Penny Squares – Baby Quilt
Hello, It would appear that we inadvertantly went on a Summer holiday and stopped blogging. We are back now. Do you like my little quilt? I bought it in California about 20 years ago in a small antique mall. It READ MORE
Year: 2021
Quilt History – Underground Railroad Quilts.
The Underground railroad quilts have always fascinated me, ever since a friend of mine told me about her grandmother hanging quilts over the fences at their homestead in America for slaves escaping to freedom on the underground railroad. Run by READ MORE
Make your own Daisy String Lights with Stick it Lampshade Backing
Hello there!! I thought for this blog, I would tell you about my new favourite product to play with. Although this product is usually used to create fabulous bespoke lampshades, me being me I couldn’t believe that that was all READ MORE
Manx Quilting – How Clever!
Hello, How is everyone? I’ve been missing in action it would appear. I seem to have brain fog and my muse has gone off to play with someone much more interesting. I have really found it hard to get motivated, READ MORE
Still alive and Kicking – City and Guilds Creative Textiles Course 7161
City and Guilds Creative Textiles 7161 There have been many reports that the City and Guilds Creative textiles course is no longer available. I am here to tell you that that is certainly not the case. You can still study READ MORE
Chaenomeles – A Roman Soldier?
Good Morning. How is everyone? What a miserable day, I think they promise this for the week don’t they? Wonderful.I was in the shop as usual on Monday, we are starting to tidy up in hope that Mr Drakeford will READ MORE
Inspired by Clarice Cliff – Spring Crocus Tote Bag
Spring Crocus Tote Bag Inspired by Clarice Cliff For my blog this month I wasn’t quite sure what to do. I sat in front of the computer to look for some inspiration. Ann and I decided this year we READ MORE
I’m not Biased!
Hello, Hello. Well we’ve had a bit of weather since we last spoke. I love snow, it reminds of when my girls were small and we used to take them tobogganing. The down side was that the doors on my READ MORE
Inspired by a walk along the canal
I’ll be honest, although the Brecon canal runs through the village where I live I haven’t walked along it very much in the 15 years that I have lived here. Whether it’s the busy road I have to cross has READ MORE
Scraps, scraps and even more scraps!!
So here we are in another lockdown. So what shall we do? We can’t sit outside to stitch this time around. Let us go through our fabric stashes shall we and see what we can do. At the end of READ MORE