Welcome to my new website! I love that everything is now in the one place, and it’s all so clear and organised. It’s been weeks of taking pics and photoshoots. The one on the beach was great fun. Are you able to tell where it is? My Etsy shop is now well stocked and I’llContinue reading “Hats and Chats”
Category Archives: The Mill
The Singing Stitcher
Happy New Year! Well, looking back on last year and all I was involved in, this was definitely one of my best bits. In August I got to help create and be in an opera, singing and performing and everything. I was meant to just be making costumes, but me and Laura the designer somehowContinue reading “The Singing Stitcher”
The Singing Doffer
The Singing Doffer is the name of our museum in the mill. I was given the honour of naming it and originally thought Spinner’s Nook would be a cool name. Then Joe, Boss of The Mill, pointed out that people of a childish disposition might see it as a chance to practice their innuendo. (MuchContinue reading “The Singing Doffer”
Our name ni lights
No, it’s not a spelling mistake, it’s just me trying to be smart. I first met Lyndsay when she came to the mill for a tour so she could write a blog for the entertainment website NI Lights. And of course she fell in love with the place, so she arranged to come back yesterdayContinue reading “Our name ni lights”
Welcome to my mill
My studio is in The Mill in Conway Street in Belfast. It’s a beautiful old building full of character (and characters!) and I’m at the very top, the penthouse suite if you like. Well that’s how I describe it when I have visitors. The mill was built in 1842 and was a flax spinning millContinue reading “Welcome to my mill”