About

By day I am an instructional designer and adult education specialist at a community college here in beautiful western North Carolina. By night I am a craft obsessive and freelance writer, designing and creating projects that involve anything from sewing to printing and everything in between.

I love to design my own projects and patterns and because I am nice, I like sharing them! I originally hail from Britain and have lived all over the world. I am married and expecting my first baby. I have two very spoiled cats.

Pet Peeves: 

• Poor grammar - why doesn't anyone understand apostrophes????
• The phrase 'pop of colour' - ENOUGH it is EVERYWHERE
• Vera Bradley patterns - Just not my thing
• People claiming cats are evil, no YOU are

Pet Loves:

• Knitting
• Paper piecing method
• Crafts from the mid-century
• Black Mountain College of Arts
• Zakka
• Japanese patterns 
• Sewing
• Tea
• Boards of Canada

In the Pipeline:

• My first children's book which I am also illustrating
• My first craft book
• A baby, who is cooking away
• Lots of free printables for cross-stitch

Favourite Sites:

• Freunden von Freunden (lifestyle blog about creative people, gorgeous photography)
• The Selby (ditto)
• Purl Bee (beautifully designed with stunning projects)
• Ravelry (best.knitting. site. ever.)
• Etsy (they are sell-outs but man I still love them!)