I took my heat press pieces to Perpignan with a view to making them work a bit harder. On their own they were good experiments but generally unsuccessful. Using, heat press pieces, knitting pattern, dress making pattern and other bits and pieces I created a piece based on aspects of my mother’s life. She was a very practical person and could turn her hand to anything related to family life, the household and home. This included sewing and knitting. She made dresses for me and my sister. Often we had the same pattern and fabric and I, as the younger one, had to wear both dresses as I grew into my sister’s. Sometimes this process took three years. Not a good look. Still, we were well dressed.

The cross often appears in my work. Mum’s nursing career was a formative aspect of my childhood. I knew I wanted to do something with my life beyond the village and her obvious longing of r her lost career and her photograph in uniform reminded me of this on a regular basis. I enjoy stitching and am now thinking of how to use my photographs together with stitch.