I have been sewing since childhood, and a quilter since 1979. I qualified as a quilt judge in 1995 through a certificated course run by the South African Quilters' Guild. I helped set up the judging course run by the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. While living in Germany I was involved in converting many American patchwork books into metric for the European market and have been designing quilts and writing patterns for the last 20 years.