Dear Emma Designs, handmade textile art is a small rural business based in a tiny workshop in North Yorkshire. 

I produce a select range of products that all include my original appliqué and freehand embroidery designs with vintage fabrics.  This is where I make everything. Behind the camera are heaps of fabric sorted into various colours and types, cottons, linens and boxes of haberdashery both old and new.

Maybe one day I will get around to making it look organised enough to photograph it.

(above) Just so you know, this is me in my favourite dressing-up beads.

"I have always had an affection for handcrafted products, understanding the thought, care and nurturing that has gone into creating something from scratch. I love to create items that I would wear, or have complimenting the rooms in my house.  I make use of fabric remnants and vintage haberdashery and am keen to recycle fabrics where I can. I love to re-use materials because of their history, be it an old button from a favourite coat or a square of fabric from an old dress. None of my pieces are exactly the same because of the hand stitched detail, plus the fact that many of the fabrics are found in small quantities. I am happy to make individual items and one offs." Cathy