How to recycle a shirt!

Today’s post – by popular request – is an expanded version of an earlier one, in which I extolled the virtues of chopping up a shirt to produce material that can be re-used for various purposes, including patchwork and quilting.  Here then, is the state-of-the-art, illustrated, blow-by-blow method: 1.Choose a good brand. This shirt isContinueContinue reading “How to recycle a shirt!”

Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood

On Saturday morning, over a cup of tea, I was perusing a copy of ‘Embroidery’ magazine, dated September/October 2012. (I wasn’t in a time-warp – just that I had picked the periodical out a week previously, on the sales table at the Quilters’ Guild Regional Day.) ‘Embroidery’ is published by The Embroiderers’ Guild (www.embroiderersguild.com). OnContinueContinue reading “Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood”