I have been entering a quilt in to every Blogger’s Quilt Festival for the last 3 years. This wonderful event is hosted by Amy Ellis at Amy’s Creative Side and is a highlight of my quilting calendar. This year I have a new finish to show you! I just finished quilting ‘The Neighbourhood’ on Monday …
The other week I had the last class in my Modern Patchwork Techniques 2 evening class block. I decided that we should concentrate on HST’s and maybe even have a go at designing our own blocks. And so, in preparation, I thought I’d try to design a block myself. After about 5 minutes doodling I …
Earlier this year I made a version of my Red Riding Hood Quilt as a commission. I was photographing it in the shop when one of my customers came in, saw the quilt and got very excited. Catriona completely fell in love with the wolf and the trees and the next day she was …
Today I am taking part in my first blog hop! Katy and Laura are now both on their way to the Sewing Summit in Salt lake City from opposite ends of the world. They are also planning a ‘Thelma and Louise style’ Road Trip (at least I hope that’s the style they are planning!) and …
Yes it’s crochet time again! I’ve got so many sewing projects on the go at the moment (including 5 different quilts!) but none of them are finished enough to share. But I’ve always got a bit of ‘downtime’ crochet on the go. And I know some of my readers like crochet best of all. Remember …
I’ve been wanting to tell you all about this exciting project since I first became involved back in May, but there hasn’t really been much to see until recently. I first heard about it on the radio one morning in Spring on the Today programme. James Naughtie was talking to Alexander McCall Smith about a …
I very quick post just to say that the winner of my Liberty Lifestyle giveaway is… Comment number 44 – liniecat14 September 2012 14:51 What fab colours…………Dance Pastel hits a chord for me. I once made the most wonderful twelfth scale rag rugs with Liberty off cuts, as gifts for miniaturist friends.Its one sure way …
I’m very busy with my craft classes at the moment and now patchwork is vying with crochet as the most popular class. A few weeks back I taught a full day workshop in the porthole technique that Lu Summers had taught us at FQ London (I checked first to see if she was ok with …
It’s finally here!! I have had to be very patient but yesterday a big box of Liberty Lifestyle fabric arrived at our shop!! And to celebrate I am giving away that huge bundle of 11 fat quarters above!! I did order more but even Liberty don’t have that many at the moment so I am …
It’s time to start planning my Christmas Classes at my Bearpaw Craft Studio. Well actually, that time was a few weeks back, as this class went up on the website today! I made this, very generous, Christmas Stocking on Monday out of the gorgeous new Robert Kaufman Christmas fabric that came in last week. I …