Embroidery has been around forever — the earliest surviving pieces of this craft are Scythian, dated to between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. Virtually every culture has some form of it in their textile art history.

We humans have the unique ability to take something ordinary and add a little extra to it. While this interest of ours has culminated in a myriad of decorative art forms, embroidery is one of those that we've invested most of our time and effort in.

'It's no good asking him, he's deaf as a post!' Week 7 of the Quilt Along brings us another one of my favourite characters from the Labyrinth - the Left Door Knocker. The paper-pieced pattern of the week has been designed by Nina Riggle, and the embroidered version by Jennifer Rowles. Both patterns are designed for a 6-inch finished block size and the patterns for both are available to download now over at Fandom in Stitches. I was privileged to test Jennifer's embroidery pattern for this…