SweetMyrtle

really happy!

i have been grinning like a cheshire cat as the parcel that i was excited about receiving yesterday contained this...

a copy of the summer issue of Cloth all for me.

not only was i delighted to receive a free copy of this cool new sewing magazine  but i was also both anxious and excited to leaf through to find this...

... i knew that it would be in there somewhere and was so pleased to discover the article that Clare wrote after spending the day with us in the studio back in March. the magazine also shares a tutorial (with my photos.. yay!)  on how to create the 'sewing notes' ring binder cover. which i blogged about here.

 

 so thrilled!

Cloth has a smaller A5 format than the usual sewing magazines, is 88 pages long and the FSC paper it is printed  on is pleasing and tactile.  it is filled with ideas, articles, sewing workshop information, event dates, tutorials and useful techniques. in this issue there is even a pattern for a cute  bikini.

Alice and I started working together at the end of 2001 and have had our work  and tutorials included in various glossy and sewing mags before but this is the first feature we have had written  actually about us... so thank you so much Clare... as i said before, we are thrilled!

wishing you all a fun filled weekend. we are off to meet a lovely friend and an equally lovely furry friend tomorrow for a walk and chat... fingers crossed for some sunshine.

x

edit to add.. i cannot seem to make the Cloth links work... but the web address is www.clothmagazine.co.uk

a new friend and some bead fun!

for some time i have been meaning to properly introduce you to Clare (pass the pattern)

Clare is a vibrant, talented journalist who writes for a variety of publications including Knitting World.

you can read all about her  here  and read about some of her commissions here.

Clare contacted Alice and I regarding a feature for Cloth magazine  and spent a day with us in my studio last month.

  She experienced the double act that is 'alice and ginny' which to the uninitiated is rather like watching tennis, accompanied by incessant talking (usually from me!) Luckily she survived and has now written a wee piece on us which includes my Sewing notes  cover tutorial. Cannot wait to see it in the Summer issue of Cloth.

as Clare lives nearby she came to our Monthly Make workshop at The Westy on Monday. the 2 hour session called Bead Fun was based on the necklaces that i love to make using felt and paper beads.

each of the 30 women attending created either a necklace or a bracelet to take home with them.

Clare's  funky orange creation coordinated with her red hair perfectly.

here are a few more creations.. i am afraid that the photos are poor quality as we run the class in the bar area, which doesn't mean that i was drunk but it accounts for the weird lighting.(which i have tried to correct ... badly!)

 

 

 it was such a fun evening with a great vibe and the ladies all left proudly wearing their handmade jewelery.

do please pop over to Clare's Pass the Pattern blog for lots of inspiration  and an interview with our gorgeous editor, the fantastic mrs fox... you won't be disappointed and if you get a chance pop over to our alice and ginny blog to read about another wee bit of press.

oh ... and have a wonderful weekend

gx