There’s a ‘day’ for everything now isn’t there? But today is special because it’s World Penguin Day and we happen to have the world’s biggest Penguin fan in the house- our Henry. Naturally, Henry asked for a penguin for his birthday a few years ago and so my parents adopted him an Adelie penguin which he […]

I’ve been seeing a lot of candlewick bedspreads in the charity shops lately. And I’ve bought a few despite not really liking them (yucky, pastel colours) and having no idea what to do with them once I got them home. But I’ve finally learnt to trust my instincts on such things. And then last week whilst in one of […]

Sorry for repeating myself here but my little rabbit pattern does get very popular at this time of year and I thought I’d make him nice and easy for you to find. Rabbit is such a simple charming fellow that you’ve still got plenty of time to stitch a whole warren of them before Easter! You can find the free Rabbit PDF […]

Well, it’s time for me to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! Thank you very much for all your support, kind words and company this past year- it truly means the world to me.  

   Whilst at Quilt Market I had the pleasure to meet many people in real life who I have been working with from afar. One such person was the lovely Linzee McCray. Having had to read rather a lot of my archives to write her welcoming piece about me on The Moda blog Linzee knew […]

    I had my very first international business trip the other week when I went to Houston for Fall Quilt Market! It was the most amazing, inspiring and exhausting few days. I stood on the Moda stand with my ‘Hearty Good Wishes‘ fabric. I talked in Schoolhouse. By the way, I am never ever watching […]

  embroidery inspired by a Lowry quote, on vintage blanket with a laundry tag The other week I went into London and saw the Lowry exhibition at Tate Britain. It was the first time I’d actually seen his work and was struck by how monochrome, bleak and repetitive his paintings are, as I’m sure everyone […]

Whilst I was teaching at West Dean‘s Fusion event the other Saturday I also managed to learn a new craft. I was taught by Debbie Siniska to make a big corsage using rags, hessian and a bodger. And I loved it, just as much as I hoped I would. So, I’m all set- I’ve got […]

I made myself a fancy hair comb the other day. Well, I say made but all I did was wrap a stripey ribbon round a cheap plastic comb. I just used what I had to hand so ended up with red and white stripes. I will be experimenting with embroidery silks shortly. Thank you for […]

Months and months ago I was asked if I’d like to design a sewing project for the Laura Ashley blog. So without hesitation I said ‘yes please’ and here it is! I chose to work with the lovely Bloomsbury fabrics they’ve recently re-launched (this one and this one which are currently half price) and whilst […]