Turkish Scuffs
These little doll shoes were embroidered over a decade ago, but while they were out of their cabinet I thought that I would photograph them for the website. The have been made using a doll pattern from Pearl Moon which was enlarged to accommodate the embroidery. They are approximately 12 cm in length.

This large piece of stumpwork features two clematis plants entwined around each other. It was designed for a friend who embroidered it for the Ballarat branch of the Embroiderer's Guild's exhibition "Vines Entwined". It measures 31 cms wide by 41 cms high and is worked in silk and cotton on a background of pale green silk dupion.

The Seadragons (detail of) were commissioned by Dr Susanna Herd in February 2004. Dr Herd launched the Royal Australian Navy's latest frigate HMAS Ballarat in 2002, and presented the Navy with The Seadragons at the commissioning ceremony of the ship in June 2004. A symbolic piece of embroidery, it was embroidered in goldwork to represent the history of gold in Ballarat (my home town). The Weedy Seadragon is Victoria's marine emblem and so tied our state in with the Navy. The Leafy Seadragon was embroidered to represent Australia. Both Seadragons are indigenous to Australian waters. The background is hand dyed silk and the seaweed is made of machine embroidered yarn.