I’ll leave it to your own imaginations, I’m off for a lie down… 😅
*completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint onto upcycled denim. #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
The Moonlit March friends are back to celebrate the summer solstice! Here is a little sneek peek of Mother Opossum feasting on some fruit 🍎 Prints will be available soon!
When I’m not clambering around medieval churches, I embroider strange things. Here’s one I just finished of the White Horse at Uffington - a prehistoric landmark cared for by the @nationaltrust. I spent so much time here as a child and it’s always loomed large in my imagination.