Bluebell Wood

Mainly exploring Corded Detached Buttonhole in Elizabethan Embroidery - as well as general art history research into this decorative style (especially Celtic, Saxon & Viking influences). Oh, and the odd piece of knitting, crochet, sewing or tatting...

Friday, 30 March 2012

DBH as a raw material

Gulp – Its a short post folks ! You know, I was actually, dare I say, quite pleased with how that little butterfly was turning out. It wa...

Monday, 26 March 2012

3-d DBH layers

I decided to set the Peacock aside for a bit, mainly to find the rest of the materials I need, which seem to be temporarily lost but in tryi...

Friday, 16 March 2012

Well, I just couldn’t wait to try this out..

I finally had a chance to return to the Elizabethan Stitches chapter concerning ‘Bordered Turns’. Then had a rummage through my archive of...

Friday, 9 March 2012

Another rose and a completed pdf file

I made this very small rose with the help of the techniques put forward in Jacqui Carey’s wonderful new book Elizabethan Stitches . The...

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Bits & Bobs

I’m so relieved that my eye complaint is finally improving… The other day I found myself searching for ages for a particular file on my co...

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Kindle Cover for Kindle 4 & pdf file in the works

Gosh, no posts for a while… Twood appear that’s what happens when certain fluffy doggies suffer from insomnia… I finished making a Kin...

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Detached Buttonhole Leaf on the bias and Kindle versus i-Pad

The book was returned by the publisher for signing off and consequently threw my progress with St Katherine out of sync. Then, for some str...

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