I have found it so hard to get started this year. The snow and ice made our Christmas holidays extend by a week and by the time I got the children back to school I had a lot of catching up to do!
Once I had spent a few days organising the house, tidying, sorting, finding room for the new items that had arrived over Christmas my attentions turned to my website which has been sorely neglected since before Christmas. I hadn't added any new fabrics for weeks and the shelves were looking a little bare!
So, here is the latest additions to the website with lots more to come over the next few weeks.
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My favourites are the Lucienne Day fabric, the saucy French burlesque dancers, the 1920's carousel horses and the Muffin the Mule fabric. In fact I love all of them but these were some designs I have not seen before.
Today I went to see an old lady who had a roll of fabric that she had been given just after the war and always thought she would do something with it. She now realises that she probably won't and as her children are not interested in it she sold it to me. It is very pretty and I will be adding it to the site next week. She was delighted to hear that there are people who would love and use her fabric instead of it languishing in an old trunk, or worse, as her children have already said jokingly that they will be getting a skip for all her stuff once she pops her clogs!!
I had a lovely pile of books for Christmas and have been dipping in and out of them. Some are for reference and some are crafty books. My lovely friend Amanda bought me a bag of wool, some felting needles and a book on making cute animals. I can't wait to give it a go! I don't think my work will ever reach the giddy heights of
Gretel's beautiful art but I would love to make a few little felty friends.
I have neglected my blog of late and have found it hard to keep up with everyone elses too so I am sorry if I have not visited yours or commented for a while. I promise to find more time to do this soon.
*UPDATE*
Many of you noticed the fatal flaw in my plan and have asked about several fabrics which have not yet found their way on to the website. I was hoping to have had them all listed before I posted this entry but that wasn't to be! I will have all fabrics up this week, sorry!
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