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Breakdown of last 6 months and yet more reasons for lack of communication

Visit to Cowslip and how to put awkward shaped blocks together

Started off the new year with a retreat to Cowslip in Launceston with a group of sewing friends which was invigorating, seeing what other people are working on inspires you to keep sewing so gro...

New ranges that have arrived including Make Time by Aneela Hooey, Jungle Fever by Stacey Iest Hsu and Ladybird by Crystal Manning Workshops, Sewing Bees and Open Days happening this year and general ...

The Christmas workshop is looming and this morning I found some Christmas hats for us all to wear whilst sewing which along with mince pies, mulled apple juice and background music will make it very f...

I would rather finish the two quilts and a scrappy basket that I have on the go than spend time taking up trousers but sometimes the boring jobs have to be done

How to prioritise workload and how to choose essential rather than pleasurable (not quite the right word but bear with me)

Over the last month or so I have been playing around with a new shape or if its not new then it is definitely new to me. Samples included

A new range of fabric arriving every day!  Fabric collections are like buses at the moment, after a long wait they all arrive at once. I have so many plans for it all and will have samples ...

Looking Forward to June At long last there is light at the end of the tunnel - It won't be long before we can all see each other again and look at what we have been making and (particularly ...

I have decided that this year has to be healthier. Like most people I thought we would be out and about, travelling, shopping etc. by now, so why did I keep on eating, watching films (whilst sewing o...

I hope that everyone has a good Christmas and that you are not on your own (unless you want to be). For the first time we are home this year as my uncle is vulnerable so we have decided not to put hi...

Well Autumn is here I love all the trees/leaves changing colour and ground covered with leaves, until they get wet and slippery. I know I have been quiet for longer than usual, been waiting for ...

I am now in week 4 of working alone which is taking some getting used to, I still say we and us and talk to myself a lot, apart from feeling a bit lonely, I think I am alright - still spending money,...

Well the physical shop has now closed and changed from blue to grey. Joan and I enlisted the help of our husbands, which meant we could tell them what to do (makes a change) and between us we clear...