In the mid ninties i began working as a cross stitch designer....almost by chance...i had been designing surface patterns to go on all sort...

 Two of my favourite things...patchwork and pottering in the garden....and i did some of both last weekend.....  ...we were able to garden ...

There have been some treats in the mail over the last few days..... making a very nice change from bills and unwanted catalogues and suchlik...

 We will be having some sweet treats here this weekend.......celebrating a little, partly because it's so close to Valentine's Day.....

I expect lots of hearts will be being made and bought as valentine's day fast approaches ...of course i am making some too....but then i...

 Like most creative people, i love the tools of my trade, sometimes it's paints, brushes, thick creamy watercolour paper, fine nib rotri...