Now that it seems like summer’s on its way, we’re really looking forward to the The Festival of Quilts from 30th July – 2nd August at the NEC, Birmingham. AND… we have 2 pairs of tickets to give away! To enter our ticket draw for your chance to win one of 2 pairs of tickets, […]
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I’ll be teaching at The Stitch Festival from 19th-22nd March – London’s best event for contemporary textile crafts! There’s so much to see and do at this festival… Find out more and click here to book tickets. WIN a pair of tickets! For the chance win the tickets, simply find our post on Instagram or Facebook:
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We’re really looking forward to the return of The Festival of Quilts from 31st July – 3rd August at the NEC, Birmingham. AND… we have 3 pairs of tickets to give away! To enter our ticket draw for your chance to win one of 3 pairs of tickets, simply send me an email! The Festival of
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I’ll be teaching at The Stitch Festival from 20th-23rd March. It’s the ultimate day out for craft lovers in London. Enjoy shopping with over 150 exhibitors and choose from 200 creative workshops all under one roof. Stitch Stage plays host to free daily catwalks, celebrity Q&As, talks from the experts and demonstrations from your favourite brands. Stitch It! dressmaking
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We are having a DESTASH SALE at the studio on Sunday 26th January, 11-1pm. Come and grab a bargain including fabric remnants, samples, craft supplies and books. It will be cash only and some bits will even be free! Have you had a good week? Mine has been full of dog walks with the youngest before she finally heads back to Uni combined with work and
We have received a request from the charity Abigail’s Footsteps for volunteers to sew cotton liners for Abi Cooling Cots. These refrigerated cots allow bereaved families to spend precious time with their babies and create memories before saying goodbye. The cot liners add comfort and softness to the essential workings of the Abi Cooling Cot.
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Simple kimono jacket pattern See your free pattern here This is a super simple & really effective method to make your own comfortable kimono style jacket. Click the button below the access our PDF copy. Click here for the PDF pattern
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crafting for charity… If you’ve followed us for a long time you’ll know we’ve lots of experience of running charity sewing and knitting days. Sewing for charity has been big part of us since we started in 2012 and we branched out to knit for charity too. We’ve also had some great open days in
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chalkboard lettering workshop…. Hear from Chrissy – a workshop attendee: “The chalkboard lettering workshop with Laura at Made and Making was an absolute delight! Laura is very knowledgeable about her subject and is on hand for whatever level of support you need. We had a great introduction to what we were going to do for the day
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Develop a unique style of quilting and embrace imperfection Join our improv sampler course Hear from tutor Jane Spedding herself: “Are you a quilter who struggled with straight lines and pointy corners? Or maybe you love the precise nature of traditional quilting but would like a new challenge? Have you thought about Improv quilting but
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