A little angel to make up quickly for Christmas.

Had a lovely 4 hours in April today teaching a fab group of ladies at Sunshine House Community Centre in Wigan. A warm, welcoming venue w...

Early next year, The Lace Guild will be publishing a book of scarves and one of the patterns will be a design of mine in crochet.

I suppose this is the module that I was really dreading having to start on. I know that I tried to keep records as I was working on them,...

Well it does seem strange that this is almost the last post in this series about my City & Guilds Level 3 work in Craft Design & Embroide...

Okay - so this is the FINAL piece of work to be created for assessment ... HURRAY! Once I had okayed my idea, I could prepare my design...

I recently spoke to a friend about some of the work I did in this module and realised how satisfying it was to sit and quietly contemplat...

Well, I can hardly believe that this is almost the end ... well not quite, but it is beginning to feel like it. This module was particul...

Making Buttons and Beads: I have made buttons before from materials like Fimo - a polymer clay, which is hardened in the oven and have al...

OOh .. I just love this module; and looking back, I know there are a few things I want make using these techniques. There were quite a few...

So, this module is all about patchwork. I must begin by stating that I was definitely not looking forward to this, having tried patchwork...

This piece was so much fun to create, but I couldn't have done it without the help of my lovely hubby, who is an engineer! So, firstly, m...

It's so hard to choose now which of my assessed pieces is my favourite, but I have to say, it might just be this one! The project was lin...

The manufacturing process of this wall hanging took longer than I thought it would, but was certainly fun to do. Once I had chosen my fa...

As part of Module 7, I had to produce details of a full working design for a manipulated wall hanging. The final piece was to be complete...

Wow! I can't believe this is almost the end of Module 8 and only 4 more to go. I have no idea where time has gone this year. I planned to...

I so loved this Module. Free machine embroidery has become an amazing and wonderful technique for me and is useful for many different app...

So many different methods to colour your fabrics! I hope you have found some inspiration in parts 1 & 2. Here are some other experiments,...

I really hope that you enjoyed part 1. In this blog, I will look at Batch, Jam-Jar and Ice Dyeing .. 3 very different techniques, which r...

I am going to really enjoy writing this blog as there is so much to say and to show you! It will be written over 3 parts, just because of...