private collections

18thc engraving waistcoat drawing 1988 A3 ink and watercolour on paper private collection This waistcoat drawing is one of a proposed series informed by 18th century Dutch hand-coloured engravings. The actual waistcoat was purchased by the Embroiderers' Guild for their collection at Hampton Court.

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

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 [...]