So Rachel, tell us how you came to be working for Quilt Direct?

Well, you can blame Charlie for that! Charlie and I met at primary school years ago and have always been around one another with the ponies growing up and later when we had our children. (We both have two boys of similar ages). Then we have gone through the infant/primary/secondary school together, meeting up in the playground. Charlie asked me if I wanted a job lots of times and once the children were more independent I thought I would do one day a week… I now do four!!

Tell us about your family and hobbies.

Well, I am quite busy with the boys and their activities. I also have my horse who is called Roo, she is a 17.2hh Irish Sports Horse and I usually do show jumping competitions. I also have Esta who is an 18 month old baby sports horse who I will train and ride in the future.

What is your role at Quilt Direct?

I mainly look after the website. This involves listing all the new products that we have and adding and amending the content. I also design and edit all the sliders that you see on the website. I also help out with the warehouse when needed, picking, packing and posting.

What was the worse job you ever had?

Working in a milking parlour! I had to collect milk samples for testing and it was very smelly and mucky.

What is on your bucket list?

That one is easy! To have a horse for every day of the week. There would be Monday..... Tuesday.......

Tell us about your sewing experience.

Absolutely none when I joined Quilt Direct. You may know that Katherine does teach us as a group and sometimes individually. Katherine is teaching me how to use the Bernina Long Arm Q24 which I really enjoy and I like using the templates too.

Thank you for sharing with us Rachel.