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Finished photos of The Girl with the Eagle aka Familiar.

Visiting Magdalena Abakanowicz at the Tate Modern

A look at some of my favourite works from the After Impressionism exhibition at The National Gallery.

I’m giving a talk at Festival of Quilts this summer. Find out more and use my discount code for tickets.

All the Midnight Deals – this new quilt, which will form part of my exhibition at Festival of Quilts this summer, is complete.

I’ve put in the hours and the quilting is done, almost!

More work on the Midnight Deals quilt today, this time it’s some hand stitch.

I’m still quilting on the Midnight Deals quilt, here’s an update on progress so far.

Working on the stitching for my new quilt All the Midnight Deals.

I’m exhibiting at this years Festival of Quilts. The countdown to the exhibition begins and I have a lot of work to get ready!

My new online drawing course is now open for enrolments. Join me as we draw together and improve our observational drawing skills.

I’m on the Quilter on Fire podcast this week!

A look at the huge pile of work in progress quilts on my worktable!

A reminder of our free Christmas classroom projects, and a look at my latest work this week – applique remix sampling.

An update on what I’ve been working on so far this week.

A look at the work in progress in the studio this week.

A look at what’s under the needle in the sewing room this week.

A look at what’s under the needle in the sewing room this week.

A quick update of things happening in the studio – dressmaking and portrait drawing.

Welcome back to the studio blog. I find this time of year to always be quite productive. Right now I've got a number of projects underway. This quilt has been one that's received some time and attention this week. I've used a combination of fabrics that I showed you recently - the Hawaiian inspired/snowflake patterns [...]

Really trying to get into the habit of blogging again. It's been a while since I posted a regular blog, what with that instant gratification of the 'Gram and all. I do love that format, but it's nice to have a bit more space to tell the story don't you think? Anyway, no promises that [...]

Hey everyone! You might already know that for my day job, I create online video workshops over at DesignMatters Art & Craft School. Recently we had a great time pouring acrylic paints all over canvasses and boards to create amazing effects. If you've not tried this  before do consider checking it out. I'd hesitated thinking, [...]

Hello and welcome to my new website. I've brought together my blog, portfolio site and Fingerprint fabric shop together all in one place, so you might have found yourself here for different reasons and via different routes! I hope you'll find something interesting and inspiring and will check back often to find what's new. Thanks [...]