About the service
I offer a full-cycle hand-embroidery service for custom wall tapestries, built on years of needlework practice across traditional and contemporary stitch styles. Every commission begins with a design consultation: I listen to your theme, colour mood, and intended wall space, then sketch two or three composition options before a single thread is cut. This upfront planning stage prevents costly rework later and lets you approve scale, palette, and layout in advance.\n\nOnce the design is confirmed, I select base fabric — linen, cotton twill, or a blended canvas depending on the piece's size and intended durability — and pair it with hand-dyed and standard embroidery floss chosen for lightfastness and texture contrast. My stitch vocabulary covers satin stitch, long-and-short shading, French knots for raised texture, couching for metallic accents, and needle-painting techniques that render gradients and fine detail without printed guidelines showing through. Colour matching is done swatch-by-swatch against your reference imagery so the finished piece reads true under both daylight and indoor lighting.\n\nEvery tapestry is mounted on a wooden stretcher frame or hoop of your choosing, with a protective backing fabric sewn in to shield the reverse stitches from dust and snagging, and a hanging loop or D-rings attached so it arrives ready to display — no additional framing errands required. I photograph the piece in progress at agreed milestones so you can follow the work and request small adjustments while threads are still workable, rather than after the piece is finished.\n\nTypical turnaround is one to three weeks depending on size and stitch density, and I am glad to discuss rush timelines for special occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, or housewarmings. Portfolio samples covering botanical, geometric, portrait, and abstract compositions are available on request so you can see stitch density and finishing quality up close before committing to a commission.
