Rag Quilt for our latest addition

Welcome to the world Heidi! My son Matt and daughter-in-law Martha had little Heidi on Wednesday. She is so adorable- I am amazed at the overwhelming feelings of love that I have for her already :-) I love being a grandma, and all that it entails. I made my first quilt for Heidi. It's a rag quilt, quite easy and enjoyable to make. There are some tutorials on youtube that I followed. I'm thirsty to do more!!

Film

We are part funded by Staffordshire Adult and Community Learning Service. Some time ago they gave us the opportunity to have a film made about us that can be mutually used for publicity. This is it! Thanks to all those who were willing to be filmed. Sorry to those who didn't make the final cut. I would like it to be known I had no say whatsoever in the content!! I think it gives a good flavour of our crop. Well done everyone.

Free motion embroidery

I am loving all the cute free motion stitched pictures that are around at the moment. I did a class at Carol's last week, and have been playing. These are my first attempts. I also treated myself to Poppy Treffry's book, 'free and easy stitch style' which is excellent. It begins with the basics and has quite a few cute project ideas.

The Weekend

I had a fabulous weekend! Kevin and I sat on a committee to help organise a singles weekend for 25 plus age group for our church. We had about 400 delegates, and had lots of fun. Everyone was so friendly and out to have a great time. My contribution was to order some massage chairs and a chocolate fountain for 450 for the dance. Well, that was the right choice for me, loved both! A massage chair is now on my Christmas list ha ha! I also ran a scrapbook class, and met some great people, and some expert scrappers as well as newbies. I love that feeling when people go away from the class happy with something they have made. Joy! My daughter Becky came along, and had a go at bungee trampolining and the climbing wall. Of course, I would have too, but was just too busy (oh yes I was). Enjoy summer, there's not much of it left. I plan to get as many picnics and bbq's in as I can :-)

New die and crop

I've been playing with our new die for the big shot:-) It makes great mini books and will cut through mount board so perfect for the covers.

Also, there is another great free download from Cloth, Papaer, Scissors- here's the link: www.clothpaperscissors.com/free-fabric-artprojects/?a=cpse110808

Don't forget it's the crop on Saturday. I won't be there, but will miss you all! Enjoy :-)

July Crop

I'm excited about the July crop!!!!! We are having a little film made about us on the crop day. Because of that, we have some extra funding so I am putting together a free class for anyone who wants to do it. I have ordered some things which should come tomorrow so I can put together some samples. We will be playing with craft glassine and our Tim Holtz dies, including a new one....yay!!

Free Vintage Ephemera Downloads

Had an email newsletter from Stampington with some really cute downloads. Here's the link: www.stampington.com/artisan_avenue/2011/june/download.html