So ‘the book’. Yes it is still too soon for me to reveal all but I can tell you that it is a more complex beast than Breakdown Your Palette. It has a broader subject and, whilst there are lots of ‘instructional’ bits, there are also lots more ‘wordy’ bits. Bits that require me to strung together coherent sentences and even coherent paragraphs. Bits that require a plentiful supply of coffee, biscuits and chocolate. (I save the gin for really bad days). Bits that some days get the better of me. Darn those bits!

There are definitely days when I wonder how I managed to finish my first book and what on earth possessed me to start a second. Let alone one that is about … nope, it is still too soon.

On the plus side though I have the perfect excuse for walking away from my computer. Samples. Dyeing samples. Printing samples. Constructing samples. Photographing samples. Surrounding myself with lovely, lovely colour. I’m just hoping that I can extract all the wordy stuff out of my head and into my computer before I run out of samples to make! There are only so many hours a day that I can bang me head on my desk. I’m also hoping that I can remember how to use InDesign as I haven’t opened the software since I finished the breakdown book 17 months ago. I suspect there will be even more coffee, biscuits and chocolate (and gin) needed.

I love it really. And I think I can tease you with a couple of shots of my studio and my design wall taken this week ….