Lots of crafty talk on our blogs this week! Vanessa has been ordering seed beads and then making posts of which I understood about five words of! At least I could stare at the pictures and say “ooohh, pretty”. Sharon has been talking about her tools of the trade, including a superb replacement for those cheap needle threaders that everyone seems to have (and break!) Leah has been buying “Happy Flowers” for her unwell daughter, very cute And Fern has [...]

My first (of hopefully many, but we’ll see!) free needlework pattern is up and ready to be put on anything you fancy! Pictured is my version of the twirly birdy, I wanted to add more colour to the outline so double threaded some pink in with black, and I must say it looks pretty good. I also chain stitched the legs to add a bit more bulk. It wasn’t placed onto anything special, just a piece of cotton, but I [...]

Sorry guys I meant to post this yesterday but ended up distracted! Lincraft is having a sale, 50% off ALL of their fabric and 33% off most of their yarn (it excludes the Lincraft DK and Cosy Wool), I can’t find any date that it’s ending, unless the deal is included in their Winter Clearance which finished on the 10th of August. The deal is also available online, and it doesn’t look like the 1 metre minimum has been applied [...]