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World Textile Day in Llanidloes next Saturday
We're returning to Llanidloes next Saturday (17th March) for World Textile Day. This is the 10th anniversary of the start of WTD, when there were only three traders - me, The African Fabric Shop and...
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Knit and Stitch Show, Penrith - sashiko and boro classes next Sunday
I will be teaching two classes at the Knit and Stitch Show near Penrith on Sunday 15th April, and we will be taking some of the Japanese fabrics to sell too.Title: Learn Sashiko with Susan Briscoe:...
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A bit too busy to blog at the moment...
I haven't had much chance to blog in weeks! Straight after the Knit and Stitch Show at the Rheged Centre, I had three days of the City and Guilds Creative Sketchbook course I'm doing at Gillian...
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Sketchbook course exhibition on Tuesday
I'm showing some of my work from the C&G Creative Sketchbooks course in this little exhibition on Tuesday.
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From the Kogin Festival in Aomori
The last month has been so busy, and I had very little time to blog. I went to Japan for a fortnight with Katie from Japan Crafts, and we had a brilliant trip. One of our main reasons for going at...
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World Textile Day at Kings Sutton and WTD at Bridge of Allan...
Last Saturday was World Textile Day Central at Kings Sutton near Banbury. It is a long drive for us to get down there from Perthshire (we break the journey there and back, so it is a four day event...
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The National Quilt Championships at Sandown Park - next weekend
It's hard to believe but it is six years since I went to the National Quilt Championships at Sandown Park - the photo above is from 2012. This time, we are trading as well as me demoing (sashiko and...
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Some of the current Japanese fabrics stock...
Here's a small selection of some of the fabrics I am taking to the National Quilt Championships next weekend - various cotton yukata (above) and wool kasuri (below), plus some yummy new silks. If you...
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Oreo the cat fundraiser
While we were away having a lovely time at the National Quilt Championships, Fiona's cat Oreo went missing, only to turn up on Sunday badly injured after being hit by a car, breaking her legs....
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Many thanks to all of you who bought my Fanoe quilt pattern to help raise funds for Oreo's vets' bills. The fund is at almost £1750 today, just another £250 to go to have enough to pay for her...
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Next season's sashiko courses
I will be announcing the dates for the next Edinburgh sashiko course very soon. My next course will run from the autumn and will be four full weekend sessions of Saturday and Sunday, not individual...
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Next Sashiko courses in Edinburgh and Stockton - now booking
Dates now finalised and I'm taking bookings - please e mail me via my website. The sampler above was made by Jo Maguire on the Edinburgh course. All the info is below.EDINBURGH - Saturdays and Sundays...
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I wish I could have seen this installation. I did a piece of fabric for this. The fade was done over several months on the back shelf of the old Rover 75 saloon, so it was driven all over the UK in...
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Festival of Quilts ticket giveaway
It is FREE TICKETS time once again!I have managed to bag 20 complimentary tickets for this year's FoQ and I am giving them away. I will draw the lucky winner's names on Friday 27th July.To enter -...
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Press release for Festival of Quilts
I'm back - with more fantastic vintage Japanese fabrics than ever before!During the last few years, I've increased my fabric range considerably and now stock a big selection of vintage and recycled...
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Shimacho quilt from Canada
Linda Stephens, who I met when she came to Scotland last year as part of the Celtic Quilt Tours group, sent me a photo of her Shimacho quilt from 'Japanese Quilt Inspirations'. She wrote -This was a...
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Tricycle adventures, good and bad... and Festival of Quilts
We have a problem. My husband Glyn had a cycling accident last weekend on my 'new' vintage Pashley trike and has badly injured his knee. He has detached the cruciate ligament in his right knee and...
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Great Northern Quilt Show is coming up
Yuza Sashiko Guild teachers Reiko Domon and Chie Ikeda, and members Akiko Sakuraba, Izumi Sato and Keiko Ishikawa are on their way to join us for the Great Northern Quilt Show at Harrogate this coming...
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New sashiko courses starting soon!
The next sashiko course in Stockton-on-Tees starts on Saturday 15th September, and the one in Edinburgh (now running as four Saturday and Sunday weekends) starts on 22nd September. There's all the...
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Update on Edinburgh classes - Main course is cancelled but there will now be a 'reunion' session on 24th November, so I'm collecting names for that. Please bring any current sashiko projects you'd...
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