Oh, the grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down again. When th...

Dr Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle & never went there again I thought I wou...

Mary, Mary quite contrary [click on the image if you can't read it very well]

the owl & the pussycat

Hickory Dickory Dock

I had a sketch book sitting on my shelf for quite a while as I wasn’t sure what to do with it. As the pages were brown paper, the kind you w...

 flower sketch [pen & felt tips], flowers are also the theme of my illustration friday challenge link to Illustration Friday challenge

I was rooting thru my drawers when I came across this book of alternative [games] rules. It was done for a project at college a few years ba...

book containing 20 pages of background papers available in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/ljcart

My initial snowman sketch [above] which I altered [below] before doing the embroidery shown in my last post [Winter Wonderland]

I designed this picture for the Hand Embroidery Network exhibition - Winter Wonderland. I was to register by a certain date & then forw...

Queen of Hearts [ATC] or do you prefer Queen of Tarts?

sketchbook doodles

did a bit of 'normal' sewing yesterday, made a cushion cover - didn't go too well though, one of those days!

C&G sample of goldwork using a variety of threads, braids, beads, sequins, leather, fabrics, net etc

a page from a sketch book - the spider was drawn with pencil & didn't show up very well so I altered it a little and the colours you...

I have posted pictures of dying roses before, but there is something about them that I like & these are new photographs

screen prints / collage / decorative machine embroidery