This blog has been poorly….. and I’ve not been able to find anyway of correcting the issues with it. So, after much heart searching, editing and hair pulling the blog for Gone to Earth has moved to a new place. It’s here Gone To Earth all shiny and new, so it would lovely if you’d [...]
I haven’t really mentioned LOVE yet have I … no don’t run away this isn’t going to be one of those cringeworthy conversations you might have with your teenage children. Although I am a little trepidatious (I think I made that word up) about what spam is going to hit my blog now! Love is [...]
I know interlining isn’t that exciting a subject but whether you’re making clothes, making bags and all kind of things in between, interlining can make a huge difference to your finished project, in terms of structure and craftsmanship. Plus, you’ll be so much more impressed with your handiwork. These past few weeks I’ve kept coming [...]
I really don’t know where this week has disappeared too. I’ve been putting together some photographs for an advert… A glorious stack of pretty fabrics…. and mixing up fabrics always absorbs a frigtening amount of time. This was one arrangement that I thought looked gorgeous. I also thought the arrangement in this photograph might look [...]
Remember these little beauties? …Daisy Chain fabrics… (Link) Do you remember the questions I asked about fabric bundles and ways of presenting fabric in the shop? Well, your answers have been brilliant, really thought provoking and completely useful. Thank you! I’ve added the numbers into the ‘Random Number Generator’. It’s not as pretty as a [...]
Woo hoo, at last everything is back to normal – well, actually better than normal – the shop is flying along at the moment on its new cloud server thingy. Here’s hoping it stays that way!
Just a quick note to let anyone that might have been trying to buy from the shop – the company that hosts our site is currently moving it to a faster, more reliable environment (on a cloud!). The irony is that at the moment there are all kinds of problems if you try to checkout [...]
I’ve been given an award! I’e been given an award by Incy Thank you Incy. It’s a very pretty and colourful award with a wonderful sentiment attached. Friendship! I think the first time I came across Incy it had something to do with buttons…. beautiful fabric covered and embroidered buttons. … a fabric covered button [...]
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 [...]
At half term we went here; …. and in the ‘Gallery’ they were having one of these … … an exhibition of ‘Comtemporary Craft’. ( I was quite excited at the prospect… dear son was less so, but we went anyway.) The house ’78 Derngate’ is the only house in England designed by Charles Rennie [...]
