Back in the 1990's I attended a textile workshop and I started to work on an embroidery of the houses we have owned.
I then enrolled on a 4 year City and Guilds Creative Textile course and the houses were packed away safely.
During lockdown, various unfinished projects have been worked on.
Last year the magazine, Period Living ran a feature on 'House Portrait Challenge', showing shortlisted works of art.
It reminded me of my unfinished houses but at the time I was busy with other projects. This year I finally got them out and started work.
Here are photos of our first home in Twyford near Reading.
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| The Twyford House was our first proper home. |
The embroidery of the Twyford house was practically completed and just needed to be mounted. I am a bit of a hoarder and luckily still had maps of the time, some that were given by estate agents and normal maps. This turned out to be a perfect background and I was also able to mark the position of the house on the map.
Here is the mess in my studio as I worked on the Fareham house.
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| photo of Fareham house |
I mounted the Fareham house on a local map once I had completed the front door.
I am very pleased with the results. I now have to start work on our current beautiful Edwardian House!
