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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 09/06/2026

Plugging away on this little project, about 1/3rd the way done. Having fun making the components! #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #beadwork #crossstitch

Ten decorative cross-stitched patches are arranged on a gray background. Each patch has a different shape, beaded edge, and stitched text, including “Wash your hands,” “Wipe your feet,” “Wait your turn,” “Check your messages,” “Do your homework,” “Do your hair,” “State your goals,” “Track your steps,” “Cross your legs,” “Pay your bills,” and “Mind your manners.”

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 21/05/2026

I got a lot of questions about my Oversight series, including whether folks can reuse my words and/or make their own versions. So I wrote a short blog post about my process and potential reuse here: www.pardalotemakes.com/process/over... But TLDR: reuse is fine, go for it.

A stack of embroidered squares sitting on a grey surface. The top square reads ‘they hide your post’ in a stitched pixel font.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 15/05/2026

Finished stitching my Oversight series. 12 small stitched poem-objects in wool, linen, cotton, silk, stitched on canvaswork mesh and edged in glass beads. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #beadwork #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem #poetry

Twelve squares of embroidery on a grey background. Each square is stitched with four four-letter words in a grid, such as 'they know your name', 'they sold your data' and 'they read your file'. Each square is stitched in the same grid font, but the colours vary from square to square, mainly blues, greys beige.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 08/05/2026

Excited to announce that three of my small stitched poem-objects have been selected for the Petite Miniatures Textiles Exhibition 2026

Eight small stitched objects laying flat on a white background. The objects are all square, but vary in colour. All have a beaded edge. Each square has four words embroidered, eg: safe when held open or fold once when damp

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 06/03/2026

New series in the making. This will be a series of 12 stitched poem objects, here are the first four, ready to be cut from the fabric and finished. I already have the whole set of small poems written, so it's just busy stitching time now. #embroidery #handembroidery #textileart #poetry

Four embroidered words in a grid: "they know your name". The stitched background is tan. The words are stitched in dark blue. The square is bordered in blue and tan braided stitches.

Four embroidered words in a grid: "they time your call". The stitched background is blue. The words are stitched in dark blue. The square is bordered in blue braided stitches.

Four embroidered words in a grid: "they scan your face". The stitched background is beige. The words are stitched in dark brown. The square is bordered in beige and tan braided stitches.

Four embroidered words in a grid: "they sold your data". The stitched background is navy blue. The words are stitched in pale grey. The square is bordered in navy and grey braided stitches.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 21/02/2026

Back to the larger format four word grid poem idea. Finished this one and edged with beads. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem #poetry

Four embroidered words in a grid: "left lane must exit". The stitched background is yellow. The words are stitched in dark blue. The square is bordered in blue and yellow stitches with a simple blue and yellow bead edge.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 20/02/2026

Final set of five teeny poems. All edged and backed, their own small poem-objects now. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #beadwork #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem #poetry

Five stitched square poems, edged in beadwork. The poems read: void when read once, take when foil torn, onus lies with user, near miss then this, left lane must exit.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 15/02/2026

I'm a little in love with these. I'm looking forward to working on the full scale versions, but these tiny sample poems make me very happy. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem #poetry

Four squares of stitching, each is a stitched four word poem: left lane must exit, near miss then this, void when read once, onus lies with user. The squares are edged in beadwork.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 14/02/2026

onus lies with user poem stitch object #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem #poetry I'm a little obsessed, so more will be spammed.

Two squares of stitching, the frontmost one reads 'onus lies with user' in dark purple on a pale green background, the backgrounded one reads 'near miss then this' in tan stitches, with pale grey toned background stitches. The squares is edged in beadwork.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 18/01/2026

This will get a border, so it's not quite finished. But it makes me smile, so I wanted to share it. #textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint #fourwordgridpoem

Four embroidered words in a grid: "Work hard then what" The stitched background is grey. The words "Work hard" are stitched in brown and "then what" is stitched in red.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 13/01/2026

Something I've been quietly stitching in the evenings: these zokin - cloths for cleaning, made from old tea towels. I recommend The Green Wrapper on youtube if you'd like to make zokin from your old cloths. #textiles #handembroidery #zokin

Three folded cloths in faded designs, with two skeins of embroidery thread sitting on top. The cloths are worn and stitched in simple geometric patterns of running stitch.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 11/01/2026

When I'm working on a new piece, I often create a 'side cloth' where I can do a few quick stitches to try out a colour, stitch or thread. It really helps me make decisions and not have so much unstitching. Do you sample as you work? #embroidery #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint #sampling

Mesh canvas with sampled needlepoint stitches in various colours and threads. Mostly letters, but also some grids of crossed stitches.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 01/01/2026

Sampling for a new series maybe. A thought that's been brewing for a while. #embroidery #textiles #handembroidery #needlepoint #canvaswork #words

A photo showing needlepoint samples in the foreground. The stitching is of block letters in different colours. The background shows graph paper with lettering sketched out in coloured pencil. Scissors and threads are stacked up on top of the paper.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 14/11/2025

Some roundish stitched objects

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 06/11/2025

Felt like some green this morning. So playing around with arranging some of my small pieces of stitching and paper again. This makes my mind happy. #handembroidery #textileart

A handful of small stitched and paper objects on a white background. The objects are in various shapes and forms, and all in tones of green. They are laid out between two larger stitched objects that we only see the edges of.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 05/11/2025

I finished this green shape, and it’s now edged with a thin border of crochet in white thread. #embroidery #textileart #crochet

A long embroidered shape, rectangular with rounded corners. It’s stitched mainly in greens with a strip in the right in pale grey. Many of the stitches are square.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 25/10/2025

The moon I embroidered for my brother a few years ago. It's based on a photo he took. It's appliquéd fabric in white, grey, metallic, that I then covered with stem stitch circles, and french knots. #mandembroidery #embroidery #textileart #moon

A detailed and textured embroidered half-moon which has been stitched onto black fabric. The moon's dark side is rendered in black thread, while the craters and rocks are distinguished through circles of white and metallic and French knots.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 22/10/2025

A few years ago I made this stitched paper piece inspired by butterfly wing scales. #embroidery #handembroidery #textileart #stitchedpaper

Two triangles of black felt on a white background. One is covered with blue-painted paper elements, that mimic the surface of butterfly wings. The other is stitched in lines of blue and white beads and thread.

A side-on view of two triangles of black felt on a white background. One is covered with blue-painted paper elements, that mimic the surface of butterfly wings. The other is stitched in lines of blue and white beads and thread.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 20/10/2025

I finished the stitching on this a few days ago and forgot to post. Looking forward to finishing the edging. #embroidery #textilesart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint

A long piece of canvaswork embroidery in greens and greys.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 19/10/2025

New shape! A small plummy purply shape I finished today as a kind of colour test. I wasn't sure if it would be okay with a white edge, but I think it works. Already stitching the next one :D #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint

Four stitched shapes on a white background. Each shape is a soft arched D shape with a geometric pattern in different colours.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 29/09/2025

I am excited to announce that I will be showing how I make these bird brooches at the Making Zen online retreat! There will be 30 artists presenting during the week, and it’s free to watch each presentation for 24 hours when it airs - October 27-31, 2025! Link in bio (this is an affiliate link)

Felt brooches in many colours, stitched with whimsical birdlike features. There is a group of five brooches posed on a white background.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 28/09/2025

Some small green shapes. I pulled these out this afternoon to help me make choices on the larger pieces I’m working on. #embroidery #textileart

Greenish stitched shapes on a white background. The shapes are stitched in simple short stitches that completely cover the fabric in geometric patterns.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 26/09/2025

I finally finished making this embroidery into a cushion! #embroidery#textileart #handembroidery #canvaswork #needlepoint

A cushion embroidered in stripes and zigzags in dark browns, golds, muted greens. It's on a pale cream coloured couch with a tapestry cushion in muted greens leaning against it.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 23/09/2025

Another creature that returned home this weekend. Having it back has spurred a whole jumble of new ideas that I'm still processing. Around transparency, balance, extending forms out into space ... #embroidery#textileart #handembroidery #dragonfly

A purple and blue dragonfly made in felt and fabric, photographed on a white surface.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 22/09/2025

Some more old friends that arrived back home this weekend. It's funny the things that sell and the things that don't. I love my white beetles, but it's the colourful ones that sell, and their pale cousins that sit on the store shelf. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #beetles #bugs

Two embroidered beetle-shaped creatures. They are stitched in whites and offwhites and have mismatched embroidered elytra, white legs and antennae.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 20/09/2025

Welcome home little gang. I'm really pleased to have you all back. #embroidery #textileart #handembroidery #stitchedbirds #felt

Zany felt birds embroidered in many colours, standing in a group, on a white background.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 30/08/2025

I’ve been working on some slightly zany brooches over the last few weeks. Soon, very soon, I’m excited to tell you all about a free online workshop where you can learn how I make them!

Five felt brooches in the shape of bird faces. They are multicoloured a little zany.

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 06/07/2025

It's a super foggy winter morning this morning. So I fished into my box of treasures and pulled out these soft grey and blue-white pieces to arrange. #handembroidery

Two stitched rocks, two small beaded button shapes, some stitched paper, a very small rectangle of my grandfather's handkerchief, and a stitched sample (also stitching on my grandfather's hanky, with crochet and needlelace edging).

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pardalote @pardalotemakes.com · 02/07/2025

I stitched a small shape last night. Here it is with a larger shape. It’s winter, so my stitching is at low ebb - it was nice to feel the need to make an object. #textileart

Two stitched shapes in blues and yellows, on a white background.

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