Anne has a lifetime of `making` behind her. She sewed doll`s clothes, then her clothes; crocheted and knitted inspired by Kaffe Fasset and Sacha Kagan, embroidered tray cloths and cushion covers in traditional stitches and discovered patchwork in the 1970`s.

These interests continued alongside her career as a biology lecturer and now retirement has allowed her full rein to explore and pursue adventurers into textile art by gaining a City and Guilds Certificate.

She is a founder member of the N.I. Patchwork Guild and Loose Thread Quilters, a former Trustee of The Quilters` Guild of the British Isles, and a member of the N.I. Embroidery Guild and the Ulster Guild of Sinners Weavers and Dyers.

She dabbles with many techniques; patchwork, quilting, X-stitch, embroidery, felting, braiding, knitting, crochet and spinning, inspired by her love of the natural world and gardens.
Her outdoor pursuits include walking, hedge laying, coppicing, dry stone walling and woodland restoration.