Making an embroidered bobbin candlestick

Making an embroidered bobbin candlestick

Living in West Yorkshire, the landscape is peppered with old mill buildings that tell the story of our industrial past. Some of these mills are vast affairs and reflect the huge scale of the cloth industry in this region. Sadly it is all long gone and while many of the old mills have been restored and repurposed, many also stand deserted and decaying. Not long after we came to this area, I came across these old mill bobbins and I loved how tactile they are, steeped in the history of wool production and heralding a day when we produced high quality cloth here in the north.

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Making Mr. Scrooge

Making Mr. Scrooge

The weeks before Christmas are simply the best. I love all the build up to the celebration and take great pride in decorating my house. I always love to add something homemade to the feast and this year it was Mr. Scrooge.

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Making a Sashiko Christmas Tree

Making a Sashiko Christmas Tree

So Christmas is coming (Yay!) and I am working on some bits and bobs for the festive season, but I wanted to return to something I made late in December last year and didn’t have time to write up a post about. It will be one of the first things I put out this year on December 1st.

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The Nutcracker Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern

The Nutcracker Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern

It has been a bizarre week!  Despite the unusual heatwave that has been with us for quite a while, I found myself rummaging around in the garage, lugging boxes of Christmas stuff into the house, putting up the tree and decorating it...taking photos and then putting it all away again - even Basil the cat thought I had lost the plot.  However, it was totally worth it because now I can bring you my new pattern....a Christmas tree skirt.

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Tilda's Patchwork Santa

Tilda's Patchwork Santa

I mean, seriously....isn't he just darling?!?!?!  In fact, this statement would apply to just about anything in the book that he came from -  the latest book from Tilda's Tone Finnanger, 'Sewing by Heart'.  I think the only way to describe it is 'divine'.  Glorious photographs of beautiful hand made things with a Scandinavian flavour - it is an all year around book, with projects for every season.

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