It was important to this commission that it had a strong heraldic feel. I was asked to include a lion rampant, entwined in passion flowers, holding a pomegranate that is split open showing its seeds. A unicorn with head bowed…
Category: Stoles
There’ll Be Bluebirds
This stole commission features a Celtic cross, created using three layers of silk stitched and then cut to reveal the colours underneath. The crosses were stitched first and then applied to the stole. The ‘bluebirds’ represent the connection to where…
The Road Not Taken
This is a red Ordination stole for a priest who is to be ordained in the Diocese of Coventry. The brief was to reflect the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, with an emphasis on a path through…
New Life
This commission was for a white Ordination stole for the summer 2021. The client had a number of ideas for their stole and after the ideas and initial designs were shared it was decided to have a design that reflected…
Gnarled Trees
This commission is for an Ordination taking place in the summer, all being well ! It is in ivory silk dupion with machine appliqued trees. The trunk is worked in my ‘cutting away’ technique and the leaves are free-machined in…
Portland Bill
This stole had a number of different elements to it, the first and most tricky being the brief !! I was asked if I could incorporate the Portland Bill lighthouse, the sea, a reference to Portland stone quarried in the…
Rainbow Butterflies
This stole was commissioned by a daughter for her mum. There is a sad story behind it. I was originally asked to replicate a stole that had been commissioned by her grandmother for her mother before she passed away. She…
Ordination Stoles 2021
Welcome to visitors old and new to my website. I wanted to make you aware my order book for 2021 Ordination stoles is already starting to fill up with enquiries. As I work completely by myself the number of commissions…
I Will Pour Out My Spirit
This is my most recent commission, for an ordination stole. I was asked to include the words ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people’ and flames as a starting point for the design. My first designs had flames…
Couching the Tree of Life
Over the last couple of months I’ve been working on my latest commission – the Celtic Tree of Life Stole. This commission came from Waterford in Ireland, so my first international client! I was asked to reflect the elements of…