Want to know what £120 of fabric looks like?

.... And the best part of it? it only cost me £48.

Mandors is a fabric shop in Glasgow and a few months ago they ran an offer with Itison whereby you could buy £40 of fabric for £16 pounds. I snapped up 3 of those vouchers and the picture above is what I bought.

This is what I picked up on my first visit. I just love the new way they are displaying the fat quarter bundles. All of these are quilting cottons.

This is what I picked up on my second visit. My favorite is the blue, white and red dress fabric. They had some of this fabric made up into a dress on a display and it was hugely inspiring so a dress it shall be. The white with love hearts on it is a jersey/ knit so I am going to get that made up into a top/t-shirt. I also plan to maker a nice little jacket using the black cotton drill that is hiding in there. And finally the black with sequin flowers is to be made up into jewellery rolls and possibly some make up pouches.

I can't wait to get started!

Love!

I think that finally the time has come that I will actually become a more active blogger.

What has brought about this massive change you ask?

My new phone. I recently got a Samsung Galaxy s 2 on my upgrade and seriously the amount of things I can do on it is incredible.

I figured out this morning that not only can I post blog posts direct from my handset but I can put pictures directly into the post from the camera gallery on the handset. That was always the part I hated the most; getting my camera, photographing, trying to find a.camera cable, putting the pics into computer, then uploading them into Blogger. Now its just one fluid process and it is done.

Wa-hey! Are you glad to have me back?

Don't you just love free stuff?!

Way back in September I got a lovely surprise on Facebook. I received a message from Mandors, a fabric and crafts shop in Glasgow saying that I had won a £20 voucher for their store.

I did venture in near the end of October but I wasn't really inspired to buy anything. I put this down to the fact that it was the week before Halloween and because Mandors have a big dress fabric section it was pretty busy. I don't really do well in shops where there are lots of people because I constantly feel as if I need to keep moving if people are trying to get past me. So I gave up on this occassion with the promise to re-visit when it would be quiet.

Wanna see what I got when I did go back?

First off I picked up 2 of these FQ bundle of 8:



Then I saw this cute FQ bundle of 6:





And besides these cute bundles was this amazing FQ bundle of 6:





This fabric is going to be used to make something for ME!!!!! I'm not sure I ever make anything for myself, is that the same for all crafters?! Details will follow on what its going to be.

ETA: This lot didnt come to £20 exactly... I may have spent a little more that that ;-)

The Craft Book Challenge

Since I have been lacking creative motivation lately, I have been keeping up to date with my blog reading in the hope that I can garner inspiration from somewhere.

I found an interesting challenge on Liesl Made . Liesl has challenged herself and others to create at least one item per month from one Craft book thats already on your bookshelf.

The button for the challenge is on my sidebar.

Luckily for me, I have exactly 12 craft books in total: 2 are not pictured below, The Bag Making Bible by Lisa Lam and Son of Stitch and Bitch.



For once, I actually think this is definitely an acheivable challenge for me.

I may or may not have already started on a project from a book ;-)

Hiatus

Hi to all!

I have had a very long hiatus from this blog and also from crafting in general.

2010 was an exceptionally tough year for myself and my family and sewing was pushed to the side. I lost my mum in July after an 8 month battle with cancer. She was my inspiration, my muse and my very own personal tutor. She is the reason I started sewing and I idolised her for the way she could make ANYTHING. If ever I had a problem or needed to troubleshoot a problem or a concept just didn't make sense I would run to her for help.

Without her here to guide me and motivate me, I have been a bit lost.

However, to just give up on it because she isn't here would be silly. I love sewing and the idea of making my own things for my family and for others, just like she did throughout her life. I just need a little bit of a kick start again (she would have been the one to give me a kick up the bum!).

I have a few things planned which I will post about in the coming weeks.

Kat