Primrose Corner

sewing, crafting, quilting and family life

Heather Bailey - Pop Garden, Bijoux and a giveaway

Julia | June 30, 2009

I was talking to someone on the telephone the other day about Heather Bailey’s Bijoux and Pop Garden fabric collections.
She loved the fabric as individual patterns and designs but was struggling to get her head around how to mix and match the prints together. We had a lovely conversation about this, but later I [...]

Humour me…. please

Julia | June 25, 2009

I know that I’ve said it before but I really do not like doing the Accounts, and sometimes there is no escape and you just have to. Then, because it’s boring your mind (well - my mind anyway) starts to wander and you get seducded by the ‘dark side’ which is the interweb and [...]

A little patchwork bag…

Julia | June 10, 2009

This is a little bag which I made for me…. a bag to grab and run with as I dash out to pick up the children from school. It isn’t huge, so hopefully it won’t collect all the detritus that my bags tend to collect.

It’s been sitting on my sewing table for an age. [...]

Fat Quarters

Julia | May 20, 2009

Sometimes when I’m cutting fabric I wonder…..

I know that there are many uses for a quarter of a metre of fabric; a skinny quarter, a quarter of a metre cut widthways across the fabric bolt. (Resulting in a piece of fabric that’s 110cm wide and 25cm long (cut from a 110cm centimetre (45 [...]

News….

Julia | May 14, 2009

This post is a bit like a chat over the garden wall…… I’m passing information on…. it’s not gossip… nothing scandoulousy juicy to pass on … but you may find it interesting..

Amy Butler is going to be holding a contest to celebrate the one year anniversary of her Midwest Modern fabric range. This includes [...]

Fabric…

Julia | May 6, 2009

Warning: This post is full of pretty fabrics…so read on if you dare!.

Fabric supplies haven’t exactly been speedy these last few weeks…. apparently there’s a lot of frenzied crafting going on. Some people are aiming for more sustainable lifestyles, others are sewing to add a little individuality to their wardrobes and homes. Altogether, [...]

Things for the shop…

Julia | March 21, 2009

I’ve been busy today adding some new fabric bundles to the shop and some beautiful new patterns.

… some pretty flowers from Martha Negley.. (Link)
…and

…. some pretty soft greens and yellows from Amy Butler… (Link)

Plus, some gorgeousness from the Amy Butler’s Daisy Chain collection. (Link)
There are some new patterns;

The Fat Quarters Bag…. (Link) [...]

Fabric giveaway - ‘cos I’m tidying up…

Julia | March 9, 2009

Saturday and Sunday were spent visiting and planning the next stage of this project….

We’re creating ourselves an allotment in the corner of this field, we began it last year fighting back the brambles and the nettles. Himself, fancied a flame thrower but that seemed a bit like extreme gardening to me. It must [...]

Another flower and something that made me smile…

Julia | February 26, 2009

… I made another flower brooch today. It’s a little smaller than yesterdays version with a different number of petals. This time I used one fabric (Amy Butler’s Martini in yellow) and there was no indecision about the button. I think the colours are nice, fresh and quite spring like…. I [...]

Interlinings and new fabric in the shop

Julia | February 24, 2009

I hope that you all enjoyed your half-term.
Once the ice and the snow finally disappeared we made the most of being able to get and about again. The trouble with snow is of course, that it melts…. and this happens…
…Danger! Mud eating wellies!!

In the meantime though some new fabics have arrived [...]