Blog - Lou McGill Creative Work

five brooches

kikulu - online handmade and vintage jewellery shop

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

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

traintracks

Literary postcards

12th May 2018literary postcards,ArtTextiles,embroidery

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

stories

International women's day

22nd March 2018figurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autism,brooch,pendant,jewellery,Textiles,crewelembroidery

Freedom is fragile pendants and brooches To celebrate International…

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Coloured Whitework lion embroidery

22nd March 2018whitework,embroidery,zendoodle,lion,coloured whitework,Textiles,needleworkcrewel

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

dancing

Freedom to dance

9th February 2018figurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autism,Textiles,crewelembroidery

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

bayeux-stitch

Exploring texture and pattern course

2nd February 2018bayeux stitch,course,exploring texture and patterns,medieval embroidery,ArtTextiles,mordred

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

owleyes

Owl embroidery

31st January 2018coloured whitework,owl,process,stitches,padded satin stitch,Textiles,whiteworkembroidery

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

Freedom is fragile

8th September 2017embroidery,figurative embroidery,freedom is fragile,project,feminism,women,autism,photography,self portraitsPeople,Photography,Textiles

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

Crewel coal mining

18th August 2017embroidery,bayeux stitch,stitching,coal mining,miners,Textiles,needleworkcrewel

lavender-bags

crewel lavender bags

19th May 2017lavender nags,Textiles,crewelembroidery