The Maiden. 

Folk art on a hanging hoop, 18.5 (7.5in) The Maiden.

A larger, beaded embroidery on linen and backed with cotton and ready to hang, no need to frame.

Created by free motion and hand embroidery, richly beaded by hand, a female imaginary portrait of a young woman surrounded by flowers and wearing a lavish headdress. Many hours have gone into the making of this piece, from sketch to finished design. 

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Flying Home

Flying Home - is a hand stitched black bird carrying home a blossoming branch to build her nest. Stitched on natural linen on a background of free motion stitching, with hand embroidery, tapestry style and lots of hand beading.

The bird motif is recessed giving the whole piece a 3D look, with a depth of 7mm approx and has a very tactile quality.

The actual embroidery measures 7x7cm approx.

All my designs are original and many begin in my sketchbook, as rough sketched ideas that I refine when I begin sewing, others are sewn as I sit at the machine, with a vague idea of what I want to create. 

Comes framed or unframed.

         Compass

One of my original designs, never to be repeated, many hours have gone into the making of this tapestry piece being stitched, beaded, sequined and embroidered on to Japanese linen in a deep burgundy and displayed on a 5in hoop and is ready to hang, no need for a frame.

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The bird motif is recessed giving the whole piece a 3D look, it has a very tactile quality.

The 4 compass points surround the image of a messenger bird, as seen through a decorative and ornate window, on a backdrop of stars.

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All my designs are original and many begin in my sketchbook, as rough sketched ideas that I refine when I begin sewing, others are sewn as I sit at the machine, with a vague idea of what I want to create.

An imaginative design OOAK. 

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