Welcome to our Gallery

Here you will find images from a wide range of artworks and subjects. Some Jo has embroidered in recent years, others are causes of inspiration or from photo shoots. The original artworks have been for sale, commissions, published in magazines or inspired kits. Enjoy!

stump work of pink echinacea flower on embroidered background
Close up view of a garden border inspired by gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
set of hand dyed silk ribbons in a range of colurs
purple irises and foliage embroidered using silk ribbons on a painted background
embroidered yellow fennel seed heads on a grey linen background
embroidered close up of dandelion seed head on a charcoal background using glass beads and white thread
A standard rose tree stands above a flower border with pink roses in bloom and bees busy flying around the flowers
hand embroidered picture of a glade of silver birch trees with bluebells at the bottom
square artwork of a flower border in close up featuring foxglove spires embroidered using hand dyed silk ribbons and other flowers and foliage including Alliums, irises and Verbena bonairiensis
allium meadow embroidery kit contents. picture, threads and printed background
hand embroidered artwork of a dry stone wall with pink foxgloves and ferns growing in front
Painted background of the sky and horizon with a foreground display of grasses, cow parsley and daises
Hand embroidered classic white cow parsley seed head on a beige linen background
Close up of a hand embroidered dandelion clock. The centre is glass beads representing the seeds and radiating out are fine silk threads depicting the papus
Cow parsley flower embroidered using white French knots on a grey linen background
A cow parsley flower flower sewn using yellow French knots with grey/brown stalks on a grey background that has cow parsley leave outlines as a paint effect
view looking across hand embroidery of pale pink foxgloves and other flowers and a silver birch trunk
View of Jo Butcher's trade stand at Chelsea Flower Show
craft show marquee on grass in front of Hever castle
hand embroidery of a garden border with a topiary feature of three decreasing size balls on top of each other. The foreground shows Irises and foliage and verbena bonairensis gives some background height
bluebells under a silver birch tree
thread card showing range of colour threads
Simple hand embroidered apple tree with pink blossom on a white linen background
embroidered artwork of Simple daisy meadow
Hand embroidery of a clump of snowdrops in flower and in bud. Embroidered using hand dyed silk ribbons
A embroidery of a Christmas wreath made form holly, mistletoe with white berries, and sprigs of fit tree and other foliage
Hand embroidery of a single fir tree with snow on it's branches
embroidered heart with green leaves and red and white berries. a red ribbon bow is attached to the centre at the top
zoomed in image of pink hand embroidered hollyhocks in pink shades
embroidery of a summer border on a painted background. The flowers are a range of colours and stitched using cottons or silk ribbons
A book is open at a page showing the images of the seascape project with a few skeins and balls of cotton and a dried caw parsley head. The original artwork of a seascape depicting the grasses and daises on a coastal path is propped up in the background
Close up of hand embroidery of alliums with orange and red/orange cone flowers in amongst the foliage
close up view of hand embroidered artwork of the bottom of a pair of silver birch trunks with cow parsley, ferns and grass
Foxglove spires and foliage embroidered using silk ribbons with cow parsley, grass and smaller flowers embroidered using cottons.
Artwork of pink hollyhocks staged on old wooden dresser
frames artwork and magazine pictures staged on pinboard
hand embroidered artwork of a glade of silver birch trees with grasses and daises underneath
close up of yellow/green hand painted background with embroidered cow parsley and grasses
bright orange Californian poppies amongst the grasses in this embroidered artwork
Three framed pictures of jo butcher hand embroidery
stumpwork snowdrops in glass vase staged with cotton reels
close up of jo's hand embroidering
collection of threads, glass pots and other items staged for photo
silver birch trees embroidered onto painted background
A shady scene beneath a silver birch tree with a few pink foxglove spires rising from the dark grass
Hand embroidery artwork of Buttercups flowering in the shade of a silver birch tree
A intricate hand embroidered bee skep sit nestled with a lush flowering border of lavender, hollyhocks, salvias, foxgloves and cone flowers. A few bees buzz around
three silver birch trunks with autumn colour leaves falling to the grass below
Hand embroidered artwork of bees buzzing around the lavender with grass and pale pink daisies in the foreground
Close up of a hand embroidered garden brder. The main feature is the bottom half of a round bay topiary tree underneath sits a lush flower border of alliums, foxgloves, irises, verbena bonairensis, roses and other flowers and foliage.