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Beginner Sewing Tutorial Roundups
Posted on June 16, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedThere are so many beautiful and inspiring ideas for what to make once you’ve mastered the basics of sewing… A number of the students of my Learn to Love Your Sewing Machine class ask what to do next… here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing… How about a simple drawstring bag? [...]
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Busy crafts… Terrible photos
Posted on May 18, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedAs per usual, I’ve been stitching away and neglecting the blog of late… However, it’s been fun to get some good crafting hours under my belt/machine/needles, so I’m not too apologetic, really, I’m afraid! Top left is a the most basic skirt I’ve ever made and I LOVE it! The fabric is a border-print of [...]
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A lovely birthday party!
Posted on May 1, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedHappy stitching. Happy printing. Happy drawing and sewing and beading and threading. And most of all, lots of cake! And a lovely little write-up of the event here too… Thanks to the gorgeous people at the Courtyard Cafe for hosting and the gorgeous Georgie for taking the photos too. Over £100 raised in [...]
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The best kind of feedback…
Posted on April 15, 2013 by homespun in Uncategorized… is the repeat business of satisfied customers… I’m delighted by the number of happy stitchers and crafters who have returned to work with Homespun Living again and again. I contacted one of my most frequent repeat customers for a feedback quote for an article to be published in a local paper shortly, and was [...]
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One a Penny, Two a Penny
Posted on March 29, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedA lovely Easter Thursday squirreling away in the kitchen… Moussaka for dinner and homemade hotcross buns with custard for pudding! I managed to leave the dried fruit in the scales rather than kneading them into the dough… (DOH! being the operative word) but they were yummy nonetheless… The recipe is from a very functional cookbook [...]
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It’s Official!
Posted on March 22, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedBirthday party preparations are well and truly underway… From 10-12noon, on Saturday 20 April, I will be here… Come join us! See HERE for more details.
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The joys of crochet
Posted on March 12, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedI’ve been getting around a bit recently, and thought you might like to see the chat! Hotcourses Study Guide… And having a lovely time getting prepared for the next few classes too with some patchwork preparation amongst other things…
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How to choose a Sewing Machine…
Posted on March 9, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedI often get asked by interested crafters advice on which sewing machine to buy, or what features to look out for. So here goes… I usually begin my advice by comparing sewing machines to cars: I’d be keen not to suggest one and only one model or even brand being the ‘best’ as there are [...]
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Happy Birthday Homespun
Posted on February 15, 2013 by homespun in UncategorizedWhat a busy year! This month a year ago, marks the beginning of the plans and plotting that resulted in the birth of Homespun Living and its first class in May last year. I can’t believe how busy the workshops have become and what lovely people there are in the local area who are keen [...]
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Parties and preparations
Posted on December 21, 2012 by homespun in UncategorizedGreat fun baking and preparing for the party… Great fun face painting and singing and drinking and making merry at the party… Great fun baking up individual Christmas cakes… such a lovely little project, I’ll post the VERY BASIC details on a separate post… Little snippets of Christmas around a crafty house…
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