
After completing my Jacobean crewelwork embroidery, there was still one more hurdle before I could call the project truly finished: mounting. Mounting the Piece Mounting turned…

In my last post about Jacobean crewelwork basics and the RSN brief, I laid the foundation for this project. Now it’s time to dive into the…

My journey with the RSN Certificate began with the Jacobean crewelwork module — the very first project in the programme, and the foundation for everything that…

Introduction By the time you’re reading this, I’ve already shared a few updates on my RSN appliqué progress. But as I went along, I realised it…

When I started embroidering as a child, I began with simple cross-stitch kits. I loved the feeling of making something beautiful by hand, and the quiet…

Traveling with embroidery frames isn’t always easy — especially when flying. At Hampton Court last year, I watched a fellow student arrive with a car full…

In my previous update on the Cheshire Cat embroidery project, I had just finished the RSN online class, with a healthy pile of homework waiting for…

This week’s online class was all about appliqué embroidery techniques —refining past work, testing new approaches, and untangling a few mysteries that had lingered from last…

I started experimenting with appliqué techniques a little while ago in First Steps in Appliqué. I’ve been playing with appliqué again—this time with mushrooms and misunderstandings.…

I arrived at my second lessons in appliqué feeling reasonably well prepared. My homework was to tack my design onto the ground fabric and start experimenting…