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The tomb of St Philip the Apostle, a church built The tomb of St Philip the Apostle, a church built around it and a place of his martydom (in Hierapolis, Turkey).

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What an incredible privilege it was to be at the F What an incredible privilege it was to be at the Funeral Mass for Pope Francis and to pay my respects to him in St Peter's in Rome a few days ago.

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A very brief visit to the Cardiff Oratory @cardiff A very brief visit to the Cardiff Oratory @cardifforatory yesterday. Such a beautiful church!

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The Royal School of Needlework @royalneedlework ha The Royal School of Needlework @royalneedlework has a project to preserve knowledge of stitches with an online archive called the Stitch Bank. Benefactors can sponsor an addition to this bank in honour of a living person or in memory of someone who has died. 

I am very honoured and deeply touched that the Guild of St Clare @guildofstclare has sponsored a stitch at the RSN in memory of my daughter Evelyn @survivingwithsarcoma who died in November 2024 after a 22 month battle with Ewing sarcoma (bone cancer): https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/fence-stitch

Both the Guild of St Clare and the Royal School of Needlework are very close to my heart so I can't even begin to explain how special this is to me. 

https://www.guildofstclare.org/2025/02/the-guild-of-st-clare-sponsors-stitch.html

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Back at the Guild of St Clare @guildofstclare sewi Back at the Guild of St Clare @guildofstclare sewing retreat this weekend.
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Restoration in progress... ...... #vestment #vest Restoration in progress...

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A perfect embroidery case from @handandlocklondon A perfect embroidery case from @handandlocklondon for all embroidery and restoration essentials. It's my second case from Hand & Lock. The first one was a bit smaller and didn't quite fit in everything I needed. This one is just perfect!

And another restoration is in progress...

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After two years of an unforeseen forced break, I a After two years of an unforeseen forced break, I am finally back in my happy place and in my element @oxford.oratory.

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When in Rome... .... @gammarelli.sartoria #gamma When in Rome... 

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The year 2024 is, thankfully, coming to an end. Go The year 2024 is, thankfully, coming to an end. Good riddance. And while I will never recover from the tragic loss of my daughter, I know I have a lot to be thankful for. I am grateful to God for giving me the gift of my beautiful daughter, even though 16 years will never feel enough. I am grateful to God for the blessing of so much love that surrounds my family and me and which I can see most clearly from the depths of the darkness of the last year and the present. The amount of support, the many prayers and Masses that have been offered for my daughter and us have been overwhelming. I am grateful for the incredible blessing of belonging to the Oxford Oratory @oxford.oratory and for the extraordinary support we have received there when we needed it most. Being Catholic helped me to cope and survive this year. God is good.

Despite not being able to do much work this past year, I still managed to fit in a few special projects: a number of Passiontide veils for @corpuschristishrine, a few reversible stoles, a restoration of a stole for @oxford.oratory and a restoration and relining of a stole and a chasuble for an ordination @yorkoratory.

For the moment, I am taking time off to recover from everything that happened in the last 2 years. I am planning to take it slowly, starting with finishing some projects that have been patiently waiting for me in my sewing studio. I will return to full-time vestment making when I am ready, probably, some time in the course of the new year. I will make an announcement when I am ready to take on new commissions.

I wish you all a peaceful and blessed New Year! 

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