Hi, my name
is Sue, I live in a lovely little, rural village in the East of England, we
have only 60 houses in the village and we are surrounded by green rolling hills
with sheep and fields of crops.
I have
always been "crafty" and spent most of my childhood drawing and
painting, if there is a hands on craft I have probably had a go at it! From macramé,
knitting, woodwork, scraper board in my teenage years to hardanger, watercolour,
quilting and embroidery latterly. I have also spent many, many hours dress
making - well costume making, as Wardrobe Mistress for a well known Shakespeare
Company - so no stranger to a sewing machine!!!
I am fairly
self taught as an embroiderer and I am a member of the Embroiderers Guild. I
took up quilting a few years ago, having loved the pictures in books and magazines
and thought "how hard can it be" that sort of thinking has got me
into all sorts of trouble, including producing items for Linen and Lace!!!
My daughter
works for Create and Craft TV in the UK, and happened to mention to Stephanie
that I quilted. So when the Crossover Machine with deep dish dies was being
launched here in Britain, Stephanie asked if I could manage to do two small
quilts, using the number dies and the small maple leaf dies, very quickly
before the deadline, to be shown on the launch show.
My work
seems to have gone down well, as I was then asked to do a quilt using the heart
dies, a wreath using the large maple leaf dies and a pincushion using the
square dies for the magazine. I had lots of fun thinking up projects that could
be made by beginners, but would inspire the more experienced and really show
off the versatility of the Crossover Machine, when using fabric.
My house is full to bursting with my work, it
hangs on walls, covers beds, fills draws and clutters my Craft Room - but I
love doing it. I even made another autumnal batik, maple leaf wreath, it hangs
on my kitchen wall and glows in the evening light!
My Craft
Room.
http://blog.createandcraft.com/