Kilmeny Jones

Today we have a special entry from Kilmeny in Victoria, BC, Canada, which is a little less ‘What Are You Stitching?’ and a bit more What Are You Growing?!

‘I received my copy of Inspirations issue #126 in the mail yesterday morning. The fritillary on the cover is delightful, particularly given the early blooms in my garden right now… so, I thought I should share a picture from my garden with you!’

Your email was certainly a delight to receive, Kilmeny! How’s that for timing?! Your blooms are beautiful, thank you for sharing them.

Lorraine Lafrance

‘While I’m able to do various types of needlework, for some reason, I’ve always preferred cross-stitch. It may be that for many years in my varied careers I travelled all over the world and a cross-stitch project was the easiest craft to take with me.

I even taught cross-stitching to flight attendants on those long trips from Canada to the Far East and Africa and was able to monitor their progress on subsequent flights. Now that I have been retired for 15 years and travel for fun instead of work, I wonder if any of them kept it up…

Having decided to decorate my front hall with nothing but African sculptures and stitched pieces, I have a few projects to show you.’

‘1. Small beaded masks framed in a copper-clad frame with brass nail, representative of the metalwork in Nigeria, West Africa.’

‘2. Elephant and zebra matted with black linen.

3. A colourful giraffe has pride of place on a red wall’

‘4. Lorraine, The Happy Stitcher’

Ha! We love number 4 the most… It is lovely to see how cross-stitch has become not just a creative outlet for you but a thread you were able to pass on, linking you to so many different people during your trips abroad. Your front hall sounds like a beautiful space to ‘travel’ through, Lorraine.

Morena Gozzi

‘I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the embroidery I completed recently. She is the female Red Cardinal.’

Morena, your Red Cardinal is superb. The colours are gorgeous. Well done!

Have you been growing your blooms for stitching? Do you cross-stitch? Or have you completed a project recently?

Whatever you are stitching, we’d love to see it! Email photos of what you’ve created with needle and thread along with a few details about your stitching journey to news@inspirationsstudios.com