My current work in progress… I’m at my happiest when I’m stitching entwining threads… Now what will it become? You’ll have to wait and see… 😉🧵🪡🌿🌺 #artprocess#stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
It’s almost a year since I created my embroidery Desdemona, inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello, so a good time to take a look back…😉🧵🪡🌿🎭📚
*completely freehand stitched without patterns, paint or guides, just threads.
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I’ve made a collage of different elements from my last 16 embroideries… There seems to have been a familiar theme of beige linen dresses & lily ponds 🪷 but I do hope you’ve enjoyed them all the same…
Now what will I stitch next… 🤔🧵🪡🌿🌺 #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
Well here it is, my latest embroidery is finally finished. I’m off to rest my hands and have a long needed stretch! 😉
Let your imaginations run wild…🧵🪡🌿🌺🪻
*completely original & freehand stitched, no patterns or paint just threads. #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
A little side angle of my last embroidery for you today. A close up of lovely shiny overlapping threads… How I love to create those textures! 😊🧵🪡🌿🌺
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Well here it is and after what seems like a million hours of stitching, I give you my latest embroidery… inspired by literature, this one is my take on Jane Austen’s, Emma. 😊🧵🪡🌿📚🌺 🪻🌱🧶
*completely freehand stitched without patterns, paint or guides. #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
It’s a beautiful day here, so here’s a look back at my embroidery, Dreaming amongst the Flowers… 😊🧵🪡🌿🌺🪻🧶 *all freehand stitched in December 2022 #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
Needle down and finally my latest embroidery is done. Time to rest my hands and dream up the next…😊🧵🪡🌿🌺🗻
*All completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just imagination and threads…
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Happy #ShakespeareDay with a few of my inspired embroideries… 🧵🪡📚🎭
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep” (Tempest)
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Happy #worldartday2024 Embroidery is my art. I use the needle like a paintbrush and create as I go…🪡 It’s not the most recognised mediums but hopefully we’ll get there one day. 🧵🌿🌺 Here’s just a few of them…
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Four of my element embroideries squished together for you today… representing Water, Earth, Air and Fire. 💧🌱🌬️🔥
*all freehand stitched without patterns, paint or sketch, just threads 🧵🪡 #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
Good morning, here’s a burst of colour for your weekend… I’ve made you a collage of photo snippets taken from some of my larger embroideries. I hope you enjoy! 😉🧵🪡🧶🌿🌺🪻✨🎶
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At last the needle is down on my latest piece. I hope it was worth the wait! 😉 You can probably guess what my inspiration was for this one, but let your imaginations run wild… 🧵🪡🌿🪷
*completely freehand stitched without pattern, paint or sketch.
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Let’s brighten up the timeline... This is one of my favourite close up & side angle photos, taken from my embroidery The Enchanted Gateway. Wish I could step inside… 😊🧵🪡🧶🌿🌺 #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
The needle is down 🪡 and my second embroidery of 2024 is finished… clearly I’m channeling my love of spring and colour in this one… 😉🧵🌿🌸🌷🌱🧶
*all completely freehand stitched without patterns, paint or guides, just threads.
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Lots of signed & mounted fine art prints, cards & bookmarks of my embroideries are available, if anyone fancies a browse there’s a link in my bio… 😉🧵🪡🌿🌺 #embroideryartist#supportartists#thesewingsongbird
It’s still a little while til it’s officially spring, but I’m longing for all the colour again… My embroidery, The Lady of Spring, for you today, changing the season as she passes… 😊🧵🪡🌱🌷🌸🧶
*completely freehand stitched back in January 2021.
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Happy Pride and Prejudice day… Jane Austen’s book was first published on this day in 1813. Here’s my inspired embroidery on Miss Elizabeth Bennet and her love of walking. Stitched back in March 2023. 😊🧵🪡📚🌿
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Well the wait is over, my first embroidery of the year is done… a little different, but still very much me, if that makes any sense? 😅 I’m off to stare at it for a while… 🧵🌿🌺✨
*all freehand stitched without patterns, guides or paint, just threads. 🪡
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Over a hundred hours go into stitching just one of my embroideries, so my fine art prints are really important.They are printed onto archival rag paper using specialised inks that will not fade & keep those colourful threads alive. Each is then signed & mounted.🧵🌿
*link in bio if you fancy a peek😉
Happy New Year everyone, thanks for all the lovely support over the year, hoping for lots more stitching in 2024… 🤗🧵🪡🎉💃🏻🎊
*My embroidery Encore, completely freehand stitched in December 2020 #stitchedart#thesewingsongbird
I managed to create 17 embroideries in 2023. Theme wise, 5 were inspired by literature, 2 elements, 2 dance & the rest well…😉Thanks so much for all your lovely feedback, let’s see what I can create next!🧵🪡🌿🌺
*all completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint
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Hello, here’s a colourful collage… All are photo snippets of details taken from some of my larger embroideries. I hope it brightens up the grey… 😊🧵🪡🌿🌺 🧶
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Happy birthday Jane Austen! Here’s my embroidery The Walking Party, which was inspired by reading her books.📚Completely freehand stitched in Jan 2019, Each figure is less than 15mm tall so super tiny stitches, you may need to get the magnifying glasses out! 🔍🧵🪡🌿🌺🧶 #thesewingsongbird
Today’s burst of colour… a side angle taken from my embroidery, The Lady in the Butterfly Dress. 😊🧵🪡🌿🦋🌺🪻🧶*completely freehand stitched in March 2023.
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Well at long last my latest embroidery is finished, the light is not great so you can’t see the gold in her dress but I hope you like it anyway… I’m off to rest my hands! 🤗🧵🪡🩰🎶 🧶
*completely freehand stitched, no pattern or paint, just threads.
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