Do you sometimes need help telling what colour something is? That might sound a little strange… Who needs help seeing colour better? After all, red is red, blue is blue, right? Well, ish! How we perceive colour is very much affected by it’s context. As I found out the hard way while stitching my Royal […]
Before getting too caught up in what I’d like to focus on in 2026, I find it can be useful to look back on the previous year. So I’ve been thinking about my 2025 stitching and embroidery highlights. What did I particularly enjoy? What do I want more of? What do I want to avoid!?
What’s one of the most overwhelming things about stitching a detailed silk shading embroidery? If you’re anything like me, it’s how do you keep a track of all those different threads?! Let me share with you the challenge I faced. Lessons learned. And most importantly, what I’ve learned not to do! For my Royal School
There was so much preparation for my Royal School of Needlework (RSN) Certificate botanical silk shading project, that I wrote two blog posts about it! You can catch up on the preparation work here and here. Now with all that preparation done, I was finally ready to start the stitching of my botanical silk shading
