So I'll start this blog off with a little update on how things have changed this year...

I've taken the decision to leave my day job as a womenswear buyer and undertake a masters degree at Nottingham Trent University. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while now and I decided that this year it was now or never! Embroidery and embellishment design is my passion and there was so much more I wanted to do during my degree that I never got chance to do. This year for me is to fully explore the potential of embroidery design and what its future holds and, to experiment with another area I've grown a huge interest in which is smart textiles. So let's see how it goes...