Classic Stitches asked if they could do a feature about One Off and I readily agreed to an interview with Eileen McCarroll Outram. However, although I am happy to chat about needlepoint all day long, it was a different matter when I was asked to talk about myself! The questions came thick and fast often about things I had never even thought about! "Where do you get your inspiration?" for example. I don't know - ideas just come. Sometimes quickly, sometimes they take months. "Why are so many of your design blue?"... They're not!! ...are they? Anyway, I babbled uncomfortably on for what felt like hours and that was that.
Then a few days later came the phone call. Something had gone wrong with Eileen's recording equipment and she had all her questions safely recorded and none of my answers! For a hideous moment, I thought we were going to have to do the whole thing again. Fortunately, that wasn't the solution. Eileen emailed the questions and I was able to type my answers. Phew! Although it was a long interview, I really didn't expect three pages in the magazine and I'm childishly excited about it - a little bit like seeing yourself on television!
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