When I was young I was a great one for wrapping presents up beautifully with carefully chosen paper and matching ribbon. The advent of 4 children  6 years and under put an end to such refinement as Christmas Eve would be spent furiously wrapping the children’s presents and stocking fillers until the larger of the […]

Black and white with a luscious curly scarlet E seemed the right sort of embroidered initial for someone fond of wearing sharp tailored clothes in monochromes and a slash of brilliantly red lipstick. I’ve long had this cutting in my album and knew it would be inspirational sometime. I’d rather like to make a jacket […]