Bluebell Woods

Inspired by the masses of bluebells in springtime. Their aroma is wonderful. Spring is a special and long awaited time of the year, I love it when the sunlight filters through newly emerging fresh green leaves onto the carpet of blue below.   

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Golden Hour

A frosty sunrise on an early morning walk.

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Riber Castle 'Nearly Home'

A recent commission for a local author, depicting Riber Castle which sits in a prominent position above the town of Matlock. This picture was wet felted using Merino wool then free motion machine stitched. 

Professionally mounted and framed

Size: 57 x 45cm

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Bow Woods in Autumn

The second in my series of studies at Bow Woods, depicting the fabulous array of golden deciduous foliage. 

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Rosebay Willowherb

I wanted to capture the masses of tall slender Rosebay Willowherb that grows along the trails adding a much needed splash of colour on a grey overcast day.

Work Size: 32cm x24cm + framing.

Rosebay Willowherb 

Framing detail: Professionally framed in Harper Ash wooden frame Overall size: 45.5cm x 41cm 

Winter in the Peaks

Inspired by a beautiful walk in freshly laid snow during the winter of 2018.

Handmade felt using Merino and Corriedale wool fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery using beautiful rayon threads that add a glisten to the frosty trees.

Overall frame Size: 67 x 31 cm

Professionally framed in a pale grey grained deep wooden frame. Textured soft white mount board.

An Autumn Day

39cm x 15 x cm

Awaiting framing

Lots of detail in this one, please zoom in to see, Wensleydale fibres, sari silk fabric, Free motion Machine stitched Drystone walls, fence, hedges, birds and tree

Seed Heads

I wanted to capture majestic Cow Parsley seed heads in autumn time. They are one of my favourite hedgerow plants. I like to cut several stems for drying over the winter, I love their shape and  form, especially their shadows under candle light. 

Work Size: 24 x 24cm

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Snowy Days

This is one of my popular 12 x 12 cm original hand felted pictures depicting a snowy winters day. Mounted on conservation board with a signed mount (23x23cm). This picture has now SOLD

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A Blustery Day

Inspired by a walk in the Derbyshire Dales.

Handmade felt (wet felting method) using Merino, Wensleydale and silk fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.

Professionally framed in a bare faced oak wooden frame. Overall size: 48cm x 26.5 cm. Actual picture size (mount opening) 37cm x 16.5 cm. 

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The Limestone Way

Contemporary hand felted landscape, inspired by the abundance of Cow Parsley that grows by the dry stone walls along the Limestone Way in the Peak District .

Handmade wet felted picture made from luxurious merino wool tops and silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery. 

Overall Size: 52.5 x 28 cm

Professionally framed Bare Faced Oak frame mounted on pale grey mount board. 

‘Sunshine and Showers Loch Torridon’ Commissioned by a lovely customer who wanted to capture the ever changing light over the Loch.

Merino, Corriedale and silk fibres with free motion embroidery. 

Size: 45 x 31 cm

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Summer Storm at Biggin

I love dark moody skies especially in early summer when the Buttercups dominate the landscape here in the Peak District. Painted canvas, free motion embroidery

Barn at Hartington

Hand felted with free motion machine stitching. 

I have a real soft spot for these old run down barns in the Peak District, they are often accompanied with a tree besides them. These pictures have proved very popular so here is another one, this time at Hartington. 

Overall Size: 27 x 27cm

Painted black grained wooden frame with white grey blue mount. Acid free board.

Buttercup Fields

Unique original hand felted landscape picture.

Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery completed with hand embroidered daisies.

Buttercup Fields

Overall Size: 53cm x 26cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with sage acid free mount

Heather on Headon Warren

Commissioned by a lovely customer who wanted to capture special family  memories at Headon Warren on the Isle of Wight. 

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This picture has now SOLD

Fleurs de Papier

Free motion machine embroidery onto tissue paper. Inspired by the Betony that grows in my garden. Betony is a native British flower that is supposed to ward off evil spirits, the bees love it!

Thorpe Cloud

This iconic peak in the beautiful Dovedale, towers above the river Dove and the enchanting stepping stones below. 

Merino and silk fibres with free motion embroidery.

Mount opening 39 x 31cm 

April Flowers

Inspired by the vibrant wild spring flowers and grasses that grow along the dry stone walls around my home. Handcrafted felt, free motion machine embroidery and hand stitching.

April Flowers

Overall Size: 58 x 28 cm

Frame: Professionally framed, bare face oak frame, soft white mount board.

Showing the Way

Felted landscape and free motion embroidery, depicting the White Peak landscape of the southern Derbyshire Dales National Park. Lots of lovely British Wensleydale wool locks have been used for the dry stone walls and again for the moss in the foreground.

(photographed before fitting and glazing)

Overall Size: 51.5 x 33 cm

Black wooden frame with white texture mount with black core. Acid free board. 

Winter Trees

My latest wet felted study of winter trees in the beautiful Derbyshire Dales. 

Made from luxurious Merino, British breed Corriedale and Wensleydale wool with silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery.

Overall Size: 51 x 30.5 cm

Professionally framed Grey grained wooden deep frame, textured white mount with black core 

Fields at Ballidon

Haymaking in the fields near Ballidon.

Made from luxurious Merino, British breed Corriedale and Wensleydale wool with silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery

Pale Grey Frame

Overall Size 39 x 31cm 

Helenium 'Sneeze Weed' 

Inspired by a meadow full of heleniums at the aptly named Breezy Knees Gardens near York. Lovely watching the Helenium swaying in the wind on a summers day. 

Pale Grey Frame

Overall Size 39 x 31cm 

'Along the Lane’

Inspired by early summer buttercups and the mossy walls that surround my home.

Handmade wet felted picture made from luxurious merino wool tops and nepps that represent the lichen. The piece is finished with free motion machine embroidered grasses and buttercups.

Overall Size: 56cm x 25.5cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount. 

Fields at Monyash

Inspired by the stripes the tractor was making as it was mowing the grass in a field ready for silaging. Monyash is another National Park village a few miles from my home. 

Pale Grey Frame

Overall Size 39 x 31cm

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Snowy Days

Hand felted picture using Merino, silk and angelina fibres. Winter tree and dry stone wall are stitched using free motion machinery.

Size: mount opening (picture size) 12 x 12 cm.

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Cow Parsley

Unique original hand felted landscape picture, inspired by the abundance of Cow Parsley that grows by the mossy drystone walls in the Peak District in summer time.

Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.

Overall Size: 56cm x 28cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount. 

A Greeting card is available in this design.

This picture has now SOLD

'Minninglow and the High Peak Trail’. 

Minninglow is just 2 miles from where I live, a well loved feature on the landscape in our area, which on a clear day can be seen from the top of Mam Tor. It is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial ground. A dominant feature on the landscape. This picture has now SOLD

Barn in the Dale

Unique original hand felted landscape picture, inspired by the many dilapidated barns and drystone walls in the Peak District.

Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.

Overall Size: 56 x 25 cm.

Frame: Black wood grain frame with dark grey mount board.

This picture has now SOLD 

'Winter Trees II'

Inspired by a beautiful walk in freshly laid snow during the winter of 2018.

Handmade felt using Merino and Corriedale wool fibres finished with free motion machine embroidery.

This picture has now Sold

Foxgloves

Hand felted with free motion machine stitching. Inspired by the swaying foxgloves that grow so tall in the lanes around my home. Lots of hand dyed curly rare breed Leicester Long wool tops have gone into this piece, creating the background movement .

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Top of the Dale

Inspired by the beautiful rolling Peak District countryside around Parwich

Handmade wet felted landscape made from luxurious merino wool tops and silk fibres, finished with free motion machine embroidery.

Overall Size: 52cm x 27cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free conservation mount.

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Summer Hedgerow

Overall Size: 45 x 36 cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with white acid free conservation mount.

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Summer Hedgerow

Many of the hedgerows around Parwich are a riot of colour in summertime. I particularly love watching the tall grasses and cow parsley swaying in the wind. A joy to walk along the lane. Hand painted stitched canvas, with free motion machine embroidery.

This picture has now SOLD 

Foxgloves at Bradbourne

Unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting  Peak District mossy limestone walls and wild Foxgloves made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery. This picture has now SOLD

Foxgloves at Bradbourne 

Overall Size: 54cm x 26cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with light grey acid free conservation mount

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A Winter Walk

A unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting the Ash trees that dominate the landscape in the southern area of the Peak District.  Made from Merino fibres and silk with free motion machine embroidery.

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A Winter Walk

Overall Size: 60cm x 28.5cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount.

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Astonefield Barn

Inspired by a derelict barn on the path to Alstonefield in the Peak District. A lovely area for walking.

Overall Size: 30 x 28 cm

Frame: Professionally framed, black frame with grey mount

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Alstonefield Barn

Inspired by a derelict barn on the path to Alstonefield in the Peak District. A lovely area for walking.

Overall Size: 30 x 28 cm

Frame: Professionally framed, black frame with grey mount

This picture has now SOLD 

Up and Down Dale

Inspired by a walk in the undulating hills around my home in the Peak District National Park.

Overall Size: 50 x 50cm

Frame: White box frame 

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Foxgloves

Unique contemporary hand felted and embroidered picture depicting the colourful foxgloves that readily self-seed in my garden.

This picture has now SOLD 

Foxgloves

Unique contemporary hand felted and embroidered picture depicting the colourful foxgloves that readily self-seed in my garden.

Overall Size: 42.5 x 32.5 cm

Frame: White box frame and white mount.

This picture has now SOLD 

The Marshes & Beyond the Marshes

A pair of hand painted textile portrait landscapes machine and hand stitched, inspired by a walk in the Staffordshire Moorlands when the Marsh Marigolds were in abundance.

Size: 56 x 25.5 cm

White washed frame, with white mount. These pictures have now SOLD  

Tulips

Unique hand felted and textile picture inspired by a trip last year to Keukenhof gardens in Lisse Netherlands. What an amazing place, I have never seen so much colour, acres and acres of beautifully manicured gardens a real showcase for the Dutch tulip industry. 

Size: 56 x 25.5 cm

White washed frame, with white mount. This picture has now SOLD

Snow in Parwich

A unique original hand felted landscape picture inspired by a snowy walk around Parwich. Made from Merino fibres, silk and nepps, with free motion machine embroidery.

A Greeting card is available in this design.

This picture has now SOLD 

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Snow in Parwich

Size: 55 x 24.5 cm

Frame: Professionally framed, painted white washed solid wood frame, with grey acid free mount

A Greeting card is available in this design.

This picture has now SOLD 

Snow at Alsop en le Dale 

Inspired by a walk with a friend from Parwich to Alsop en le Dale, Derbyshire.

Wet felted merino and silk fibres with free motion machine stitching and hand embroidery.

Overall Size: 42cm x 32cm

Frame: Black frame 

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A Winters Day - Monochrome (Exhibited at The Green Man Gallery Buxton Spring Gathering Exhibition 2018)

A unique original hand felted landscape picture depicting the winter landscape in the southern area of the Peak District. Made from Merino, silk and Wensleydale fibres with free motion machine embroidery.

Overall Size: 42cm x 32cm

Frame: Black frame 

This picture has now SOLD 

Moorland Sheep

25 x 25 cm

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Indian Summer

Hand painted textile picture with machine stitched sky detail with hand stitched embroidered Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer')

This picture has now SOLD 

Buttercups and Daisies

A Greeting Card is available of this design. Click Here

The original picture has SOLD