The Preservation of Self in Everyday Life

  Sociologist and quilter Marybeth C. Stalp explores how and why women quilt. Quilting: The Fabric of Everyday Life (Dress, Body, Culture) Paperback – 1 Dec 2007 by  Marybeth C. Stalp ‘Quilting is used in multiple ways as an extension of womRead More

She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore…

The sunshine is inside the studio today!   I’m making clamshell patchwork with memories of a tongue-twister… The shells she sells are sea-shells, I’m sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore. Then I’m sure she sells sea-Read More

21 years borrowed

its a lovely feeling when a thing comes together…. folding, rolling, holding, wrapping, hugging, cuddling, securing, caring and comforting a precious creation.  I’ve been working on this piece for some time now, twenty one years it appears thRead More

Vintage Hankies make fabulous door curtains!

Today is the first day of my Open Studio’s and I’ve got some gorgeous vintage hankie door curtains hanging around.  Come and see….. www.warwickshireopenstudios.org   I’m open 24th, 28th, 29th & 30th June from 10 til 2pm