I’m so excited – my first review! I have just received this fabulous Buttonbag Christmas Advent Calendar from John Lewis – I can’t wait to show you what’s inside.
Buttonbag’s make-your-own Christmas Advent Calendar kit is great for beginners as it contains everything you need and can easily be made in a few hours. You don’t need a sewing machine either – which is a pretty handy thing as I’m without electricity as my circuit breaker is being repaired!
In the kit are: Continue reading
Just incase you missed this last year!
Over the last few days I have been crocheting some Remembrance day poppies to help bring in some extra charity donations.
If you would like to make your own, please feel free to use this pattern and make a donation to your local Poppy appeal.
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I just wanted to write a quick post to say a massive thank you for all your feedback so far on whether to keep the braids or make them into squares.
So far, 8 lovely readers have said “keep the braids”, 7 (4 blog readers and 3 others) have said “go for squares!”
I have also had some great suggestions about trying out different border thicknesses or changing the border to red or grey (advice I’ll definitely take when it comes to framing the central piece).
Still undecided, I have spent the last few hours playing with a few more ideas… do you want to see?
I am currently making a Jelly Roll Quilt and need your help! I can’t decide if I should leave my friendship braids in their lengths or chop them up into squares.
The quilt is based on The Friendship Braid from Pam and Nicky Lintott’s “Jelly Roll Quilt” book. The Jelly Roll is called “Mod Century” and consists of these fabulous 50s and 60s style fabrics which have been designed by Jenn Ski.
As mentioned in my last post, my favourite thing about the Knitting and Stitching Show were the pieces of textile art that were on display.
Nicky Barfoot’s knitted nudes were amazing and raised many a smile.
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