Needleworkers of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto gather on Mondays to work on hand-made embroidery for churches across Canada. I was lucky enough to spend a few Mondays with them and learned a lot about traditional techniques – like how to transfer a pattern without using […]
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‘calm like a bomb’ motto sampler
This is a motto sampler I’m working on for my friend Katherine. She’s a graphic designer so I wanted to have fun with the typography. I stole the lettering from a motivational poster I saw on pinterest. I liked the colours and how they changed when […]

‘live and let die’ motto sampler
Here’s a (finally finished!) motto sampler I made for my friend Emma. The font is from the original book cover and it’s worked in split stitch with one strand of DMC embroidery thread.