Stitch This

  • FOQ (oh, who cares, it’s been a long day)

    Oh God, I hope my bank manager isn’t reading this. Me and my flexible friend had some fun today at the Festival of Quilts. Well, it’s once a year and I don’t spend cash on clothes do I? Another reason for frequenting charity shops I say. Anyway, back to the booty. What did I get?…

  • #foq (7)

    And so I give up. Feet aching, wallet weeping. That’s it for another year. I hope you enjoyed our day trip together. I did. I will do a proper round up hopefully tonight but I leave you with the colourful decoupage papers from Decoupatch. What a nice man!

  • FOQ (6)

    Let me in!! This is the virtual studio at FOQ. it only opens tomorrow but they were getting the fabrics ready today, think dyed heaven. I wanna be there!! Other highlights include Kaffe Fassett knitting peacefully at The Cotton Patch stand and scoring an obscurish book from the Quiltmania stand. Un coup de foudre.

  • #foq (5 I think)

    Stop the clocks. Go to the Festival if only to see this quilt. Well, piece of art. It’s tucked away in the far corner by quilt creations (why? Why?) and is unbelievable. Go and see it. Really. It’s by a lady called Kate Crossley and is up for sale!!! Sadly I don’t have cash but…

  • #FOQ (4)

    Just finished my workshop and have made two groovy flowers with the aim of ending up with a (wearable) necklace like the one at the bottom. Here’s hoping. As you can see I’ve gone off piste and used my own buttons and some of the lovely hand dyed felt I’ve just bought from Oliver Twist.…