Sara is a textile artist specialising in free-machine texts which she writes herself.
A former journalist, she uses the textile surface to comment on contemporary social and political issues, sometimes with a dash of humour.

Her background as a quilter informs her work which is based on quiltmaking techniques. Most of her pieces are wall-hangings, but some are three-dimensional. She made her first quilt in 1971 when she was still at school.

Sara studied modern languages at Oxford University before training as a newspaper reporter. She comes from a farming family in Essex, UK, and still lives near the farm where she grew up.

She gives lectures about her practice. She is also interested in the history of Coggeshall Tambour Lace andgives talks on this subject too.