Transfer Painting

Green powdered transfer paint from Omega Dyes sprinkled onto wet paper, left to dry and ironed onto 100% polyester fabric.



The same ironed onto synthetic velvet produces a softer effect. I love these beautiful surfaces - almost too nice to embellish with stitch - and I like this green so much more than that of the other branded transfer paints I have tried - either green products or by attempting to mix greens.

Rock garden

The "shell" for this vessel was another discarded sample using wireform - transfer painted organza laid over a fine cotton with rows of straight stitching was too rigid for what I wanted at the time.


Venetian & woven picots, cup stitch, bullion knots and a few beads provide lots of texture.

"Citrus Fruits" Bag

A bag of many guises! The design for this started with an idea for spiral shells, then grapes moving into a contemporary interpretation. I saw a magazine picture of a celeb wearing three co-ordinating vests in yellow, orange and green, thought the colours looked good together and bore this in mind whilst doing some colour trials. Before I knew it, the ideas moved to techniques (and a similar colourway) from an old C&G sample (rocks).

Of simple shape and design but loads of texture - hand stitching, beads and trapunto on transfer painted poly/cotton. Aside from the colours (orange, yellow and lime), I think the finished design looks very much like cut citrus fruits - segments within the rind!