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 …
My Frida Kahlo quilt top has arrived home! And just look at it! Who would have thought that centre panel would inspire such a stunning quilt!! It is actually SO big that I can’t get a very good photo of it (90 x 81″). But taking it outside yesterday in the sun should give you …
Here’s a little comfort stitching project I have been working on recently. You will probably remember how excited I was by Cori Dantini’s Beauty Is You fabric line. I was desperate to do something with it, so taking one of our FQ bundles I embarked on a little EPP. I’ve recently started teaching my classes …
Meet my new woodland friend, Cedric the Badger. Cedric’s had a difficult birth but he’s here now and ready to be stitched. Yes I have a pattern all ready for sale on our website! This was the sneek-peak preview you got a few weeks back when I did a tutorial for the Raised Rose Stitch. …
Who wants to make a panda?! Not just any old panda, but one of these pandas wearing really cool Liberty pants ?! Remember Sunshine and Sweetie up there? I did promise you a couple of months back that I would do a tute and here it is! Please assemble: Black and white felt plus a …