Letter of the week
Never give up
Following the tragic death of my son, I focused on my main hobby, patchwork and embroidery. I have always been a keen patchworker, and my son always told me to write a book of my ideas. I did and my book was published last November, featuring my work based on vintage fabrics. I’ve gone onto Instagram too () and have a large following of 23,000 – all because I tried. I’m 70 and never thought I’d be able to