Danielle Clough goes beyond the embroidery hoop to create colorful stitches in unusual places. Using vintage rackets as her frame, she fills their plastic grids with flowers and succulents. They seemingly float on top of it, but are secured by a combination of stitches, knots, and needles.
Appropriately called What a Racket, Danielle’s ongoing series is a cheeky comment on avid sports fans. She poses the question with her embroideries, “Does this count as being interested in sport?”
Looking for hand embroidery ideas? Danielle Clough breaks out of the conventional hoop and fills vintage rackets with colorful flowers and succulents.
