Congratulations to Suzanne Jones, aka Heckadoodledo, whose design was chosen as the winner by our judge, Jackie, of Paint Your Own Ceramics with Calli's Corner. Suzanne's lovely sea life mask template is available in our Market Place, along with the other entrants', and a couple of other masks.  Don't forget, if you order a mask, order a swatch and I'll print the patterned section and include plain fabric for the lining. (£

    Our next Fabric Fun Craft Club night is on Thursday, September 10th at 8pm.  We will be making beeswax food wraps.  If you haven't used them yet, you've probably seen them about - the sustainable alternative to clingfilm.  Although they're not cheap to make, they're definitely expensive to buy! And if you've made your own, you'll know how to refresh them when they lose their stickiness.   Boxes, containing everything

  I should have known better than to have a competition closing date as we returned from holiday! (Sorry!)  So, later than planned, here are the entries to our face mask design competition: Luminesce Sea Life by Heckadoodledo  This is shown in two versions, for a fitted mask, on the left, or for a folded mask.  You can read more about the two styles and get your own template in this blog post.   MASKpineapples by Jill

  Due to staff holidays, there will be no printing between August 15th and 25th.  The last date for guaranteed delivery before the break is August 12th.

  Welcome to our first design competition of 2020! You are invited to design a mask / face covering.  This can be based on either of the PmP templates, available here, or you can use your own pattern for the mask.  These usually take a little more fabric than a swatch, so use Centre for your repeat option and I'll use the fat quarter view to show them, so that we can see the whole mask.  Give

  It seems that masks are going to be needed  more  - since July 24th, you've needed one every time you go in a shop and who knows where will be next?? If you are lucky, you can buy paper ones relatively cheaply.  However, they then have to be disposed of, and, over time, the cost will mount up.  So a washable one makes sense.  Or, rather, several washable ones!  I've recently seen

  Now that we have to wear a face covering on public transport, it makes sense for those of us who can to make our own.  There are lots of tutorials on Pinterest (you can find some on my board Crafty Sewing Ideas) and they are fairly simple (and quick!) to make. However, if you're anything like me, the hassle of finding a pattern and a tutorial, sourcing materials and getting motivated to start making, is enough to

  I'm not a fan of face masks, but since, as of today, we have to wear them on public transport, it seems sensible for those of us who sew to use up some of our fabric stash and make our own.  There are lots of patterns and tutorials on the internet.  I've put some on my Pinterest board Crafty Sewing Ideas.  Please be aware that these are face coverings, not surgical masks - but that

  Now that schools and nurseries are closed, many of you will be wondering how you're going to keep your children occupied for all those extra hours each day.  It's going to be especially hard for those with pre-schoolers who have fewer resources of their own to fall back on.  Most of you are probably creative and are probably used to doing creative activities with your children.  But even you may run out of

What interesting times we are living in - as in the traditional curse, 'May you live through interesting times.' There is so much uncertainty at the moment, but it looks as though we will be confined to barracks in the not-too-distant  future.  With that in mind, I have decided to go ahead with the April and May Fabric Fun Craft Club, subject, of course, to my being able to access the things we need, and  post

  During our February club night, we embroidered the design which  Helen Hodgson, aka Polly Dextrous  created for us.  We learnt some simple stitches and enjoyed embellishing Helen's design.  A hoop was included in the box so that you could use that to frame your embroidery, but I think most of February's embroideries are destined to become cushions.  As soon as I've finished mine, I'll post it on Instagram

START DESIGNING FABRIC IN 5 DAYS! Did you miss our 5-day design challenge back in December? Don't worry, you've got  another chance to start designing now.   Now that it is fairly easy to get small quantities of fabric  printed  (from 20cms²), do you ever think that you'd like to create your own design?  And then think, 'But I don't know where to start!'? Here is your chance to try