​ I, like many, was gifted a sewing machine for my birthady at the age of about 16. I made little fussy things and a floral summer dress that I loved. I copied the dress in a woven fabric and wore this in the winter with roll neck tops and really loved that I could wear something that I made.
My love of quilting started with my very first quilt that I gifted to my favorite teacher in high school. He and his wife were having their first baby and I thought I could make a little something for them on my machine. So I found some lovely white soft cotton fabric, and some simple trim for an accent and made a  pretty little cot quilt  decorated with french knots and  silky trim.  He cried when he opened it and my heart swelled! And so it continued... mostly little baby quilts for friends that were expecting or after the little one's arrival. I then began simple patchwork patterns from magazines and quilt shops or took out the grid papers and made my own patterns, practicing my geometry and long division! Over the years I have picked up skills  and became a self taught quilter and later began to dabble in applique by hand, and found that this is really my passion together with design.
I love how the freedom of the piecing allows you to  be gentle
with yourself about the precision. there are no harsh rules or high
standar of perfection as there are in patterned patchwork.
So what is a  girl from New York doing in Banbury?  ....  met this handsome
fella when we were still bright young thangs and he told me he lived in the
town famous for it's nursery rhyme which I had never heard so he recited it to me.