JLP Simple Design

23/08/2026

Finished the person, now onto the bubbles!
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12/08/2026

This Sunday (16th August) the NSW Police Swim Club is holding it's Waves of Support 12hr Charity Swim. You can read all about it through the link.

We are so very grateful to be one of the recipients of their fund-raising efforts.

Swimming Club members will swim from 7am to 7pm on Sunday 16 August 2026 at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre, Ultimo. Members of the club include current serving sworn and non-sworn members of the New South Wales Police Force, as well as current serving employees / current serving volunteers of other N...

26/07/2026

Making some progress 🪡🧵
Медвежий угол

24/07/2026

Today's colour dilemma 🤔
I thought I had the perfect choice (blue) but today I received a random piece of dark brown. Now all my plans are up in the air!

*I have saturated the colours because the camera kept lightening my photos, and they are both darker then they kept coming up.

09/07/2026

I'm finishing up a bunch of commissioned handbags today and almost forgot the most important step!

*handmade in Tumut*

09/07/2026

Arghhh! I can't decide 🤔

On the left - Light natural
On the right - Nougat
Middle samples done on opalescent

Which do I do the bubbles on? (pic 2)

24/05/2026

I haven't felt like stitching much this year. I've been doing random crafts to keep my hands busy some days, but with all our troubles, it hasn't felt right to sit for a few hours and loose myself in the rhythm of counting, crossing, weaving and snipping.

Yesterday, when tidying up, I found an old magazine page, a ball of white pearl cotton and a sublime piece of dyed fabric.

Today, the clouds are closing in for a very dull autumn week and it has made the perfect weather for sitting down with a cuppa, a movie and some simple stitching.....
....and it feels good.

24/04/2026

Planning my entry for next year's Easter Show and the called for fabric in the pattern is 'light natural'.
I really want to use my stash as much as possible at the moment. I have various count fabrics in the colours of ecru, cream, antique ivory, platinum, raw and white, but none of them seem quite right.
Last week the online grocery shopper substituted my regular intense blend for something smoother (😝), so I thought I'd kill two birds, and have tried my hand at dyeing some fabric with coffee. I also did a few random offcuts of other white fabric to see how they'd turn out (top right).
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What do you think of the results?

17/04/2026

"FOREST FORTUNES" is now on display and available to purchase

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"Forest Fortunes"

The foundation of this piece is a specialised fabric woven with gold, providing a subtle, shimmering ground that interacts with changing light. The forest is rendered in variegated cotton thread, creating an organic, shifting gradient of forest greens and earth tones.

​The repetition of the coniferous motif is intentionally disrupted by the placement of the two golden trees. These serve as symbols of resilience and individuality, standing in luminous contrast to the muted, shadowed canopy surrounding them.

Inspired by the pine plantations that provide literal fortunes to those who live and work in the Snowy Valleys, I invite the viewer to find stillness in the meditative rhythm of the geometric representation and discover their own personal fortunes.

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17/04/2026

"Turning Leaves of Tumut" is now on display and available to purchase

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'Turning Leaves of Tumut' is a counted threadwork study of the iconic deciduous trees — English Elm, London Plane, and Lombardy Poplar— that define the streetscapes of Tumut.

Ensuring an authentic silhouette by using physical specimens collected from around the town, the composition of each leaf explores the shared elegance of both natural structure and ornamental intricacy;-
• ​The Anatomical: One half of each leaf is rendered in single stranded backstitch, tracing the network of veins. This minimalist approach highlights the 'bones' of the leaf.
• ​The Decorative: The opposing half is filled with a diverse array of embroidery stitches, creating a delicatley complex interpretation of organic texture.

The thread and bead colours have been selected to represent the full lifecycle of the seasons - from the brilliant emeralds of spring to the rusted ochres and deep burgundies of a Tumut autumn.
This triptych invites the viewer to look closer at the canopy above them and appreciate the beauty of our shared environment.

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