Here is our new workroom! A lot has gone on in the past year and we decided to relocate from Loughborough town centre to the outskirts. It was for various reasons, parking was one of the issues, and also the area we were in wasn't quite suitable. We have now created a fabulous workroom which [...]
This morning I managed to make a ballet shoe bag, in-between all the other jobs that were crying out to be achieved! I've had the cupcake fabric laying around for a few years now as it wasn't quite big enough to make anything else with a small bag was perfect so voila! I sewed down [...]
Making a pattern from a favourite dress This last few weeks, as a part of a set of sewing lessons, we have been making a dress with a lovely customer who already had the basic skills of sewing but wanted to learn some dressmaking skills. The pattern was taken from another dress she already had [...]
BUNTING GALORE! We’ve been making quite a bit of bunting lately, there are so many celebrations going on, what with weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and lots more ‘happenings’ there has been so much to do. So we have given bunting the ‘Joy To Make’ treatment and it looks great, using cottons and cotton mixes [...]
What a great weekend we have just had! A lovely afternoon with Annie and her friends celebrating her 40th birthday on Saturday, they chose to do creative textiles instead of partying in a club, because they knew that was what she would prefer, so thoughtful of them. They decided to create a wall hanging [...]
We have a new bag on the block! It's our Stripy Summer Crochet Bag made with gorgeous, soft DMC Natura XL Just Cotton. Fancy having a small bag you can throw a couple of items in and pop out to the shops or for a drink? Then this is the bag for you! It's easy [...]
Creative Textiles Workshop I love fabric, its tactile, versatile, you can do almost anything with it, shape it, mould it, sew it, whatever. I am so very fortunate to have a fantastic array of different fabrics, different weights, different colours, from fabulous silks to gorgeous upholstery fabrics , braids, ribbons, buttons, cottons. With these [...]
Another lovely crochet workshop filled with lots of tea, giggles and learning the art of crochet! If you missed out on the workshop here's a few pictures of the evening where we learnt all the basics of holding the wool and hook, making a chain stitch, double crochet stitch, and half treble stitch, not to [...]
Easy Peasy Crochet Teapot Stand and Coasters I crocheted this teapot stand and 8 coasters in less than an hour. Materials 1 ball Hoooked Zpagetti and a 10mm hook. Teapot Stand R1 C4 then slip stitch into the first loop to form a ring. R2 C2, then 10HT into the ring, SS into the [...]
Oooh I loved the pattern as soon as I saw it, gorgeous burnt orange a real zinga for the summer…. And different too. It’s a crocheted tote bag, I used Natura XL the colour was perfect, and the weight of the cotton just right for the bag. Using a 5mm hook I [...]
