Secret Santa
We thought for our first Sew Make Believe Christmas, we would have a secret santa for our members. However, rather than buy presents for each other, we thought we could make things! This is the plan: We all donate scraps of fabric, buttons, embroidery thread or any other embellishments we have spare. Then we share ...
Christmas Gift Suggestion: Sock & Glove
If you are having trouble thinking of some stuff you want for Christmas, then this may be a good idea. Perfect for any of you who have been utterly tempted by Caroline’s brilliant sock creatures, this book is supposed to be fabulous for giving you some ideas for all those gloves that will be going cheap in ...
Caroline: Sock Toy Tutorial
Two weeks ago we held our first practical workshop, and I showed everyone how to make a sock toy zebra. The finished article looked like this: Zade the zebra, available from my etsy shop Cute, isn’t he?! And by following the step-by-step instructions below you can make one of your very own! You will need: ...
Vintage and Handmade Fair
Tomorrow we will be heading down the M5 to Chipping Sodbury to visit the Vintage and Handmade Fair. I have no idea what it will be like but hopefully we will have a nice day! I suggest we meet at 9am in the car park near Next/Boots on the Shire retail park in Leamington. This ...
Christie: Reflections of a First-Time Quilter
I have shed sweat, tears and blood over the making of this, my first ever quilt, for my little boy (due any day now). The project began as a part of the creative/nesting instinct I have come to associate with the latter stages of my pregnancy. I often have urgent, albeit short-lived drives to create, ...
