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Who would have thought I would say this about the City’s skyline? But working remotely…
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Read moreWe are talking intricate stitching here. And copious amounts of patience. What you are looking…
It’s tulip time in every garden. The plant stems from well drained mountain slopes in…
I built my first fence the other day. Using young hazel sticks, harvested last the…
Moths ate a good chunk of this woollen jacket. As I put my hand in…
Pieces can change shape as you work on them. In fact, at the start I…
When Marion saved an old skirt from the bin, she had an idea. The scenes…
It is like colouring in with thread rather than pencil. Altogether a most appropriate activity…
Not talking about hard metal but about soft wool, this is the marketing slogan of…
It felt like stepping into a chiarusco painting. Dark rooms, blackened by a century of…
Leaving this charming view across Brandenberg behind, we travelled along gorges and steep valleys towards…
I came across this bike while on a rainy autumn walk. Admirably, somebody went to…
I cast dried poppy heads from the allotment in silver to make these pendants. With…
I was so happy to wander through this exhibition, Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk. The V&A…
I have never made a piece of gold jewellery. I find the material simply too…
My friend was right. Great Dixter was the highlight of our trip to Rye, itself…
The necklace features sterling silver disks with different surface textures, arranged in a drop as…
It looked so easy. The tutor grabbed a men’s shirt from the charity shop and…
It is that tired, old formula – knit one, purl one – but with a…
Two came to mind immediately when some semi-celebrities on the radio discussed presents that were…
I discovered a brilliant way to cross London the other day. Cycling from Knightsbridge to…
Crataegus monogyna is normally an unassuming little tree. In May, though, it gives the English…
Dainty folds of green with delicate downy fringes unfolding from its bud like a butterfly…
The third locket in the series holds the picture of a woman taken closest to…
I learnt a new word as I learnt a new skill. As you do. The…
‘Growing up in Brandenberg’ is the title of a new quilt. An old photo of…
This is why it makes sense to keep hold of things. They come in handy…
Pink rose quartz with cloudy cracks obscuring the face of a young woman. The tarnish…
A polonnaise opens every important ball. Young men and women in black and white did…
Much of my time in Vienna was devoted to doing some serious research of the…
To an observant visitor of the less touristy parts of Vienna, letterings like the above…
As we know, the best way to experience a place is to walk it. Usefully,…
If you walk away from the imperial palace of Schoenbrunn and up the hill, you…
You would never guess that this is Paris. It is a view of the skyscrapers…
On a sky blue winter’s day, I enjoyed the best the Tyrol has to offer…
‘Narrative threads’ is a beautifully apt description of textile art that tells a story. It…
In a pretty ordinary street. But once you cross the threshold, you are in a…
The first in a series of portraits viewed across time. The face of a woman…
Persians captured my attention at Kew Gardens – shiny, transparent swirls of white hovering over…
On an exposed terrace, plants finish the growing season earlier than in a more proteced…
JMW Turner famously chose Margate to paint his seascapes. In brilliant sunshine, sparklingly clear air,…
Why these clogs? The wooden base is carved, the leather uppers sewn and nailed on,…
When people think of an allotment, they imagine orderly rows of cabbages, potatoes and French…