Through hands-on practice in embroidery, lace making and knitting, I hope to keep promoting these irreplaceable traditional heritages and sharing their aesthetics and techniques with all.
Antique Diamond Lace Collar 2020
Bedfordshire lace crafted from cotton threads
23 x 24 cm
This beautiful pattern is adapted from an old lace collar by Christine Springett. It requires 45 pairs of bobbins to complete. The plaits and picots on the curved edges enhance its elegance, and the raised tallies add vividness to the collar.
Bedfordshire Teardrop Edging 2020
Bedfordshire lace crafted from cotton threads
9 x 9 cm
This attractive pattern is adapted from an antique pricking by Christine Springett. Over 40 pairs of bobbins were used. In the world of bobbin lace, the smaller the pattern, the potentially more difficult it is to make. Having broken the fine cotton threads many times, I eventually managed to control the tension better. How about using this delicate piece to frame a small picture?
Srce 2019
Slovenian lace crafted from cotton threads
8 x 8 cm
Idrija, Slovenia, has a unique bobbin lace making tradition. Designed by Simona Strgulc Krajšek, this beautiful heart is one of the iconic heart patterns. I used nine pairs of bobbins and high-quality Fil au Chinois cotton threads, which I bought at Maison Sajou, one of my favourite shops in Paris, to make the lace.
Butterfly Orchid 2025
Bobbin lace crafted from cotton threads
7 x 6.5 cm
While flowers have always inspired lacemakers, orchids were not a common choice. By adapting traditional bobbin lacemaking techniques, I designed and made this butterfly orchid, successfully adding a contemporary touch to the piece.
La Rose 2023
Haute couture embroidery, crafted with cords and trimmings, Swarovski crystals, beads, and tubes on linen fabric.
23 x 16 cm
This exquisite embroidery piece was completed during the enlightening haute couture embroidery course with Elisabeth Gasbarre.
Le Coeur 2016
Haute couture embroidery, crafted with beads, sequins, tubes, cords, felt fabric, and metallic threads on silk organza.
10 x 14 cm
This glamorous heart is my first completed piece in learning haute couture embroidery with Elisabeth Gasbarre, an amazing teacher and woman whom I feel so grateful to have met. The feeling of stitching with a Lunéville hook on transparent silk organza is incredible.
Double Happiness 2018
Traditional embroidery crafted with cotton threads on silk organza
13 cm in diameter
Double Happiness, or “囍” in Chinese, is a traditional symbol celebrating marriage. I created this embroidery as a small, exotic blessing for an Irish couple getting married, using raised satin stitch with DMC cotton threads in warm and celebratory colour tones.
Sakura 2018
Traditional embroidery crafted with cotton threads on denim
13 cm in diameter
This embroidery piece draws inspiration from Hanami, the Japanese tradition of flower viewing. Envisioning a breathtaking scene of fully bloomed sakura (cherry blossoms) I once witnessed in Kyoto, I allowed my hands to move freely across the recycled denim fabric, creating French knots with DMC cotton threads. The resulting piece is picturesque, with the French knots evoking the delicate sakura against the denim sky.
Victory Jumper 2021
I love vintage patterns. This classic 1945 Victory Jumper is an original pattern from 1940s Britain. During the Second World War, women across the country were encouraged to contribute to the war effort by knitting, particularly for the troops, and many patterns were distributed for free. This pattern, along with several others, is now freely accessible on the V&A’s website. While the original yarns suggested for knitting the jumper are discontinued, I find the Irish Studio Donegal Darnie yarns (Navy, Rowan Berry, and White) to be good alternatives.
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