I got completely mixed up over dates for this month's design challenge, so I'm afraid I didn't post the details last week.  I'll add a week to the closing date, too. This month's design challenge theme is Picnic Time - what would summer be without a picnic! Your design can be based on picnic scenes, food, etc etc, on appropriate colour schemes or design - whatever it means to you.   As usual, designs will be

  I will be away during the first week of July.  The last printing day will be June 28th.  I'll be back printing on July 9th.

We had three entries to the Butterflies and Dragonflies design challenge this month.  Showing them from lightest to darkest, with fat quarter followed by swatch, they are: Blossom Fabric by Kelly Woodward Pink Butterflies by Hilary Miller and: Butterflies and Dragonfly by Anna Alekseeva. These are lovely designs.  Please let us, and the designers, know if you like them, either below or on Facebook. Thanks to our three designers.  If you're thinking, 'I could do that

    It's time to sign up for our July Fabric Fun Craft Club box! We're planning a nice relaxing evening in July - sewing for a summer's evening!  We're going to make yoyos and make a fabric flower garland and a bouquet of flowers.  You can do this outside if the weather's good, you can take it on holiday, you can get the kids involved. Yoyos (also known as Suffolk puffs) are easy

It's challenge time again.  This month's design challenge theme is Butterflies and Dragonflies.  You can go for accurate portraits of these much loved flying insects, maybe a cartoon version, or concentrate on patterns and colours.  It's up to you!   As usual, designs will be shown on Facebook and the blog at fat quarter size (and, if appropriate,  also at swatch size).  The closing date will be June 18th.   The

  Here are the themes for our design challenges for the next few months.  The first date is the launch date, when, as usual, I'll give you the full details.  The second date is the closing date. Theme Date 1 Date 2   Butterflies & Dragonflies 06-Jun 18-June Beautiful flying creatures, gorgeous designs, amazing colours. Picnic time 04-July 16-Jul Outdoor eating at its best - or worst! Stately homes 08-Aug 20-Aug Buildings

  It's time to sign up for our June Fabric Fun Craft Club box! In June, we're going to be trying applique, using a sewing machine. You'll be able to decorate a beach bag and make personalised luggage labels, all using your new applique skills. Your box will include everything you need: a partly made beach bag with a snap fastener, fabrics, bondaweb, thread,  extra fabric, bias binding and wadding to make luggage labels, templates

What a month the past one has been!  I have been so busy with work and family commitments, that I'm afraid the blog has suffered badly.   I especially apologise that the design challenge entries haven't been shown. I thought there were two, but I can only find one, so if you entered last month's challenge and it isn't here, please get in touch and I'll put it right. The one entry I

  At our May Fabric Fun Craft Club we are going to dye fabric using natural dyes. There's something very satisfying about dying fabric with natural dyes, especially as many of them are readily available for little or no cost.  And there's plenty of scope for experimentation with colours! Although there's not a great deal of work involved in dying, the whole process takes a long time (days) so we won't be able to complete

April is the birthday month of our greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, so this month, our Design Challenge will be based on one of his best-loved plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Even if you haven't seen or read the play, you can still join in the challenge, because the play is all about true love (and not-so-true love!), fairies and comic donkeys.  Your fabric design might feature characters from the play, the fairy protagonists

We had two competitions running this month, but sadly only had one entry for one and two for the other. The Spring Cushion entry was Spring Flowers and Cute Bunny: The drill bag entries were Abstract Shapes and Doodles: and Rainbow Flash:   Thanks to the two designers who entered. The entries will also be on our Facebook page; you can comment there or below if you like the designs. Our next design challenge will launch on April 4th