I started embroidery, when I was a child, I enjoyed doing kits with different stitches and techniques even from an early age as I was quickly bored with tent and cross stitch kits.  At this stage I was working from prepared designs, with maybe small changes to personalise them.
Nearly ten years ago, I decided that I would like to join an embroidery course to reinvigorate my hobby, I had in mind an informal group to give me an aim and to exchange ideas. Instead I started on a City and Guilds course in Machine Embroidery as this ran in the evening in St Annes, I enjoyed it and it got me learning new techniques and was a real challenge. 
A couple of years later I went to Preston college  and completed the first two years obtaining my Certificate in Embroidery and Design.  I then did the next two years of the Diploma at Lancaster Adult college with Judith Peacock as my tutor, which I completed in December 2009.
My designs are based on the natural world and include landscapes, trees and flowers which combines my love of walking and gardening along with photography for my design inspirations.
I use a mixture of stitches, initially using  a range  hand stitches, but now I mainly use Machine embroidery.  I also use embellishing, to create interesting backgrounds for stitching into or can be combined with hand made felt . I also enjoy colouring fabrics,  painting or dyeing your own fabrics and threads for a project is very satisfying.

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