Today marks my 13th anniversary as full-time self-employed! My work has changed so much in that time from the early days making cushions, then wall panels, then finally settling down in 2009-10 to something more like the kind of work I make now. Along the way there have been books, kits, patterns, Ruth Singer Studio, teaching and masses more. It’s been a wonderful time and I have never regretted the leap I made 13 years ago to pursue this adventure, although there have been more than a few diversions and hiccups along the way. Wedding dresses….really? What was I thinking?!

There are a couple of review posts from the last couple of years on my blog which I have enjoyed reading today and even looked at a few (boring) posts from as far back as 2006 when I started blogging!

Here and now in 2018 my work is going incredibly well, it kind of astonishes and amazes me when I step back and consider. I’ve just taken down a major solo exhibition and I have another in just a few weeks. It is wonderful and exhausting in equal measure. And I have a book to continue writing this afternoon, so no more self-indulgence, just carrying on working hard like I have been doing for all those years!