Its time for the Umbrella Prints Trimmings competition, so please head over to Pinterest and Repin to vote for your favourite entry :o) Heres mine, in case you forgot
Announcing Purse Palooza 2012!!This is a fun event, which I will be guest posting for in June over at Sew Sweetness to get you sewing a purse for the summer! Heres how it works:1. Every weekday in Ju...
Phew, Im all packed and ready for FQR! I have 4 Siblings Together quilts, 6 show and tell bears (Birch, Edwood, Woodward, Maple, Bluegrass and Maisey), my ruler tote, my bag with all my class s...
It was rather a jam packed little week with non-sewy things, but I did manage to get my tutorial done for Julie in time, as well as get the last bag I just HAD to make for FQR (the ruler tote) done. ...
Remember that ruler tote I mentioned last Wednesday? Well after I finished my project for Julie, I decided it was time to knock one up. (Apologies for the bad pics, thats what happens whe...
So the subject of snacks came up on the FQR flickr group - what to bring, what to bring? Do we try and feed the 5,000 or just feed ourselves (Im not too fond of either bread or fish btw... ;o) ...
Hi everybody, its that time of the week again, where ASS gurus answer any little question that may be pressing on your mind...This weeks question came from Rachael, Katie and Sara (hmm, obviously the...
Apologies, I missed the memo that we were all linking up today, so got caught with my proverbial bloggy pants down!Anywho, Im Katy, from Glasgow (well, I live there, Im originally from Belfast, and h...
First of all, the SMS Giveaway. Thank you to everyone that stopped by, and welcome to the new followers, it was so gratifying to know that so many of you were happy to take me out in whatever w...
Just a little teaser on what Ive been playing with today for Julie. If you want to see more, check out the Intrepid Thread newsletter :o)
Remember how last week was so productive? Yeah, this week not so much! Well, not on the sewing front anyway, I had a rush flat deep clean over the weekend for the surveyor coming on Monda...
Do you ever leave things to the last minute? You know, things that you could have done weeks, even months before an event, things that require other people to do things too? Just me? &nbs...
*PLEASE NOTE THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU FOR PLAYINGYay, its that time of the year again, yep its Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day Week. Welcome to anyone thats not been here before, and hi...
Amy, over at Amys Creative Side is running the Spring Bloggers Quilt Festival again, and this time I dont feel like quite such a fraud for entering! (Apologies to those that have been round the...
Today, the ASS Gurus help Frantic in Fresno.Dear ASS Gurus, The day tickets went on sale for Sewing Summit, I was him-hawing around about whether to purchase, and like so many others, I missed m...
Do you ever get bee block block? You know, when your bee mate gives you an entirely open topic to interpret and you havent a clue what to do? I had total bee block block with this mo...
I know many of you have been creating quilts or blocks for Siblings Together and Bee Blessed recently, but Danny has a small request for some smaller goodies to be made for a US charity, TRAC, w...
This was a good week for finishes after the bank holiday weekend disaster! I got the 2nd Siblings Together quilt binding finished, and my Retro Flowers basted, quilted and bound. I also g...
Achy bits first - I did my first exercise class in ages last night. I think the only bits that arent tired and/or dont ache are my head and my feet... Still, Im sure it was good for me. &...
I finally got my Retro Flowers finished this weekend - yay! I used a solid white backing, and even though I ran out of spray baste with about an inch to go on the top, it held well enough during quil...
Finally its Lauras turn to answer a question from the ASS Gurus, although be warned, the rest of us may continue with tips on this question as its a goodie.Dear ASS Gurus, What would you say the esse...
Back at the end of March, Lynne, over at Lilys Quilts, announced a new charity drive for quilts for a charity based in London called Siblings Together. The charity aims to reunite siblings...
Ive been a bit lax of late at showing all the happy mail thats been tumbling through the letter box requiring me to make trips up to the sorting office. Here are all the goodies that I have rec...
You know I needed another thing to do like a hole in the head, right? So when Nicky posted about her entry for the Umbrella Prints Trimmings competition a few weeks ago, and ment...
I had the weekend from hell quilting-wise. I had all these great intentions - back, baste, quilt and bind 2 Siblings Together quilts and back, baste and make a start on quilting my Retro Flower...
Yay, its back to that time of year when Sew Mama Sew gathers us all together for a mass giveaway/blog hop. It was through this event that I found many sewing blogs last May, which plunged me down the...
This weeks Zakka Style Sew Along project was for a pencil case, however I have other plans for a pencil case, so having seen a couple of people making them for their cutters, I thought my 2...
Another Sunday, another question for the ASS Gurus:This weeks question comes from Cowardly in Cincinatti :Dear Alternate SS Guru,What are the chances that someone youve never met in real l...
So today, as promised, Ive been basting and quilting the Siblings Together quilt tops that Ella sent to me. So far theyre both basted and one has been quilted. Im going to hit up the othe...
Way back at the beginning of April, Traceyjay came up with the fabulous idea of a 3 for insert month of choice project. That seems like a good idea, thought I, Ill take part... So lets se...
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