And you could take the title two ways – a Crazy Patchwork block or (and this is the real meaning here) suffering from Bead Embroidery block – like Writers’ Block y’know. I’m putting it down to all the machine sewing I’ve been doing lately – our caravan came out of hibernation briefly for her annual…
Took a whole day off yesterday – Friend Barbara and I went to the show at Manchester Event City, braving the icy weather. We must have walked around at least four times seeing something new each time. We both had shopping/wish lists and got nearly everything on them. Barbara missed out on some beads while…
We’re doing a lot of – or rather planning to do a lot of – TLC on our home this year. I’ve got plans for every room in the house (read bungalow) plus the garage-come-stockroom. This one is the first on the list. Originally we were going to get it totally knocked down and rebuilt…
Before Christmas I had the insane idea of making both a Christmas Day table setting as well as a New Year table setting. Then we decided to go to Spain so all those good intentions went out the window. Our Christmas table was therefore just a bought in table runner and a big glass bowl…
It’s been a busy few weeks (months?) lately but now I can sit back, relax and regroup. We’ve just returned from a very successful fair – Makit’s LQN Christmas Fair held at Solihull and now it’s time to take stock, update the website and start thinking about Christmas. The new Book In A Bag kits…
Been getting more books on Amazon Kindle – to date there are 4 Millinery ones (from a previous life) and 4 (5 tomorrow) Cottons Collection ones – I’ve also been getting our new product ‘A Book In A Bag’ ready for December. This is instead of individual kits which take an age to prepare and…
We are finally proud to announce our new product – Book In A Bag will be launched in December. There will be 5 books in all The Beaded Chatelaine Cased In Cottons The Decorated Desktop Crimbo 1 Crimbo 2 All will be available either as a Kindle e-book or as a kit for all the…
I have been keeping this piece of news secret for quite a few months now and it’s been so hard. BUT I can now shout from the roof tops (if I had a head for heights, was wearing a hi-vis jacket and safety harness ….._ I will be running two workshops at next year’s Great…
As I have already posted on Facebook, the first two of the Cottons Collections Kindle books – A Beaded Chatelaine and Cased in Cottons, will be free for five days each. Cased in Cottons comes first – 2nd October – 6th A Beaded Chatelaine next – 8th – 12th October So head on over to…