What are your earliest memories of cloth and stitch?
When I was about five years old, I wrote to Santa and asked for a wedding dress. On Christmas Day, I was given a beautiful white lace dress with a matching veil. The dress had little pink roses made out of ribbon down the front. The dress came with a note saying that Mrs Claus had been staying up late each night to sew my dress. I loved it so much I insisted on wearing it to school to show it off. Years later I found out it was my mum who had stayed up late to create the dress. When my parents moved a couple of years ago, we found the dress and veil and it’s now hanging in my wardrobe.
What prompted you to take up embroidery during lockdown?