Sneak peek: sew make believe upcoming workshops
We’ve been a bit remiss in booking in workshops ahead of time lately, but this week we’ve listed a few for the coming months on meetup. We thought it might be nice to offer you a bit of a sneak peek of what’s coming up for the rest of the year! August workshop: button necklaces ...
sew make believe book club meetup: Wild Swans
Last night was our quarterly book club meeting, this time to discuss 1993 British Book of the Year, Wild Swans by Jung Chang. First up, kudos to the few of us who had actually read the whole book! I was relieved to find that many had struggled as I had, and only reached the centre ...
Patches
This week, I made the first step in starting my baby-to-be’s quilt: I bought the fabric! I knew exactly the kind of look I was going for but finding the right fabric proved harder than I thought. I was too impatient to wait until we had a free Saturday so I could shop locally which ...
Lysy: Clasp Purse Project
A small bag is a great little project to whet your appetite for crafting, and with so many different styles and helpful tutorials on the internet you’ll be spoiled for choice. I like the free patterns and tutorials at u-handbag, where there are links to the equipment for sale as well. I wanted to make ...
Inspiration: Crafty Storage
I have spent many an afternoon sorting my craft area only for it to get overwhelmed with clutter within a matter of days (usually before any crafting has taken place!). That’s why I am always on the look out for new ideas for storing all my crafty gubbins. I browse pictures of other peoples’ storage ...
Craft Book News
I was lucky enough this week to win a new craft book after entering the competition run by the lovely Alice at Backstitch. Fast Fabric Gifts by Sally Southern is described as ‘scrap fabric style, small scale sewing, thrifty chic’ which sit perfectly into both my craft wheelhouse (I love small, fast projects!) and the ...
Top Tips Tuesday: Sew, Mama, Sew!
If you are looking for a site with great tutorials, inspiration, a cracking shop (albeit with shipping from the US) and regular month-long series, then you should head over to Sew Mama Sew. Every Friday they have a fabric giveaway and they cover all sorts of sewing from quilts to clothes for kids and for ...
Inspiration: Tattoo Tapestry
Check out these fantastic new tapestry designs by Emily Peacock. They are so much fun, and another modern take on the traditional craft of tapestry. These kits come in two sizes, 55.5 x 46 cm for a large or 39 x 32.5 cm for a small. They make excellent cushions, but you could do whatever ...
AGM catch-up
Last Wednesday we had our first Annual General Meeting and it seemed to be a success! We had a great turn out and I really appreciate so many Members coming along and supporting us. The main purpose of the meeting was to introduce and ratify our Club Constitution which sets out the expectations for Members ...
UnityPanda
We received an email this week from an inspiring craft project in Coventry via one of our SMB girls. The project, Unitypanda, brings together enthusiastic knitters with a particular soft spot for pandas in order to create a collection of knitted panda teddies to send to orphanages in China. Following their celebratory exhibition tour, it is hoped ...
