The last snowman has melted and there are signs of spring in my garden and hedgerows. Snowdrops in wonderful drifts, a welcome sight to ligh...

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...

First of all I just want to say thank you so much for all your kind and encouraging words in response to my last post. Things have been diff...

I am having a little break from the blog due to unforeseen circumstances. I hope to be able to catch up with you all soon, in the meantime t...

Will you be eating haggis or perhaps partaking of a cup of kindness on Burns night? I associate Robert Burns’ poetry with parties, and famil...

Following on from the headband workshop (below), I decided to try to re-back the book I had used for the lesson. As we needed a book block t...

Until I joined our bookbinding group some years ago, I had not really noticed headbands much. The more expensive hardbacks that sit on my bo...