Mandy Pattullo, quilter

In an earlier blog I wrote about visiting Mandy Pattullo at her studio in The Hearth, Horsley (click here to see it) and recently I was there once again to interview Mandy for ‘Popular Patchwork’ magazine. It’s been a big year for Mandy, who recently published her first book ‘Textile Collage’. Here’s a glimpse of theContinueContinue reading “Mandy Pattullo, quilter”

Finding design inspiration on foot

The village in County Durham where I live is a former pit village with mostly slate-roofed red-brick houses. A ring of such villages circles the city of Durham. Ours is in a nice setting, with the moor rising up behind the village to the south, so you can glimpse green hills and trees from mostContinueContinue reading “Finding design inspiration on foot”