My name is Gill. I am a retired secretary living on a smallholding in Ripley with my husband and our five sheep, a pony named Coco and a cat called Fraser.  We have two grown up children and five grandchildren.

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When I retired I felt I needed to find something to occupy my time and started making cards hoping to sell some but soon realised that card making was a very competitive area and didn’t feel my cards were good enough. I like cross-stitch so I made some unicorn bags to sell instead and also made some candles in glasses which I sold at a school Christmas Fayre. 

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When on holiday in Norfolk I came across a book about bag making and then started making the Insulated Lunch Bags.

 

I was then given some curtains which I turned into Shopping Bags and following a WI course on putting in zippers I started making the Pencil Cases. It was on that course that I met a lady who introduced me to the Country Market in Jacobs Well before I found out about the Bookham Market, so I now alternate between the two.

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I also make felt dogs which I stuff with wool from my own sheep, and felt Christmas decorations including Penguins, Owls and Reindeer.

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I undertake commissions, so please feel free to get in touch if you can't make it to the Market.

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