I’ve been a teensy bit slow in acknowledging these awards; mostly because I’ve been struggling, just a bit, to work out how to ‘grab’ the images. But, I’m beginning to get used to this Apple Mac creature …… Pretty isn’t it? I’ve put it in the side bar ‘cos it’s all bright and cheerful. This [...]
Yesterday was a day of pattern and colour. Kay the Rowan rep brought fabric and books and patterns and more fabric and we looked at Midwest Modern and Midwest Modern 2 Oranges and browns in the strong complex patterns of Midwest Modern It’s always so hard to choose. I’m not the best at making decisions [...]
Despite all the news of doom and gloom and economic depression the ‘handmade’ movement, if I can call it that, seems to have quite a lot going on at the moment. Things which all help to ‘scream and shout’, celebrate and support the ‘handmade’ and the ‘handcrafted’ in the UK. There are more outlets to [...]
Thank you for the lovely comments on the yo-yo tutorial. This post is about yo-yo’s too but heart shaped ones this time. Well, it is getting close to St Valentine’s Day. All yo-yo’s are basically gathered rosettes of fabric which can be made to take on different shapes dependant upon the starting shape of the [...]
Happy New Year to you all and I hope you enjoyed Christmas and that Santa was kind. I quite enjoyed the cold, frosty weather over Christmas but I’m thoroughly fed up with the -6 and -7 0C tempertures and the snow of the last few days. Living on a hill has taken on a whole [...]
