I have no hope of not going for a walk in the morning. The dog is waiting at my door at 6.30 am- waits impatiently for my ablutions and whil...

This is the complete quilt In the Spirit of Decoration. Unfortunately  it was not selected in the competition  for the Carrefour this year- ...

Reader 300,000 is from Leipzig in Germany - if you know who you are please contact me ! Later in August I am teaching in England before t...

Here is the finished Fairy Forest quilt. I have called it fairy Forest because of the kind of gnarly  trunks of the trees.Initially i did n...

I am one of those people who finishes almost everything I ever start. I am not sure why, it's just one of those things. I can count the...

It is Bastille day here so I will start with something french first! The graveyard in Sete affords some wonderful views of the Mediterranean...

The church bell is ringing seven, time to go for a walk with the dog otherwise I might be in danger of having no ankles left... but first a...

I will be commencing my next on-line Linocutting course on July 14th. if you are interested in enrolling please email me . the cost is 40 eu...

I love the olive trees in the Languedoc landscape and as the summer sun is  sizzling all the grasses, and the wheat fields are ripening the ...

Last Monday and Tuesday I made a flying visit to Barcelona and Cadaques with the cousins of my friend here in le Triadou. I was to be their...

I have had the thinking cap on  for what i want to make next. I need to do a book proposal and I am contemplating the subject matter and how...

It has been a busy week. Last Monday we went to Nimes to have another look at the Arena and I must admit i did not notice the matador  statu...

Clare Smith's Work Robina Summer's Work                                                              Sarah Louise Rickett's ...

I have in the past been heard to say that i wanted to live in a bedouin tent- little did I think i would spend the night in one! This bedo...

Damascus and Aleppo are modern roaring cities with all variety of cars and trucks- pretty well like all modern cities except for the inner o...

What comes to mind when you think of Middle Eastern food? Hommus, baba ghanouj, mahammara,olives,mutabal, fattoush, kibbeh,borak- it's a...

Tea and coffee is very much a part of life and social etiquette in Syria- it's a serious business. I am intrigued by how many ways peopl...

I am back after a fabulous two weeks in Syria despite the flu. We saw, we marvelled, we explored, we played a little with textiles , we ate,...

I have finally finished hand stitching the silk dyed piece I have entitled Reef. it took a lot of hand stitching. In another half hour I wi...

The coloured version of 72 MORE Ways is finished and delivered together with the black and white version to Editions de Saxe last Thursday, ...