January 30, 2024Come and join my new Embroidery Membership on Substack - today is the launch day and I'm so excited to…- September 27, 2023The hardest thing about leaving my studio by far was having to paint over my Studio Dariolina mural that was…
- August 19, 2023It took me AGES to think of a title for this post, and it has been sitting in my drafts…
- July 30, 2022It was a pleasure to stitch these fun, textural ice cream hoops for Love Embroidery Magazine! It’s the perfect summer…
- July 12, 2022I am so excited to be part of Mollie Johanson's Bundle of Joy! Virtual book tour, and what better way…
- September 13, 2021I have kindly been sent a PR copy of the Sew Over It Beginner's Guide to Sewing, and today I'm…
September 2, 2021I was really scared about launching my Kickstarter campaign, but it has been incredible. Thank you to everyone who…- June 20, 2021So today I'm really excited to tell you more about the recent big commission I was working on. It was…
- June 13, 2021Crafty Colour Palette #6 is inspired by David Seaman's amazing technicolour jerseys from Euro '96. If you haven't seen them,…
- May 14, 2021If there’s one phrase that sums up how I currently feel about a lot of stuff it’s this one. Because…
- May 7, 2021This week in The Happy Stitch Project, we're stitching a really fun pattern on this brick and cross stitch hoop.…
- April 30, 2021This week in The Happy Stitch Project, we're learning long and short stitch. It's a beautiful stitch for shading, so…
- April 23, 2021This week in The Happy Stitch Project, we'll be mastering the bullion knot! 💪 I tried these a couple of…
- April 2, 2021This week, we're adding Danish knots to the knot sampler that we started last week in The Happy Stitch Project.…
- March 26, 2021This week in The Happy Stitch Project, I'm showing you how to stitch a cable stitch. It's a bit like…
- March 19, 2021This week’s hoop design for The Happy Stitch Project is a spring mandala with picot and tulip stitch, stitched in…
- March 12, 2021What a week it has been. Everything feels really heavy at the moment doesn't it? I said this last week…
- March 5, 2021We're embracing a bit of freestyle design and stitching with this chain stitch spiral hoop! It's a perfect project for…
- February 26, 2021After three weeks of stitching this hoop together, this week I'll show you how to stitch a star stitch in…
- February 19, 2021This week in The Happy Stitch Project, we're learning how to stitch a stem stitch. I'm wondering why I…
- February 12, 2021It's week 7 of The Happy Stitch Project, and this week we're starting to stitch something that we'll work on…
- February 11, 2021In the world of the perfectly curated social media feed (we're looking at you, Instagram!), I wanted to talk about…
- February 5, 2021Love is in the air in week 6 of The Happy Stitch Project, as we're stitching this super cute herringbone…
- January 30, 2021I discovered the magic of the to-done list a while back, but throughout life in lockdown it has helped me…
