19th Annual Streatham Common Kite Day, 14 May 11am -5pm  www.streathamkiteday.org.uk

Country Living Spring Fair, Alexandra Palace, 27-30 April 2017. An amazing Victorian Building which will hopefully be restored to its magnificent beauty. http://www.countryliving.co.uk Exhibitor Annie Sloan's versatile decorative Chalk Paints took my eye. I stood and watched the demonstration using Chalk Paint Wax. This paint can sticks to concrete, metal, wood, and mat plastic.  www.AnnieSloan.com

Josef Frank at The Fashion Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF. Really like the scale and pattern of Frank's work. The exhibition has inspired me to get my paints out. Josef Frank became a great asset to Swedish design and interior decorating.

An amazing body of work by the brilliant David Hockney. I must go back again. TATE BRITAIN  9 Feb-29 May 2017

The Surface Design Show, Business Design Centre, London. 7-9Feb2017                               Keeping up with industry and technology. Ive always been interested in new applications for Surface Pattern and Design.  www.surfacedesignshow.com

A friend offered me a free ticket for The Decorative Fair held in Battersea Park. http://www.decorativefair.com                                                                               … Continue reading The Decorative Fair

Top Drawer: Home/Gift/Fashion/Gift   Olympia, London 15-17 January 2017 A great show for exploring global brands and annotative new names. The London show for emerging trends aimed at the retailer.   This show seems to get bigger each year. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the chocolate stands in the Food Emporium.   http://www.topdrawer.co.uk

A recent visit to Heimtextil, Frankfurt 10-14 January 2017 Located on the ground floor was a display of these Large Digital Printers. With a capacity to print limitless colour and several designs on one length of fabric. The quality and speed of the printed flat colour is remarkable. I later discovered from my Agent that … Continue reading A recent visit to Heimtextil