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🗺Half term is looming.  Are you starting to think about what you will do if you have a bit of spare time whilst on holiday?  Would you take any smaller handsewn quilting projects with you?

⏱Time to get planning for your hols!  Let me know what you think!

We visited the Royal Yacht Britannia and once I found out the embroidery above the Queen’s Bed had been especially commissioned, I knew I wanted to tell you all about it.  And there's a surprising link to one of my craft kit suppliers!

How do you create and grow?  It’s World Creativity and Innovation Day today which provides people with an excuse to try to solve old problems in new ways –with the potential of finding better and more effective methods to accomplish our goals! 

I love the way the website Days of the Year has encapsulated the History and also the ways of celebrating creativity.  I have taken their text exactly - it's explained so well so thank you so much to Days of the Year.  I would think so many of my customers are so creative and innovate on a daily basis with their crafting and sewing.  But what new ways would you find from the list below?

ARTISAN STITCH - I have an exclusive discount for members of the Artisan Stitch Community Facebook page for these amazing sewing courses right here in Edinburgh! Jen runs Artisan Stitch which is an award winning provider of classes for sewing skills and textile art in Edinburgh. I started going to her classes in 2016 when she was still based in Cockenzie House in East Lothian and close to home. When I had three children under the age of four, it was an occasional treat to take myself off for the day to these wonderful classes just down the road and...