Another Patch in my "Pride Month" Series, celebrating diversity and identity #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

We are stronger together. My latest hand embroidery piece in my "Pride Month" series celebrating diversity and identity 🙏 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

4 patches from my series of "Pride Month" celebrating diversity and identity #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

Another one in my "Pride Month" series of hand embroidery, celebrating diversity & identity #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

Another in my "Pride Month" series, celebrating diversity and identity #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth #pride

The 2nd of my "Pride Month" series of pieces. A hand embroidered bookmark. 😊 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

It is June. I intend to do a series of hand stitched pieces to reflect "Pride Month," and celebrate diversity & identity. 🤠👍 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts #pridemonth

My latest “Procrastination Patch.” “Hydromancy.” This week, I've been attempting to dive into the depths of intuitive wisdom as it becomes harder for me to distinguish the facts from the fiction we are fed. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I've been having some of my hand embroidery work photographed for an upcoming exhibition. I particularly like this one of my jacket "The Well of Inspiration." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I stitched a new skirt for Pinky 🩷 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

My Scrappy Happy Scroll. Made from cut-off bits of denim. This is a 6ft long piece for an exhibition layer this year. The original music is composed for this piece by my son Jimini #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I have been very remiss in my posting here, but I have also been busy sorting out some of my hand stitched pattern fabric pieces for an exhibition. This is a 4 ¼ piece I just finished. I was trying to go for a delicate Celtic vibe. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

An embroidered traditional Celtic Shield knot ised as a symbol of protection. I'm going back to my roots with this one. A design I have stitched periodically since I was a young boy. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I made another print from my stitching. This one is for my wife as she said she'd like a new "Spring" table cloth for the kitchen table. "Colourful but nothing too crazy!" Was the brief 🤭 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I turned my latest piece of hand stitching into another one of my fabric patterns. I was experimenting with combining cross stitch & free form embroidery techniques #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I was commissioned to do a couple of small pet portrait patches. I have always avoided this kind of thing, but I thought, why not give it a go! This is a Wire Fox Terrier called Queeny. The client was happy & that makes me happy 😊 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

Here is another aspect of my stitching practice. I also make fabric designs with my stitching #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I haven’t posted for ages! I've been working on a new website & my Substack. There's only so much time! I am still working on my exhibition piece, "The Book of Magan." This is another page from that project. "Chuffed about Choughs." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I've been posting more articles on my new Substack account: open.substack.com/pub/slavetot... I never have enough room here on Bluesky to tell all the stories woven into my work. If you want more, please do take a look. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

The origins of The Rag Tree have been lost in time but the tradition survives. The Hawthorn (Sceach Gheal bright hedgehog) the gateway to the land of the Sidhe. Often found near a Holy Well, a loan tree hung with torn bits of cloth. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

I just joined Substack 🤠👍 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts substack.com/@slavetothes...

The Curragh & the Cailleach My latest page for a hand embroidered book I'm making for an exhibition inspired by the late Irish storyteller Manchán Magan. He died last year as a young man. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

My latest hand embroidery Today we had a garden visit from a hare. Yesterday, a handsome young fox boldly came right up to my window, looking very healthy indeed in its nice red coat. I'm not sure we'll be seeing the hare here at the house again soon. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #skystitch #art

Another embroidery panel for my exhibition submission. My contemporary take on "The Green Man." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #craft

A new embroidery panel. I think this is a little different from me. I felt drawn towards doing a landscape, taking the road less traveled & being "in touch with the land." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

Here is one of my handstitched patches for my Valentine of 30 years & 4 children, with a heart for each. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #stitchsky #needlework #crafts

A hand embroidered patch inspired by my recent visit to the cities of Cork & Dublin. This wee country mouse visiting the big smoke 😊 #embroideryart ##craftiverse 🧶 #art

According to my daughter I was "Papped" at a recent event in Dublin! 😳 I had no idea what that meant! She sent me on this photo. We came across a lovely Brigit's Day market in Dublin. I wasn't really "papped" though, as I was asked first by a charming photographer. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶

The Mythology of Colour A panel I embroidered for a current project. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I stitched a patch for my favorite music artist, Mike Love from Hawaii. I went to his concert in Dublin & gave this as a gift in return for the gift of music he gave me. This is embroidered on a Brat Bhríde. A traditional cloth of Irish heritage. Grá: Irish for Love. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶

An embroidered jellyfish patch I made for one of my FB Page prize winners, it arrived at its destination in Nova Scotia during a snow storm! #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

An embroidered patch for Brigid's Day 💚 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶

I completed the back cover for my hand embroidered book 🤠👍 #embroidery #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Another page from my upcoming stitched book. This started as a design idea for my quilting project & has ended up in my fabric book. I'm never really sure how these things will evolve. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I am collating some of the panels I have been posting recently into a hand embroidered book. This page is titled "Cosmos." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Another page for my handstitched book. Inspired by the ancient inuit Tupilaq carvings & modern current affairs #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Another page for my "hand stitched fabric book." #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I'm still currently working on some colour combinations & hand stitch techniques. I intend to put a few into a one off stitched book #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶

Using compound stitches for my daily practice & working with colour contrast. Handstitched on denim. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶

Wishing you all a very happy "Hat Day" from myself & The Flossies ❤️ #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #crochet

I'm not sure many people realised my new hand embroidery piece was actually a hat! 🤠👍 So I thought I'd better put it on & show it from another angle #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I put together my hand embroidered Christmas Project. Happy New Year! #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Back to the "mini" series (2"×4") today as I'm trying to fit in some "social family time!" It is Christmas, after all! 😊 #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Solstice Blessings 🙏 In the run up to Christmas the Winter Solstice, one of our earliest celebrations, is often overlooked . I handstitch this piece in acknowledgement, for ritual & celebration of the Solstice 🙏 And so the wheel turns once more. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Another of my simple hand embroidered mini stitches. 🤠👍 2"×4" #embroideryart ##craftiverse 🧶 #art

Another of my "mini" stitches. 2"×4" hand embroidery on denim. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I'm doing a few hand embroidered "mini" squares for a project idea. They are only 2"×4" so just about the size of my mobile screen. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

I made a short video to show all my embroidered triangles. 40 in 40 days🤠👍 Now, I need to add them to the border of my quilt. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Triangle No.40 🤠👍 There you go, all 40 handstitched pieces in 40 days. Not bad going. I signed & dated this one. Seemed like the thing to do & covered it in French Knots using some of my leftover bits from all the others. I will line them to add to the quilt #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art

Triangle No.39 🤠👍 Nearly there with this series of handstitched Triangles for my Quilt. 40 Triangles in 40 days! I have mixed emotions, I do feel satisfied that I achieved my target, as a body of work I think they will add impact & interest to the overall piece. #embroideryart #craftiverse 🧶 #art