I have four things to say about teapots and jugs:1. we have lots of teapots and jugs in our home, most of which are put to use. 2. one day I drew all our teapots and jugs. 3. I made my drawings into a tea towel design called Teapots & Jugs. 4. and now it’s …

Paul’s showOn 1 October, Paul‘s first exhibition at Michael Stevenson will open (he’s my husband – Paul, not Michael). In the lead up to his show, Paul’s writing the diary for ArtThrob, posting occasional tantalising pics of the beautiful work he’s been making. I’m getting very excited about it all. See some of Paul’s work …

Books and bottlesI tend to be a greedy reader, gobbling up the story as I race through the pages, often guiltily because I know I’m not doing justice to the writer’s painstaking work. But the book I’m reading now is one I keep putting aside because it is so beautifully written, I can hardly bear …

Blog holidayI’m taking a few days out, as I’m anticipating a very busy week indeed. But please check in at the ELLE DECORATION site, where I’ll be posting about the brand new Spring issue all week long. Look out for the freebies that’ll be coming up associated with this gorgeous image from the magazine.

Patches of workI spent most of Making Friday apparently pointlessly patching together the smallest scraps of Sevilla Rock offcuts (it’s amazing how quickly you can grow a decent size bit of fabrics from the tiniest pieces), and then, inspired by Cecile’s curtain, became a bit more focussed and made this 1 x 1m patched piece …

Spent such a good Making Friday in the studio today. After Wednesday’s bad news, I probably should have been out, beating down the mill’s door, and scouring the city for better fabric deals, but instead I sat in my studio all alone and laid into my big pile of fabric scraps – now suddenly a …

Wild beastsI found these terrifying wild animals at Heartworks, just up the road from me. You can tell they’re rough and touch, cos they wear pullovers, not cardigans, so watch out! They were knitted by a project in Zimbabwe, but there’s no swingtag, so I can’t tell you anything more about them, except that if …

Not duck egg blue or cerulean or anything remotely pretty, but plain old depressed, thanks to the news that my local cotton mill has raised the price of hopsack by 33% since June, thus effectively ruining the hot little line in international teatowel trade I was just getting off the ground. Actually, the more I …

A ray of sunshineAnother thing that arrived in the post recently was this lovely Gocco print by UK Etsy seller Dee Beale. It’s been a lovely reminder of the sun behind those clouds on a dreary winters’ day. I’m waiting for another yummy Etsy thing to arrive in the post soon. I hope all of …