So here I am, at work, writing my first blog (in my lunch break) about my journey on the MA in Textile Design at Birmingham City Uni, due to start September 2016. Here's a quick bio of my life so far. I hail from a small village in South Wales and for as long as I can remember I've loved art, clothes, fashion, colours, design, textiles and patterns. I left school and attended the Carmarthen College of Technology & Art, first doing a BTEC in Graphic Design and then a GNVQ in Textile Design. I was desperate to sample city living so applied for a BA in Fashion & Textile Design at Nottingham Trent Uni (1995-1998) and got in! The course predominantly focused on fabric technology with some design and production, the last year was more business orientated e.g. marketing. Looking back now, I should have changed to a purely Textile Design degree but being naive I didn't enquire if this was possible. I left Uni with a 2:1 and after a Summer camp job in the US I...