Quilting Shows

I've been so busy recently and feel I should do a few updates on what I've been up to.

Firstly I've got into quilting in a big way. As part of my new found addiction I combined a family break with the Festival of Quilts 2010. I got a few hours to browse the stalls as well as be amazed by all the stunning quilts on show. One of my favourites was the Traditional Quilts winner by Pauline Ineson, featuring 3d flowers. You can see some pictures on her website here. The Best in Show was a miniature quilt by Kumiko Frydl (can be seen here) and it was stunning. The detail was amazing and it really captured the essence of a miniature quilt.

In September I visited the Great Northern Quilt Show in Harrogate. I was very impressed; plenty of stalls and plenty of quilts to see. I picked up quite a few bargains. I also attended a couple of workshops. One of these involved stamping fabric and colouring it to produce a decorative panel.






I'm planning on machine quilting the sky with variegated blue thread and creating clouds with white thread after seeing this effect in on of the quilts at Harrogate.

I couldn't resist picking up a pattern for this embroidered panel. I was able to sit and do the embroidery while the children played together, which was an added bonus as most of my sewing is done in an evening once they are in bed. I will definitely be doing more of this!


One of the hardest things was finding the tiny buttons for the flowers. I got lucky at the market in Leeds.


And finally, here's my quilt. It still needs the binding in this picture. I've now managed to sew the binding to the front and it just needs hand-stitched to the back.


This is the Pandora's Box pattern from Pam & Nicky Lintott's Jelly Roll Quilts book. Made from a Fabric Freedom jelly roll.

Etsy Shop

We have decided to have an Etsy store dedicated to our hand-dyed yarns, fibres and fabrics. We felt these products were getting lost in all the other items on our main store and feedback we've had suggested that most people tend to look at sites like Etsy for these products.






As you can see we have quite a few items listed already. There will be more coming soon but we took a break during August for a short family holiday.






Coming later today on this blog - some sewing book reviews.

Worldwide Knit in Public Day

Do you knit?

If the answer is yes, then I'm impressed because I can't! But whether or not you can knit, you can still take part in Worldwide Knit in Public Day. There's many events around the country but if you're in Leeds, or willing to travel here, then there's The Big Knit on Saturday 12th June 2010.

Grab your chance to learn to knit or crochet for free. There's stalls and entertainment. Latest news is live sheep shearing on the day! How fantastic is that?!?

We'll have a stall there too, with felting demonstrations. You'll be able to buy our hand dyed yarn and fibre, as well as felting kits. So come along and say hello.

Back To The Grind

Well, I'm now back from maternity leave. It's been odd letting someone else have responsibility for the business I created and have run by myself for so long but my husband has done a fantastic job.

Our baby is now almost 10 months old. She's crawling around and wanting to explore everything, especially her big sister's toys. As for her sister, she's starting nursery in September.

As for the shop, well we're introducing some new lines. First up and launched during Buy British Month on the Cloth Nappy Addicts forum are crocheted woolies. Produced under license from Wigglebunz Creations, we can now provide soakers, shorties, longies and skirties. Due to family commitments we aren't currently offering custom slots and will just list things as they're made but feel free to contact us as we may be able to accomodate you depending on workload.



There are a couple of other product launches coming soon, so sign up for our newsletter for the news! We might also be looking for testers and this will be announced via our newsletter and is a great way to pick up a bargain product.