I am packed and apart from a few essentials, ready. Deep breath, here goes. I will be taking pics at Instagram where I am @verykerryberry. I will be tweeting, I am @verykb and if this post is working...
I recently had the chance to test a pattern for Laurraine at Patchwork Pottery. She pattern tested for me with the Sew-Ichigo patterns, her proof reading and attention to detail was amazing, so...
It is nearly upon us and I am getting very jittery and uber excitedMeeting people, many of whom I have now known for some time, in the flesh and talking sewing all weekend, it could only be better if...
For a million reasons, I am behind on my bee blocks. Work is busy, home is busy and I am prepping like a crazy for Fat Quarterly Retreat. Paper pieced blocks take time- not just to ...
I am sharing some great finds today. Kicking off with the best! On a random perusal last night I found that Eternal Maker now stocks Lecien Cosmo embroidery thread/floss. As far as aI kno...
The Olympic torch came to my city over the weekend. We went out to see and it was genuinely impressive- even if a little small from our vantage point! Look to the centre...We then went t...
I have said before, this is a little house, I cant keep everything so here comes another destash- and the last one for a while I think! If you are going to Fat Quarterly Retreat I am happy to b...
A quick heads up! Joy at A Joyful Soul Fabric is hosting a giveaway for Sew-Ichigo Kitchen Classics paper piecing pattern set, pop over to her blog to enter! There will be two lucky winne...
I am not talking cup size here- in which case I have the -A factor- D is for Dress! The Sewing Directory, Abakhan Fabrics, Hobby and Home and Janome have all joined forces to run a great compe...
The briefest glimmer of sun yesterday so the quickest of photo shoots in the tiny yard otherwise know as our garden. This skirt was from Simple Modern Sewing. I made a small size and adde...
It is that time again, when Amy at Amys Creative Side hosts and organises the Bloggers Quilt Festival. If you havent been here before, welcome, I am Kerry, I love vintage, scrappy and paper piec...
I have had a funny week- feeling a lot brighter now but have been off work for 3 days with a viral thing and no voice which is no good for working with young children- so that may explain where the d...
I have been a bit blue- no reason, just one of those inexplicable things- this week. I have a lot of work on in my day job so that must be contributing. It has lifted a bit towards the ...
I can never have enough storage, it gives me the deluded impression that I will not lose anything and that the surfaces will stay clear and available to work on! Nova recently designed a new st...
I loved reading all about regional food, it was a real eye opener to some very strange combinations- I am still not convinced on the curds and gravy- but there was a lot to make my mouth wa...
I seem to work best with multiple projects on the go. Some things are waiting, Swoon for instance, but will return, some are completed quickly...a drop waist skirt in linen and old bits of Libe...
I have had more deadlines than usual recently, most of them are behind me now but now I have a stack of late bee blocks. So I made a start on the latest, Ayumis Ringo Pie block. Her them ...
I have been seeing lots of Zakka style projects on all over blogland and Flickr, it seems a lot of you are sewing a long. Many of the patterns are so quick and easy and offer a great opportunit...
I was lucky enough to get a little stack of Summersville prints in the post from Lu Summers. I knew before they even arrived what I was going to do with them.I have been doing a lot of spools b...
We had a busy weekend at the end of a busy few weeks, traveling up country for Damians youngest sisters long awaited wedding. D and I managed to get a rare photo opportunity together. As ...
The last fabric I have to destash is a long length, 2.8 metres- that is jut over 4 yards in old money, Washi Floral from Rashida Coleman Hales Washi collection for Timeless Treasures. Sold as a...
Final destashing before postage prices go up, I am happy to send anywhere but postage costs rise out of the UK (see below for details).1. Sevenberry Winter marching print. Beautiful quali...
I am just nearing the end of a very busy deadline period- nearly there but not quite. As an incentive to get me finished, I have my next quilt project planned.The pattern is a multi blooming dr...
Thank you for the destash frenzy, only a couple of fabrics remain- see the post here. Today you can read here about the inspiration behind the tea and coffee pot patterns in the Sew-Ichigo...
I live in a little house, space is at a premium, and as much as I like to hoard (secretly a lot, but I dont want to lose my grip on reality) it is time to destash! Postage costs go up from 30th...
At last, Sew-Ichigos first pattern collection Kitchen Classics is now on sale.You can find out all the details here and purchase here. Our pattern testers were a great help and they are sh...
I am spending a lot of time fumbling around with technology. I just got an ipad, I dont have an iphone so this is instead I guess and sort of like a laptop. Some of it is intuitive ...
This block was for Megan in Cocorico bee. Her theme was Country Fair. I dallied with the idea of pigs but they started to look more like dogs in my sketches so I chose rabbits. I had to d...
Happy Easter! As you can tell I am one class lady, no fancy eggs for me, nothing can be better than 6 creme eggs. And thank you to those who voted in Made by Raes Spring Top Challenge, I cant q...
I have been lucky enough to make the first week final selection "Top of the Tops" at Made by Raes Spring Top Sewalong. Last week I was wearing my voile Tova in the warm sun, this week i...
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