I am an experimental mixed media textile artist who writes books and travels to teach and exhibit.

My personal obsession is that I like to embroider and work with fabrics that have been made from scratch. Experimental sketchbook work is important for me and I go on to create items that are fit for purpose so my bags, books, vessels, boxes and jewellery all have to be robust and useable.

I started as a traditional hand embroiderer and over the years gradually made the move over to being a mixed media textile artist who uses machine embroidery but who maintains a love for traditional stitching.

My published books are:

• 'Bags with paper and stitch'
• 'Embroidered books'
• 'Mixed media: new studio techniques' (co-written with Maggie Grey)
• 'Textile Adventures-mixed media and stitch'
• 'Saxon and Medieval Inspiration'
• 'Brusho Basics'
• 'Layer Upon Layer Upon Layer'