Today we meet Ilke Cochrane, a Dutch ex-pat living in the UK witha delightfully quirky sense of humour! Ilke has a great story, particularly around the name of her business brand... Mabel Figworthy's Fancies.
As well as designing 'what she fancies' for kits and charts, Ilke runs workshops and is very eager for anyone to 'have a go' at embroidery. She shares a great story about her neighbour, and also shares wise advice about treating ourselves kindly and admiring what we have created without comparing to others.
Susan Weeks chats with Ilke about:
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Ilke's work at http://www.stitcherystories.com/ilkecochrane
Like: https://www.facebook.com/mabelsfancies
View: http://mabelfigworthy.co.uk/
Shop: http://mabelfigworthy.co.uk/
Read: http://mabelfigworthy.co.uk/fof/
Related Stitchery Stories episodes you might like: https://www.stitcherystories.com/tracyafranklin/ https://www.stitcherystories.com/liannevanleyen/
Other people, places & things we mentioned:
The Knitting & Stitching Show https://www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/