Adventures of a novice dressmaker - The Peppermint Peplum top

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Adventures of a novice dressmaker - The Peppermint Peplum top

So this is the first dress making pattern I have ever downloaded. It’s clever, the way it works - the software somehow enables you to find the layer for your size and just print that. It took me a little while to suss it out, but once I had it all printed I fixed it together like a jigsaw puzzle. At this point, I was already thinking that I should probably use some of my Swedish pattern paper to make a copy … if it turns out well.

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Making a Patchwork Bird Pond

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Making a Patchwork Bird Pond

Around Easter time, our youngest son was home from London for a couple of days and it so happened that it was warm and sunny weather. He was lying on the grass in the middle of the garden while the rest of us were sitting on the terrace with our mid morning tea. All of a sudden he jumped up and declared ‘we should have a pond!’ and within 5 mins, he, along with my husband, had got the spades out of the garage and started digging.

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Top tips for exhibiting at a quilt show

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Top tips for exhibiting at a quilt show

Have you got your breath back after the ‘Festival of Quilts’ ? It was so wonderful to meet everyone and thank you to all those who stopped by and chatted, browsed and shopped on Ruby’s Stand. I thought the show was amazing this year and I thought it might be fun to write a little post about what it is like to be on the other side of a stand. This was my second year at the NEC and I learn so much every time I do one of these shows. It is about so many things…..transport and logistics, display and stock, technology and social media, marketing and selling skills and being able to stand on your feet all day for 4 full days.

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