Category: Stitchery

My textile projects are tagged here. You will also find a few museum reviews, and some DIY articles on embroidery techniques that I have made available as free pdf downloads.

Something tattered this way comes…

In addition to making my own hats, I have also redesigned hats from other people’s collections. The mail one day in 2014 brought a new challenge…

Replicating a Kingfisher feather hairpin…

“…many beauties take the air by the Ch’ang waterfront… their embroidered silk robes in the spring sun are gleaming… and hanging far down from their temples are blue leaves of delicate kingfisher feathers…”

from “A Song of Fair Women” by Tu Fu