Thanks to all those who took part in my giveaway and thanks especially for all your kind words of encouragement throughout the year. It real...

I thought I would share with you some images from Shrewsbury, we went there recently to look for an art shop. I needed some large sheets of ...

I have spent the morning walking my dog and taking lots of photographs of buttercups in the meadow so I will have lots of reference material...

This weekend brought sunshine, family and great joy into my life. The sun shone, the skies were blue, the birdies sang and flowers opened. W...

The waiting is over; the names have been put into my dog-walking hat. Ted has overseen the whole event to make sure that no cheating took pl...

I have been feeling inspired to sew again after indulging in a bit of retail therapy after visiting this delightful blog . The exquisite ha...

Somebody once said to me, “I know where you live, the cows are the same colour as the architecture”. Well, this is not entirely true but the...

This post is a bit of a hotch potch of things that have happened here in no particular order. The first picture is of a recently completed b...

I started this new collection of farm animal designs for Makower ages ago, well about ten months to be precise. The collection includes chic...

I have been feeling very inspired to sew after reading some wonderful crafty sewing blogs, many of which have free tutorials. If you haven’t...

Last Easter, Tony, Ted and I stayed in a lovely seaside cottage in Portpatrick, Scotland. The weather was bracing to say the least but the c...

I have learnt recently that Makower have commissioned Anja Townrow to design a patchwork quilt using fabrics from my “Herb Garden” Collectio...

It has always seemed inappropriate until now to post a very Christmassy image, however, being mindful of the time needed to plan and sew a C...

At the moment I am busy working on a new collection of fabric designs for Makower UK. Unfortunately I can't show you these designs at th...