This is much, much better than this.  It is no where near perfect but I’ll settle for it being significantly better. ‘M’, having been re-shaped, now has a lot more substance to it (the former design would have worked in calligraphy but not in embroidery unless perhaps standing alone). Both of the downstrokes are thicker […]

This week saw a real push on the altar frontal. We had lots of stars, a clutch of stars with embroidery and a tin full of yellow linking pieces – now they just needed joining up. I used to think this was an easy job but working with people who’ve not done much of pieced […]