Ipsden Church, Oxon: patchwork altar frontal, detail of common field poppy (hand embroidered by Mary Addison) Two further flowers for the altar frontal, an ox eye daisy and a field poppy, finished late Mothering Sunday and after an enjoyable half week with family and 9 week-old baby who was a great source of entertainment, distraction […]

For Mothering Sunday I wanted something that was special and looked pretty. The English tradition of Mothering Sunday has ancient roots but reached its most important expression the C19th at a time when many country girls left their village homes to take up jobs in service in nearby cities or in London. The church became […]