private collections

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

outside from in 1984 26x30 cm machine embroidery on satin & OHP acetate Last of the hothouse series, before Paddy moved out of the hothouse and into the garden

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

illustrations for the embroiderer's story The Embroiderer's Story by Thomasina Beck indian ink on paper 1995 David & Charles ISBN 0 7135 0238 8 pp11, 24, 39, 60, 88, 94, 98, 114, 128, 154, 155 chapter headings & embroidery tools the elizabethan embroiderer: chapter heading & embroidery tools the stuart embroiderer: chapter heading & embroidery tools the [...]

still life in my girlie shed 2007 67x54 cm drawing in indian ink on silk mdf frame rubbed with graphite private collection made for the exhibition In Praise of Sheds at the Garden Station, Langley, Hexham. It illustrates the things stored in Paddy's shed