Category: Books

  • Books signing: Sew eco

    I will be signing copies of my book Sew Eco at The Knitting & Stitching Show in London on Friday 12th October 10.30-11.30. You will find me on the Bloomsbury Books stand M19 where I will also be demonstrating how to make these flower brooches from scrap leather. 

  • Fabric Manipulation techniques

    I’ve been a bit quiet about this, but it is finally time to announce that I have written a book on fabric manipulation which will be out in 2013, published by David & Charles. Details are to be confirmed so I can’t tell you a lot yet, but it will be out in the summer…

  • Sew it Up in Russian!

    I can hardly believe that my first born book is now translated into Russian! It looks completely different.. the cover is different, the size is different, but the pictures look just the same. Sew it Up has been translated into Finnish and Norwegian and Russian, with an American edition too called The Sewing Bible. Over…

  • Pleat and Fold

    Pleats and folds have fascinated me since I started designing and making professionally, seven years ago. It all started many years before with an obsession with 18th century dress trimmings made from folded and manipulated silk. My new book on fabric manipulation, due out in 2013, has a whole chapter on pleating and folding techniques.…