Welcome to Thimble Cottage Designs, a UK based company specialising in cross stitch and counted thread designs and elegant stitching gifts for those who love needlework. I grew up in South Africa and have been stitching and knitting since childhood, but it wasn’t until I moved to England that a whole new world of needlework, and all that it had to offer, opened up to me.
I started teaching about 14 years ago and launched Thimble Cottage Designs in 2005. I love all forms of needlework, but particularly enjoy the challenge of designing. Often the colour of a particular thread or piece of fabric will provide the inspiration for a particular design. I also like to incorporate many of the old stitching techniques found in traditional samplers. Amongst all the counted thread samplers I have worked, there are some silk ribbon projects too. I use many different types of silk ribbon, but love the colours of Di van Niekerk’s ribbon, which is why I now stock her hand-painted silk ribbons.
So, pull up your chair, make yourself at home and shop to your heart's content
