Journal

It all started with a quick “hello.”about a year ago when my next-door neighbour moved in. She was friendly and looked like someone I might like to get to know....

If you’d told me I was a “creative person,” I’d probably politely laugh and disagree with you. I have never really thought of myself as a “Creative” - I feel...

“Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.” — Diane von Fürstenberg It’s one of those quotes that sounds simple at first - almost like it belongs...

Do you ever get that buzzing feeling, where your mind is juggling a thousand little things and your day seems to vanish before you’ve even caught up? I know that...

The school holidays have rolled in again, like they always do. Six long weeks stretching out ahead with September seeming like a distant spec on the horizon. I remember that...

Every time a new series of The Great British Sewing Bee comes around, I get the messages: “You must be watching!” “You’d be so good on it!” “What did you think...

I’ve been having trouble getting my old laptop to connect to the new wifi we have at home and it's been really making me swear in frustration. But in true...

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho There’s something powerful about the quiet persistence of people who make things...

“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.”— Maya Angelou This quote has echoed through my...

One of the reasons I love working one-to-one with people is that it allows me to truly focus on their body - not an idealised shape, not a standard pattern...

If you’d asked me a few years ago whether I’d go back to being a student, let alone back to university, I may well have laughed in your face. My...

As a dressmaker and someone who sells fabrics, I often get asked: “What’s better — deadstock or sustainable fabrics?” The honest answer? It’s not a simple either/or. Each has its...