machine embroidery

white dickie waistcoat 1985 machine embroidery on satin private collection One of a series of 1930s style dickie waistcoats.

woman in the garden, weeding 1990 97x83cm drawing, letraset, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection Made for the 62 Group of Textile Artists exhibition Fascinating Fibres at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. The quote comes from a book of gardening lore

sewing seeds 1998 20x29cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection this piece is based on one of a series of drawings of seed packets, for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. This piece was made for an exhibition at Liberty of London    

the mirror 1986 150x125cm painting and machine embroidery on satin Made for the Embroiderers' Guild exhibition Stitched Textiles for Interiors at the Royal Institute of British architects in London. It is on the front cover of the book Designer Textiles by Fiona Adamczewski, 1986, David & Charles: ISBN 0 7153 9040 6, pp90, 91

trying-to-work-mates 1984 23x36cm machine embroidery on satin private collection a self-portrait with Mici the cat

sleeping partners in a bed of roses 1985 56.5x44.5 cm machine embroidery on satin private collection Paddy with red hair, newly pierced ears, and her cat Mici in her newly painted bedroom with pink walls and sheets

every picture sells a story 1985 40x53cm machine embroidery on satin a theraputic piece following the break-up of a marriage

dreamed garden - et in arcadia ego 1984 62x78cm machine embroidered & appliqued satin & cotton velvet painted wood frame private collection one of a series of Dreamed Garden pieces, alluding to the lack of summer in the NE of England where Paddy lives

victorian conservatory 1984 33x40cm machine embroidery and applique on OHP acetate

is it really winter outside? 1984 42x38cm machine embroidery and applique on OHP acetate