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HI, I am a mum with 3 beautiful girls Molly 12, Tess 9 and Matilda 2. I have a lovely understanding DH Rohan who is a drummer. I run and own both Hugs 'n Kisses and Wysistas businesses working from home and heavily reliant on the internet. Hugs 'n Kisses is this 'feelgood stitcheries and associated thingsy!' pattern business and Wysistas in partnership with my sister Tracey Browning of 'Constantine Quilts' is the business under which we produce and market Quizzles to the world of quilters.

Hugs 'n Kisses has been operating since 2001 beginning in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory and in 2004 moving to Hobart Tasmania. After spending 13 years in the Australian Regular Army as a musician my new life began. Whilst living in Barrack accommodation in Adelaide I took my first embroidery class at Country Bumpkin. Thus began my true love of stitching. Next came the overlocker and the Knitwit phase. AFter having Molly in 1995 I began a two year Needlework skills class at TAFE in Wagga Wagga NSW. We then moved to Melbourne where I went back to full time work until the birth of Tess when I began teaching embroidery, needlework and patchwork. A move to Townsville in North Queensland accelerated my passion for stitching and also my number of classes a week teaching at several shops and at home. This began the design process of my own designs to teach under the name of GollyG pattern Co. Finally a move to Canberra saw the start of Hugs 'n Kisses. My aim was to bring the simple technique of stitcheries to every stitcher, young, old, new, experienced for quick satisfaction. Throughout my time as a designer and teacher I have found that nothing is out of reach for any stitcher .

I now reside in Hobart where I have started my popular annual Charity friendship days, the Snugglybug Rug Project and the Wysistas business just to fill in my spare time.

I believe we stitch for several reasons:
It feels good to make something with our own hands
It feels good to know we CAN make something with our own hands
It feels good to see something we make finished and displayed or adored
It feels good when others comment and compliment our achievements
It feels good when we give something we make to others and see their reaction
It feels good to be able to tell someone how we feel when to some this is difficult to express
It feels good to be able to give strength or pleasure to others when we do this special thing for them
It feels good to bring that special feeling to individuals, families, communities and the world 

So, if you were feeling that good about yourself why wouldn’t you do it more??
It gives self esteem
It gives self confidence
It helps reduce loneliness and isolation – through distance, age, disability, race, colour or personality
It fosters a caring, sharing attitude to the individual, group and then to the world

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