anyone else read "King Prawn"??
Hello there if you’ve come over from the Bloggers Quilt Festival over at amyscreativesideThe LinkyPage is just an amazing encyclopaedia of quilty bloggy brilliance! You should like, totes bookm...
Have you seen all the fabness people have been making with Laurie Wisbrun’s wonderful Llama Llove prints?I bought a FQ of this fabric as soon as it was released … not just because it’s cute, although...
Have you entered any of Sew Mama Sews weekly Fat Quarter Idol rounds yet? I haven’t had a chance until now (sadly the last week) but Ive made up for lost time and put together a lovely little F...
One of the unfortunate side-effects of being a tad busy (and cutting down on my online time so that I can catch up with sewing) is that I have so much to catch up on in my blog reader … !My self-impo...
I dunno. Can you? Wanna try?I would most deffo buy this if it were a pattern. Can you hear me Lynne?And Ive never ever bought a quilt pattern. Go hassle her here ... photos via L...
So, I’m just sneaking in under the tape here to play along over at Rhonda’s for the Finish-Along – but work is just full on - I’ve been invigilating this weekend – first practical ICT paper – it was ...
I’ve been pretty much offline most of the holidays because I really wanted to get on with some serious Spring Cleaning so that I can feel less guilty about stealing time to sew in the evenings once t...
Rise & Shine Android Tablet Cover, a photo by Sarah @ pingsandneedles on Flickr.So, a quick little Easter Bank Holiday project - a portable case for my 8" Android tablet using Ruby Star Risin...
If you want to skip all this and just go to the winner of my charm pack giveaway then feel free to just scroll on down … like I could stop you!Anyway, I decided to try to balance the grimness of bein...
Gelati Veronelli !, a photo by Sarah @ pingsandneedles on Flickr.I love the colour of real Italian ice-creams and sorbets, so I thought Id try to re-capture that first taste of real pistachio or vani...
yes, well I had a few lovely days in Gloucestershire with my cousin … at the most amazingly huge old rectory … replete with the usual dead flies on windowsills, hibernating ladybirds in the bed and t...
Have you been to Rhondas space over at Quilter in the Gap to check on peoples progress in The Finish-A-Long? So … my (admittedly sparse) list of WIPs to finish (and in the final case even start!) was...
… having a little {slow} fun with my Oakshott charm pack and the spots & dots charm pack I cut from stash. Anyway … Ive been sneaking 10 minutes here and 1/2 an hour here - real...
--- edited to add --- This giveaway is now closed! Thank you :) In the last few months work has been such a stinker that Ive really had no time to enjoy my blog (or anyone elses!) but I ha...
Ive finally started to play with my Oakshott shot cotton charm pack … (other than just stroking them) .... just in time for the festival of half square triangles ... over at canoe ridge creations fro...
There is nothing quite like early evening in spring … that low hazy sun and clear skied chill too light for jim jams (yay!) extension of day. Last year I bought this beautiful fragile paperwhit...
Oops ... I nearly forgot to tell any of you my lovely local or near local readers, that this weekend sees a lovely event at Fabrica in Brighton ... Craftganza!!!Zoe has a fantastic blog - theres a mu...
Have you had a go yet? Its such fun! Read all about the challenge here at Katy @ Monkey Do - you could win your own bundle and have it listed in Brendas store! Yay! Fabric Fame!B...
*nowhere near as emotionally traumatic as The Kite Runner, but still ...I got back from work to this fantastic parcel from Lyanna @ PurplePandaQuilts - my secret partner in the For The Love of ...
Huzzah! Its finished - just over a week late, but I hope my partner on the For The Love of Solids swap on flickr wont have minded waiting so long. Life got in the way. Bits of horri...
As I said yesterday, I really havent had any me time for sewing in months. So, as today was the international posting deadline for the For The Love of Solids Swap on Flickr, Ive had...
DISTRACTION :I havent blogged for ages. I havent sewn for ages. I havent done anything but work or be sick for what seems like ages. iGCSE mocks start in a couple of weeks so its ju...
Well, what a wonderful weekend it was. Fantastic. Exciting. As we turned up the drive I squealed like a dolphin on acid … (to be honest I think I started squealing just outside Brig...
Oh yes ... I can hardly contain myself Im so excited ...Bletchley Park here I come ...In case youve been snoozing under a rock for the last few months of my blogging life, theres a fantastic Quilt Ex...
OK - this was a foolish endeavour in anyones book. Try a Swoon block with no pattern - and try to make it gigantic and in a weekend! But I wanted to be one of the gals and join the (over)...
Nikki from Sewquine sent me a wonderful little parcel - a PIF (Pay It Forward) enterprise! I had totally forgotten that I was one of her wonderful recipients! Feast your eyes on these total lov...
This was the brief from the Quilters Guild:We invite you to be part of this special Exhibition by creating a quilt for our “Open” category. We would like you to make a quilt on the theme of Ble...
So yes … I have a tutorial for a lipsmackineasypeasyrawedgeappl iquespoolblock sewing machine cover in the latest issue of Fat Quarterly … <-- its out on Tuesday 31st if youre not already a s...
Have you seen the uber wonderful prizes that Ali at VeryBerryHandmade has gathered for us this month?Well, my fave is the £40 voucher from FancyMoonFabrics - it was the first place I ever bough...
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