In August of this year, I went to Dance Camp for the first time, in Dorset. It was quite an experience! 300 or so people camping in a field, cooking in groups of around 20 around open fires, and doing Dances of Universal Peace in ‘Big Top’ tents for several hours every day. Other things [...]
Archive for October, 2009
What is the well-dressed Sufi wearing at Dance Camp?
Posted in Dances of Universal Peace, Sufi, tagged Dances of Universal Peace, Spirituality, Sufi on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finished embroidery – look at this beautiful doll’s house embroidery stitched by my customers!
Posted in Room settings & collections, tagged Doll's house, Doll's house embroidery, Dollhouse, Embroidery, Finished embroidery, Hand embroidery, Miniature needlepoint on October 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My customers often send me photos of their stitching, and I love seeing them. My customers are so creative, it’s great to see the many different ways people can use the embroidery kits to make their doll’s houses come alive. This week, I’ve uploaded a new batch of images to the Customers’ Gallery page of my website. [...]
Embroidery ‘Work in Progress’ – my hand embroidered ‘shlama’ bag
Posted in Aramaic, Shlama bag, tagged Aramaic, Embroidery, Embroidery in progress, Hand embroidery on October 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have been working on this bag on and off throughout the summer – I’m just about to have another spurt of activity on it, so I thought I’d post a couple of images here, before I do that. The fabric is a golden yellow shot silk, which I’ve backed with cotton batiste, to [...]
Finished embroidery – a room in my doll’s house
Posted in Room settings & collections, tagged Doll's house, Doll's house embroidery, Dollhouse, Embroidery, Finished embroidery, Hand embroidery, Miniature needlepoint on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
These miniature embroidery pieces were designed and stitched by me over several years, but I always had in mind right from the beginning the idea to create a co-ordinating set of stitched pieces in gold and red tones. To give you an idea of the scale (which is the standard collector’s scale of what’s called ‘one twelfth’, [...]
