Blog - Lou McGill Creative Work

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kikulu - online handmade and vintage jewellery shop

12th March 2019Jewelleryonline shop,handmade jewellery,vintage jewellery,jewellery

I have recently set up the kikulu - online handmade and vintage jewellery shop…

traintracks

Literary postcards

12th May 2018Textiles,embroideryliterary postcards,Art

I have been sewing on photos and paper recently as a break from my big…

stories

International women's day

22nd March 2018crewel,embroidery,figurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autism,brooch,pendant,jewelleryTextiles

Freedom is fragile pendants and brooches To celebrate International…

close-up

Coloured Whitework lion embroidery

22nd March 2018needlework,crewel,whitework,embroidery,zendoodle,lion,coloured whiteworkTextiles

I have already shared a post on my first whitework embroidery which was from a…

dancing

Freedom to dance

9th February 2018crewel,embroidery,figurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autismTextiles

This an update about my progress with the embroidery element of my wider…

bayeux-stitch

Exploring texture and pattern course

2nd February 2018Textiles,mordredbayeux stitch,course,exploring texture and patterns,medieval embroidery,Art

Starting the ‘Exploring texture and pattern course’ I really want…

owleyes

Owl embroidery

31st January 2018whitework,embroidery,coloured whitework,owl,process,stitches,padded satin stitchTextiles

My dad was visiting and I showed him some of my embroidery. He is not a big fan…

Freedom is fragile

8th September 2017Photography,Textiles,embroideryfigurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autism,photography,self portraits,People

In 1970 Germaine Greer said in her book The female eunuch – Freedom is…

Crewel coal mining

18th August 2017needlework,crewel,embroidery,bayeux stitch,stitching,coal mining,minersTextiles

Final piece stretched onto a wooden frameMy most ambitious piece of…

lavender-bags

crewel lavender bags

19th May 2017crewel,embroidery,lavender nagsTextiles

crewel lavender bags I have been a fan of Katherine Shaughnessy for…