If there is one person that I could credit for introducing me to most of the new books, authors, deep thinkers and generally fascinating people it would be Oprah! Over the years I watched her program and found Maya Angelou, Eckhart Tolle, Brene Brown, Martha Beck and David Brooks, to name but a few. Which…

When I dreamed up this project in 2021, I had one rule – I am not going to make quilts of any of my family/friends. I thought if I headed in that direction, somebody would end up upset. Because I only have 12 people to pick. So it was just easier to say ‘NOBODY I…

Adele is an artist that I have followed since her very first album back in 2008. Her powerful voice and emotional lyrics always had an impact on me. And she is the only artist that I would actively await a new album from. When we sat down at the beginning of 2022 and watched ‘An…

Celina is the creator behind CelinaSpookyBoo on social media. She was voted as being an inspirational creator as part of a competition I had running on TikTok and Instagram. I picked one person at random from all the people nominated and Celina was my pick! She is a very funny creator who started out by…

Oprah first alerted me to Maya Angelou. My days deep in motherhood with two small children always seemed frantic and busy, but come the afternoon, I would bribe my kids into sitting quietly so I could watch Oprah (and sometimes Dr Phil!) The thing that first struck me about Maya Angelou was the obvious affinity…

I first encountered Frida Kahlo’s work in 2006. I saw a fabric with her image on it and it intrigued me enough to go look her up. What I discovered started a love of her work. The colour, the flowers, the unibrow all of it felt different. Like nothing i’d ever seen before. I wanted…

There are some people that I swear the universe keeps nudging you to find out about, until you finally get the hint and buy their book! Martha Beck was that to me. Whilst sewing I listen to podcasts at times and for a period of time, I swear I kept hearing Martha’s name, then part…

On 6th February 2022 the Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne. The official celebrations happen on June 2nd on the Queens Birthday parade. Living away from home during such a celebration, which I know the whole country, not to mention our own friends and…

THE ZELENSKYY QUILT FUNDRAISER IS LIVE!! If you are wanting to participate, click the link based on your location below! (GDPR meant that none of my family/friends across the pond could give, hence the UK fundraiser!) US JustGiving UK JustGiving This year was meant to be a year of inspirational women, yet here in April…

You can’t selectively numb. Those were the words that I heard during Brene Browns Ted-X talk 9 years ago that have stuck with me since. I didn’t wake up that day, thinking I was going to learn some universal truth that I would fight against and try and prove wrong for almost a decade, but…