Remember how happy I was a few weeks back when I received all those lovely FQ’s of Elizabeth Scott’s ‘Red Rose Farm’ fabric directly from Elizabeth herself? Well I was desperate to get them cut up and sewed back together again as soon as possible! And like everybody else recently, I have been so …
A few weeks back I made a tickertape cot quilt as part of the latest ORBC quiltalong. Deeroo was hosting the quiltalong on her blog and I posted about the quilt I made here. Well that quilt sold in my shop really quickly and since then I have had it on the top of my …
Don’t you think that our lovely community of crafty bloggers are the nicest, most generous people in the world?! I do! A few months ago I got a very nice email from a lady called Elizabeth Scott, from San Francisco, who had found my Little House Pincushion Tutorial while searching the internet for Greengate …
I’m sure you all saw the awful images on the news a couple of weeks ago, showing the terrible destruction and heartbreak following the devastating earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. This follows on from another big earthquake that happened just a few months ago. Cat from Catalina’s Cottage has been organising ‘Quilts to comfort Christchurch …
I am struggling to catch up at the moment. Not only have I not had any time to post here, but I also haven’t had time to make anything to write about! I am doing a full 5 day week in the shop on my own where I am very busy with deliveries of new …
Oh, I have had such fun making this Pirate Treasure Chest pincushion!! This is the second time I have taken part in the Scrappy Pincushion Swap. Last time I made the Little House Pincushion and I got the feeling that my partner this round would like something similar. The idea of a treasure chest came …
It looks like a regular granny square blanket… But, in fact, it’s a jumper! Or ‘sweater’ for our colonial cousins! You may remember me posting about this here, when I bought the wool at the Country Living Fair. The pattern is from the book ‘Crochet in no time’ by Melody Griffiths. Well I worked …
I decided to take part in the latest Old Red Barn Quilt Along. These have been going for a few years now and though some of my very good blogging friends have been involved I haven’t managed to get my act together to join in before. This time it is Dolores’s turn from Deeroo blog. …
I seem to have lots of different projects on the go at the moment. Some I have already started, and some I am still waiting to start, or rather I am at the design stage still. Like the Doll Quilt Swap. You may remember, I mentioned a few weeks back that I had got in …
Ok, here it is! At long last, my promised tutorial for these cute little crocheted owls I have been making for the last year. I have had lots of requests for this and I know some of you are really excited to get started! First of all let me tell you that I don’t consider …