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craft fairs and more 14 Nov 2011 | 05:44 am
Things have been a little quiet on the blogging front, mainly as I decided to get back into the variable world of craft fairs so have been busy busy busy. Yesterday I ventured over to the Doodle craf...
In The Red 10 Sep 2011 | 06:29 am
When you find the perfect shade of red wool to match that deep red fabric that you couldn't resist buying - well they just had to come together to make a few new clutch bags: The fabric is an unusual...
Wednesday Wool 31 Aug 2011 | 08:13 pm
Autumn approaches, a little chill in the air in the evenings and I'm looking towards my wood burner, wondering if it is too soon to get some flames going. I've adding some wool beanie hats to my shop...
Sewing For The Greyhounds 28 Aug 2011 | 05:45 am
Ever since adopting my greyhound Casey I have tried to support greyhound rescue charities in whatever way I could - either taking Casey along to greyhound rescue promotion events, attending fund raisi...
The Muse 21 Aug 2011 | 10:49 pm
So often we hear about designers, directors, artists having a muse - sometimes a model or an actress. I would like to introduce my very own personal muse. He lives with me, used to have a career in ...
Holidays and Hounds 19 Aug 2011 | 05:16 am
Braving the Great British Weather, buckets and spades packed, we headed off to Pembrokeshire, Wales for a week - this time taking our hounds along. Alfie, our lurcher, is a nervous boy and we did wond...
It's A Tartan Day 31 Jul 2011 | 05:18 am
I have a wonderful Aunt who very kindly sent me a batch of Harris Tweed tartan from her home in Scotland, alongside some other lovely woollen fabrics, a fantastic gift to receive for a fabric addict l...
Buttons and Hounds 28 Jul 2011 | 06:37 am
I love buttons. This is a fact. I have boxes of buttons, bags of buttons, some new, some old, some faded, some gifted, some treasured. So while thinking of a new picture for daughter's bedroom, it was...
The Ears Of A Cat 20 Jul 2011 | 10:02 pm
"Dear Parent Please send your child to school dressed as the super-hero of their choice....." Oh yes one of those frantic moments of putting together a costume with very short notice. Cat-woman was ...
Summer Crops 18 Jul 2011 | 01:10 am
A day of showers and sun, inbetween the latest downpour I was able to crop the last of the of fruit - and more of the prolific mange tout. Plans had been to make more sowings - beans, lettuce, courge...
