I have always sewn and knitted from when I was a little girl, and my first sewing machine was bought as a Christmas present from my parents when I was ten years old. I still own this lovely Jones hand cranked machine and will never sell it because it is part of my childhood. The feeling of excitement coming downstairs on Christmas morning and opening such a wonderful present forms part of my happy childhood memories.

I started to make lots of dolls clothes for my Sindy dolls, and then moved on to make clothes for myself, followed by curtains, cushions and home interiors over the years. However, it wasn't until I discovered patchwork and quilting that I truly knew what addiction was and have been quilting ever since. I am constantly feeding this passion, learning new methods of patchworking and quilting of which there are so many different methods and techniques, I am constantly learning new skills. I have now been patchwork and quilting for about 22 years now, and now teach on occasion basic patchwork skills and host the occasional workshop at my studio.

I love the look and effect of hand quilting, but quickly discovered that it wasn' t for me, I was too slow to keep up with my need to make more quilts using different methods and design. So I began to quilt on my domestic sewing machine, but in time became bored with quilting in straight lines and moved onto free motion quilting. Although I was happy quilting smaller quilts in this way, the larger quilts were more difficult to manoevure under my sewing machine and although I continued to quilt this way for a while, I very quickly needed more ! Although I never dreamed at that stage that I would end up owning a longarm quilting machine.