Yarnival

Yarnival

We are all rather excited and somewhat nervous as it is only ten days till we host the first ever Wolverhampton Yarnival. We had our final ‘planning’ meeting last night, going though who and what will be on display, and tweaking things like ‘how...
Year of legends.

Year of legends.

2017 is the Welsh Year of Legends. There are some amazing stories and I am hoping to be able to do some workshops centred on some of them. One of my favourites tells why Wales has a red dragon, and it is this story that inspired my latest embroidery. The tale goes...
A drab January day.

A drab January day.

I love a cold frosty, sunny winter’s day. Sparkle and bright all around. so the last week has been just a tad depressing. Grey, gloom, rain, mud. Wash the dogs, wash the towels, wash the floor. Yuk. Then one of the days last week I was out with Ellie,      (...
A tidy desk!

A tidy desk!

To tidy or not to tidy! In a former life I was a primary school teacher, my desk was tidy on the first day of term. After that it slowly deteriorated into a heap of books, papers, toys, pencils and anything else I was using that year. Once a term I would have a clear...