To that lovely person from Quiltart who sent me an email about my blog and how it fulfilled all three criteria for reading - thank you very ...

 

I’ve managed to hurt my back, not through strenuous lifting, but by pulling up a zip on a boot. The simple things in life sometimes throw a...

Santa said he would come early this year and so I am very fortunate to have a weekend of indulgent pleasure in London in November. We’l...

This is an aim for the winter of 2014 / 2015 .   To capture the feeling of Northumberland -  when you go out for a walk and discover an aban...

I’m back from a lovely week away in Grasmere with 7 lovely friends and 2 DH’s. We have laughed, eaten, stitched, laughed, eaten, stitched, w...

After all the excitement of setting up two exhibitions and a summer of tooth and bone infections its been great to stop and just drink coffe...

The Exhibition is opens today at Bellingham Heritage Centre. Small, but perfectly formed. Like moi ;)      

    Next week a new exhibition opens at Bellingham Heritage Centre where I will have all new work. With no magenta (!) - though there is a...

…is one of the most enjoyable parts of the process.

I’m having a bit of a shisha mirror moment. Have I finally found a way to combine the imagery of Northumberland with the sparkle of India? ...

As a mum, September is the beginning of the new school year.   This time into Year 10 - the start of GCSE’s (or ‘O’ Levels as I still call t...

Another online exhibition, this time on Gothic:Dark Glamour from 2008.  You can find it here. I have the book to this exhibition, well worth...

Have found a wonderful Corset Exhibition online here From older times of support, suppression, control (a straight laced woman couldn’t be ...

Cooking on the stove tonight.   Logwood and blackcurrant on the left, alum mordant. Rusty objects and tea on the right. Fabrics are a mix...

A few quick snaps (and they were quick iPad snaps) of the workbook I produced for Wallington. Not a sketchbook, more to give the public and ...