Some days I do lots of making. Some days I barely manage anything and have to resort to a doodle in a sketchbook as my #dailymake2015.

Loudest of pinks for @bethanyswalker #dailymake2015

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Tweaking a customer's dress. Glad of my daylight lamp on the sewing machine. Sewing black is so tiring. #dailymake2015

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Buttons on my Harris Tweed. Ready to wear tomorrow! #dailymake2015

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Nearly there. But must go to sleep. #embroidery #dailymake2015

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A tiny bit of patchwork before bed. #dailymake2015

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Starting work on a new piece for my #narrativethreads exhibition @nationalcraftanddesign #dailymake2015

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Stopping, reluctantly, for dinner. And I love my dinner. In the zone. #dailymake2015

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Bored with insertion stitch now. Nice though. #dailymake2015

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Looking in my sketchbook I find I did manage a tiny bit of #dailymake2015 yesterday after all. (I had a busy day of meetings and then went to the pub. Twice!)

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I’m making progress on new pieces for Narrative Threads and Interlace and I’m enjoying having sketchbook on the go. I have it beside my armchair to doodle, sketch and invent embroidery stitch patterns while I am drinking tea and being sat on by my cat.