In Life in Seasons | Winter/Spring, Nicola brought her morning adventures to life, capturing the sights and wonders she encountered in a collection of exquisite embroidery designs.
Now, we rejoin Nicola and her beloved golden retriever, Quince, for the next volume in the series, Life in Seasons | Summer/Autumn.
Nicola presents eight brand-new projects celebrating local wildlife and their habitats, each one reflecting her trademark design style with flowing lines and intricate patterns, masterfully stitched onto printed panels.
From a dormouse sleeping in its nest made from local flora, magpies frolicking amongst ornamental leaves, a moth and a snail taking respite in ivy through to a bountiful orchard visited by a majestic goldfinch.
A world of wonder and natural beauty awaits as you stitch your way through the second volume of a Life in Seasons.
PROJECTS: Binswood Honey Bee Honey bee with bead and sequins adorning her glorious wings. Cubbington Dormouse Highly textured Dormouse sleeping amongst blossoms and berries. Loveday Orchard Bountiful allotment garden with visiting goldfinch in a tree of life design. Blackdown Ivy A moth and snail explore an ivy plant in goldwork embroidery. Hunningham Hare Hare draped in the foliage of the wild hedge he rests beneath. Edge Hill Hoglet Exquisitely depicted hedgehog emerging from the undergrowth. Jacobean Magpies Two for joy...A pair of magpies amongst Jacobean-inspired foliage. Langdon Lane Pheasant Pheasants with bright, gleaming plumage command attention on a late autumn day.
