For a long time I’ve had my eye on embroidering an initial based on one of Louis Pouchée’s wonderfully fancy letters and, at Christmas, desperate for a present for daughter No 2 who lives abroad, has most of her things in store and is thus the last person to need yet more stuff, I thought […]

During last week I worked on 2 of the 3 Christmas presents notable for their absence in the interchange of gifts over Christmas itself. All 3 daughters received sketches of their intended presents. The eldest renegotiated hers, whilst daughters 2 and 3 I think quite liked theirs, although daughter No 2 did specify colour where […]