By all accounts, we are getting bit short of water here in the East of England, the summer is so glorious this year, so I thought we would have a cool, watery subject today. From the left clockwise, the Swallowtail, the Banded Demoiselle and the Bedstraw Hawkmoth. Whilst the

The Australian (Victorian) Crowned Pigeon. Take away his crown and he looks just like a normal pigeon ... NOT! #embroidery #EmbroideryWhispererVictorian)

Can't believe it ... only just noticed that the embroidery I posted this morning was a work in progress! Here's the finished piece! #embroidery #EmbroideryWhisperer

You are the first to see it!! Hot off the embridery hoop, this is the final piece in my series of twelve which I have been working on, now, for well over a year ... with a few others in between! I got the idea for this one when I saw a beautiful, symmetic rosette of thistle

Wow, thank you so much for the fabulous response to yesterday's post of my latest finished piece. I really appreciate all your likes and try to respond to all your comments, either with a reply or, at the very least a "like", in return! Welcome, too, to over 100 new followers

It is easy to overlook grasses, both metaphorically and literally! they are vital to both the environment and human civilization. They are a keystone species which support biodiversity, and is fundamental to human well-being. They are also an elemental in mythology; grass is

Cinnabar moth, caterpillar and ragwort. Whilst the cinnabar moth might well be considered, by those suffering from allergic reaction to Ragwort, as something of a saviour, the moth's caterpiller and its varacious appetite also benefits the plant. Ragwort spreads rapidly and

I have something of a fascination for roundels, as you may have noticed, lately ... there is something about the idea of a gateway (as one of you mentioned the other day) that always alluring. What is on the other side of this florwery arch? Not surprisingly, I have a feeling

It is being said. here in the East of England, that we may be expecting an "Indian Summer", and certainly a second flight of Painted ladies, often seen in the autumn would be welcome! Here, on a Wayfaring tree, their colours perfectly compliment the turning leaves and ripening

The waysides are so full of life at the moment! The colours may be changing, but the countryside is looking beautiful. Through this particular arch is a lane close to my childhood home in Suffolk. It is often said that Suffolk is flat, but, as you can see, we have lovely, soft,

Sometimes, even the tiniest suggestion of a landscape is all that is needed to set a scene. The embroidered landscape below the kestrel's scrutiny is a mere 3cm (1.4") high. A landscape possibly looks similary distant to the real bird, but its ability to see a BEETLE at over

Apologies to whoever posted to me a week or so about whether my original work is for sale ... I have lost your post, please repeat or DM me! In the meantime, my current studio catalogue is here: helenmstevens.online/products/FREE-… ... and it is just updated, despite what it says on the

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” — Leonardo da Vinci Ah, a person after my own heart. Whilst my own kitty, Miss Klara, is jet black, I have always felt that white cats have a mystic quality. They drift across a midnight garden like cool mist, perfect companions to

"The One that Got Away." (Thank goodness!) We all know that Mr. Foxy needs to feed his family, but it is still a relief to witness a great escape ... This piece was a commission which I worked for a collector some years ago. European folklore regarding the fox was and is

"I am cat, hear me roar"! Leonardo was right, the smallest cat IS a masterpeice, but the largest cat is beautiful and terrible in its majesty ... ... Jaguars might not actually be the largest of all cats (though they are, in fact, the third largest) but pound for pound they have