A wool shop in Berlin

I recently came across this rather splendid bicycle in Berlin: Herr U’s bicycle, photo by Amanda Jane Ogden The week-long Berlin trip was a (special) birthday gift to my companion, but I got to go too. The bicycle was leaning against a shop in the Heckmann Hofe – a series of inter-linking courtyards in aContinueContinue reading “A wool shop in Berlin”

Needlecraft is in the news

Now I know I have blogged before about quilting in the news (click here to see that post) and in that case it was a local newspaper. There was, however, a longish article in the national newspaper The Observer dated 30 April, entitled ‘A stitch in time saves stress down the line: needlecraft is the cool newContinueContinue reading “Needlecraft is in the news”