Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood

On Saturday morning, over a cup of tea, I was perusing a copy of ‘Embroidery’ magazine, dated September/October 2012. (I wasn’t in a time-warp – just that I had picked the periodical out a week previously, on the sales table at the Quilters’ Guild Regional Day.) ‘Embroidery’ is published by The Embroiderers’ Guild (www.embroiderersguild.com). OnContinueContinue reading “Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood”

A small textiles business start-up

“My way is to begin at the beginning” (Lord Byron in ‘Don Juan’) It was all very well for Lord Byron (1788-1824), equipped with a useful writing implement and a stack of paper, but things seem to go rather differently in this electronic age. I have had to work on all kinds of things thatContinueContinue reading “A small textiles business start-up”