Meet the designer

I’m principally an author and TV presenter. A far cry from my years as a school teacher. As much as I loved it I always dreamed of a job in a more creative industry and for the last 15 years I’ve done

THINGS ARE very quiet here at the moment. It’s weird - I am used to a life overfull of things to do. For the first time in 20 years I have no building project on the go, and general maintenance, fenci

When Helen Giddens first wound yarn into a skein and dipped it into a saucepan of food colouring in her kitchen, she had no idea she was about to embark on a creative journey that would change her lif

I just wanted to share the quilt I made using Lynne Goldsworthy’s ‘New York Beauty’ pattern from Issue 117. This was my first time trying the foundation paper piecing technique, and I found Lynne’s in

Mae pulled her car in close to the curb, directly opposite the small two-bedroom bungalow belonging to her grandmother. She paused for a moment. Mae made a conscious effort to visit at least once a we

Are you sure, love? Why not go on a nice holiday with a friend instead?” “Honestly, Mum,” Lucy said, a touch impatiently. “I’m thirty, not a teenager! I want to travel, be on my own for a while. Since