Even now, I still get a tingling of excitement when the morning light in my bedroom says 'LOOK OUTSIDE!' and you pull up the blind ...

Don't you think?! All this 'life is what you make it' and 'fortune favours the brave' makes me feel tired sometimes....

I was lucky to be given the wonderful opportunity to exhibit in Hoopers, Wilmslow, twice this year.  First of all I did a double window di...

Spent a day last week in a studio in Bristol with a gorgeous friend who directs an independent film company called Clockwise Media.  And h...

Join in the discussion to raise the profile of British Craft versus mass produced paraphernalia. And to celebrate people who make beautif...

Wanna Be a SUPERSTITCHER? In the SUPERETHEATRE at the Handmade Fair  I did a demonstration for an hour teaching Kirstie Allsopp...

Over the past 20 years, I have taught at Museums, Guilds and Universities across the UK.   I have demonstrated drawing with a sewing ma...

THE HANDMADE FAIR with KIRSTIE ALLSOPP We will be creating a portrait together on stage in front of an audience of about 500 peopl...

HI! You know what... I really believe in my product.   I think it is truly beautiful and the highest quality available.  I wear ...

http://www.thehandmadefair.com/super-theatre/  "Lou Gardiner’s machine embroidery is the crack cocaine of the craft world" ...