2018 - New Year, New Blog

Welcome back to my blog - it's had a bit of a makeover, with a new name and new colour scheme to celebrate my first post after a gap of four years!

March 2018 has certainly come in like a lion...so let's hope it goes out like a lamb! I could certainly do with some warmth and sunshine after the icy weather of the past week. We got off quite lightly here on the south coast, compared to other parts of the country, with just a thin covering of snow and some icy rain....but, oh, those winds, they were bitingly cold!!

Now the days are getting a bit longer and lighter, I'm feeling more like sewing again. My Etsy shop is pretty slow at this time of year, but I'll be adding more of the 'Kimono' planner covers that have been selling well, and a few more of the 'Indigo' covers, which have also proved to be quite popular.
The new 'Indigo' fabric is lovely - it's cotton but feels more like linen, with a looser weave. The designs are reproductions of traditional Japanese cloth designs, using indigo dyes, and they really are quite special.

The covers come in A6 and A5 sizes, to fit Hobonichi-type planners, or you can buy them with a standard page-a-day diary.

I also have a limited number of 'Batik' planner covers - trimmed with gold, glittery, organza ribbon - in various colours. These are fabrics I picked up at a show last year, and they're gorgeous, but I only bought a FQ of each, so can't repeat them. These are all A5 ones...

...but there are also a few A6 covers without the organza ribbon, such as this one.

I'll be making some more felt very soon. I still have a box full of yummy wool tops and silk fibres that are crying out to be felted, and felt-making is guaranteed to warm me up on a chilly day. It's a bit hard on my dodgy shoulders, so I have to limit the hours I spend rolling it, but it's well worth the effort to create such lovely, tactile fabric.

So, that's my week planned. Have a good one!