10 years ago today I made a momentous decision and began writing this blog! At the time I doubt if I expected I’d still be writing it 10 years later and for it to have completely changed my life. It led to so many new opportunities and more importantly to so many new and lifelong …
I’ve got my embroiderer’s hat on for a change today. As quilting is pretty much my full time job these days I like to think of other crafts like embroidery and crochet as my hobbies. But also sometimes I combine the two for an embroidery commission. I first designed this passionflower pattern a couple of …
A happy New Year to all my dear readers! While I’m getting myself revved up enough to a write the first blog post of 2016 I thought you might like to hear about our ‘just launched’ sale… January Sale now on!! In store and online! 50% off all Christmas fabrics and bundles! Fat Quarters from …
…that I contributed to! 50 Fat Quarter Makes is now ready to pre-order from Amazon for delivery on the 25th June. I am so excited to see this book (such a long time to wait!). It is by myself and another 10 contributors, including a few familiar names like Emily, Ali, Jesse and Louise. I did the …
Do you remember the Sweet Life pillow I made last year for Blend Fabric’s stand at Houston? Well I intended to make a kit of that particular cushion. However I never got my act together in time and now we have just about sold out of Cori Dantini’s The Sweet Life fabric. So I thought …
Our Christmas Fabric has arrived! I know you are all hot and sweaty and Christmas seems such a long way off but it’s here anyway so let’s celebrate!! And not any old Christmas fabric, no, this is a whole collection from my favourite designer Cori Dantini!! And I’m going to give away a whole FQ …
We’re having a Summer Fabric Sale on our website and in our Edinburgh store! We have a third off selected fabrics including some Cori Dantini ‘Sweet Life’! In our Edinburgh store we also have a third off selected wool and 40% off cross stitch and tapestry kits! If anyone coming to Fat Quarterly Retreat would …
Let’s make time for some crochet! It’s been a long time since I devoted a whole post to crochet and yet I always have some on the go and still love it with a passion. We’ll start with the endings. Yes, I finally actually finished a crochet blanket! This is my Ripple Baby Blanket, made …
Welcome to our new shop and studio! We’ve spent most of the last month moving out of our old shop and into the new one and finally we are open, and I even held my first class yesterday! Our old shop was way too big and left over from our previous business retailing homewares and …
If I have seemed a little distracted and not especially productive recently here’s the reason why… Those of you who’ve visited our Edinburgh store recently will have noticed that things are changing. We have been selling off all our homewares and gifts stock and concentrating solely on our myBearpaw brand of craft classes, fabric, wool …