Projects

Below is a summary of projects I have worked on. In addition, my work has been published in magazines such as Love Patchwork and Quilting and The Quilter.
I also teach regular workshops and visit quilt groups to give talks.
Fancy chatting about work? You can get in touch with me here.

December 2019. Author of Modern Quilt Bible. Content includes a comprehensive exploration of design ideas and concepts related to modern quilting, designed and made ten projects and compiled a list of essential techniques accompanied by hand drawn diagrams.

Autumn 2017 to present. Freelance project editor and writer working working on a variety of craft books and magazines.

March 2017 to March 2018. Quilt designer and facilitator at Jane Austen's House Museum working on a Heritage Lottery Fund community quilt project. 

2017. Designer of magazine cover mount gifts and projects.

July 2015 to February 2017. Freelance Editor of Popular Patchwork magazine. 

2010 to 2015. Owner Quilty Pleasures studio shop in Brighton. This studio/shop was opened by myself and my business partner from where we sold quilting supplies. I was responsible for the creative side of the business, taught classes and worked on commissions which included new quilts, re-using clothing to make memory quilts and offering a repair service. The business continues here.

2014. Contributor to the book 50 Fat Quarter Makes.

2014, 2015 and 2016. Demonstrating quilt making on stage in the Lifestyle Theatre at the Knitting and Stitching show in London and Festival of Quilts in Birmingham.

Autumn 2014. Planned and presented ten quilting episodes on the Craft Daily television programme.

June 2013. Author of The Beginner’s Guide to Quilting, published by David and Charles/FW Media.

June 2012. Through the theme of ‘Look Outside’, planned, delivered workshops and finished a wall hanging that involved 180 children at a school in Camberwell.

201. My paper; "The Role of Liberty in the post 1960s UK Quilt Revival" was published by the British Quilt Study Group (more details here).

1999 to 2010. Training includes specialist Textile and Fashion BTEC Foundation from London College of Fashion, Textiles with Fashion Marketing at The University of East London, and City & Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting.