Meet my 2 new owl friends – Ethel and Edmund! We just took delivery of a range of flannel (available now on our website) from Robert Kaufman and what better project to try them out on than a few more owls for my collection? That’s Ethel above… …and this is Edmund, giving you a cheeky …
It’s Giveaway Time everybody!! Look at this big pile of booty that you could win!! But first of all I want to share some exciting news with you. For a while now I have been hinting at changes afoot in our Edinburgh shop. Earlier this year we started stocking fabric, wool and haberdashery to compliment …
Some of you may remember how sad I was when my eldest son, Felix, went away travelling back in September last year. I moaned on and on about it here. Well last night he finally returned! And this is what he looked like when we picked him up from the airport. Yes he really is …
Introducing the ‘Fairytale Cottage Pincushion’! This is my entry for the Scrappy Pincushion Swap, another Flickr group with a lot of the same lovely people from the Doll Quilt Swap. It has been a nice quick fun swap. I decided to make a little patchwork house, and, of course, for me that means a proper …
We’re back from our short holiday to the West Highlands (more on that later) and now I am starting my week off at home with, hopefully, lot’s of time for sewing. But first of all I was off to Glasgow yesterday to spend my birthday money, and also to meet up with the 3 lovely …
Well I’m back from NYC! And what an amazing city it is! We had a wonderful time and I was really upset to leave. I’m usually always pleased to get back to Edinburgh, but not this time.I managed to just about fit everything in that I planned. All the usual stuff, Empire State Building, Grand …
We have been stocking the gorgeous rabbits and other toys from Danish Company ‘Maileg’ in our stores for a number of years now. Due to an increased interest in all sorts of haberdashery (from staff and customers!) we have branched out into their braids as well. These beautiful ribbons come on a wooden spool in …
Sarah and I had our annual trip to Harrogate this week to buy for the shops. Harrogate is everybody’s favourite Trade Fair, the sun is always shining, you get to eat lunch outside accompanied by a Jazz Band and, of course, Betty’s Tea Shop!And now something else to add to the list of Harrogate attractions …