Well I said I was tired – I switched off the lights at 9.30pm and woke finally at 10am this morning.  Today I went across in the afternoon...

Another good day in Birmingham.  Spent some time with my mum and had coffee with Liz and Janice in the afternoon. Spent the last half and ...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly...

Images from the workshop, have had a great time and very inspired to carry on with collage.    

Have had a great day.  I’m on a Mixed Media Collage workshop for two days.  Spent today painting papers and mark making.  Forgot to take any...

Arrived at the NEC 5 hours and 15 mins after starting out.  Overall a good journey.  Here the view from my window. The hotel is fine – jus...

Tomorrow I’m heading down to Festival Of Quilts.  Hopefully a straight run south with a right hand turn at the end about 5 hours later.  I’m...

Its August 14th. Cold and wet enough to wear wellies, barbour jacket and a scarf (practical as well as pretty). The hills were hidden in...

Monday was DS’s 10th Birthday.  Where did a decade go? After a hectic two days of Go Karting, Sleep Over and Cinema we took it easy yesterda...

I thought I would get out the paints for the Sketchbook Project – I love drawing with ink and giving the page a colour wash.     Bu...

Well actually it ended up being “Towers - in not quite - 2 hours”. A new workshop taught at North Shields EG branch a few weeks ago.  Just...

Have been sorting through some old family photographs.  Couldn't resist showing these.

Whilst DS has been away for a few days I’ve been working on colouring some fabrics. Dyeing on polythene sheets to control the colours (to ...

Saturday I was away teaching in Carlisle for the Embroiderers Guild.  We made “Towers in a Day”.  A great class and a very enjoyable day. ...

The deadline for Festival of Quilts entries was Friday.  I posted my hanging on Wednesday with 48hr delivery so hopefully it has arrived in ...