I don’t believe what I have just done!..I have only gone and booked to go to the Spring Quilt Festival, at Westpoint Exhibition Centre, Exeter from the 1st – 3rd of April.
So to all the people I have told that I wouldn’t be there with my lovely British wool Tweed I apologise. more to the point I ought to get cracking with my lovely new samples so that they are ready in time.
Have a look below at some of our goodies which are available as kits or patterns.
Hope to see loads of you there 🙂
Hi everyone, I hope you are you all snuggled up by the fire on this cold, dark, rainy evening.
Here is our newest creation ready for Kirstie Allsopp’s Christmas Handmade Fair at Manchester Central this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, ‘Linda’s shopping Bag’ designed to help you avoid having to buy plastic bags. I couldn’t decide which colourway I liked the best so I’ve pictured two. Thank you Vicky Black for your suggestions for the acorns, the vibrant colours work really well. If you want to buy the pattern or kit you can by visiting my website www.quiltingantics.co.uk
I added this pattern and kit to the website today. Which made me think about all the ones that I haven’t shared lately, we have been very busy creating new designs throughout the autumn show season and I haven’t shown off our goodies for a while so this is a purely bragging post.
The pattern for these scrumptious pumpkins has been a free give away to people who join our mailing list or buy things from us online. (Newsletter going out any day now if you’ve been waiting for your pattern.)
Michaela Smith came up with this brilliant design for a sewing case. I have plenty of kits available in a variety of colours; if you need an idea for Christmas prezzies for your sewing buddies these are brilliant
Bunny in the Brambles was an idea born whilst my daughter and I were at Sandown quilt show. The leaves were inspired by the ones that Michaela Smith
used on her awesome Holly and the Ivy wreath and the bunny is modelled on our very own French Lop Bruce. Bunny in the Brambles arrived as a fully completed project but when I came home and described it to Sue she got to work and tweaked it into what we have today. The blackberries were made using advice from Michaela on simple stumpwork so the whole thing is a real team collaboration. Each person who contributed has added a little bit of magic to this wall hanging including my mother in law who disposed of the tatty old sticks I left by my back door thinking they were rubbish as it meant I had to source a new stick and I love the new one I found.
Do you remember that I shared my lovely kingfisher a while back? Well since then I’ve created the heron; they are made to go as a pair, which is your favourite?
Last but not least here are my Doorstop Diva’s. A great bit of fun that can be jazzed up with handbag jewellery, beads and bells.
If you want to purchase any of the designs that I have bragged about tonight go to www.quiltingantics.co.uk and you will find these plus loads more other things as well.
For your info I seem to be posting much more on Facebook than here lately; so if you don’t want to miss a thing you can ‘like’ my Facebook page and you will get all the goss’. This week on Facebook I’m doing a giveaway of tickets to Kirstie Allsopps Christmas Handmade Fair so don’t miss out.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, thank you for indulging me 🙂
If you would like to join us to make any of the projects that I have listed today, you can either message me on here, call in the shop or ring us on 01729 824708 to reserve your place. I hope you like all the goodies that we have got
Welcome once again to ‘Wool Tweed Friday’, a Special hello if this is the first time that you have looked at my blog. If you would like to be notified when I add future posts click on the ‘follow’ button and you will automatically receive an e-mail with each new post. As always I hope that you enjoy the selection of tweeds that I am sharing tonight, if you would like to purchase any of them, you can by, either ringing us at the shop on 01729 824708 or by leaving a message on here but remember it’s ‘first up best dressed’ here, as I only have the amount shown here in any one design/colourway once it’s gone, it’s gone!
This weekend I am at the quilt show at Duxford Imperial War Museum, Cambridge, our stand overlooks the cafe; if you are going it would be lovely if you stopped by to say hi.
for now though we turn to business, happy shopping 😉
Roll 41 Lovely steely blue with green, this design is very country house and spot on the current trend. 154″ x 8.5″ (3.66m x 0.21m) £24.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 42 Beautifully soft blue and green herringbone pattern. 100″ x 7″ (2.54m x 0.17m) £15.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 43 Sage green and beige 102″ x 6.5″ (2.59m x 0.16m) extremely soft to the touch £16.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 44 Autumnal shades of plum green and steely blue 159″ x 8.5″ (4m x 0.21m) £25. I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 45 Extremely soft tweed, two shades of blue 112″ x 7.5″ (2.84m x 0.19m) £18.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 46 Beautiful blues and greens 148″ x 8.5″ (3.76m x 0.21m) £24.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 47 Gold, reds and blues 143″ x 8.5″ (3.63m x 0.21m) £22.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 48 mixture of cerise and beige wools provide this beautiful warm glow 118″ x 8″ (2.9m x 0.20m) £22.50 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 49 a richer more autumnal shade than roll 48 again superbly soft 108″ x 8.5″ (2.74m x 0.21m) £20 I can sell this as a half or quarter of the full piece.
Roll 50 two small pieces of plaid, brown with a subtle red and blue threads in them each piece is 27″ x 7.5″ (0.68m x 0.19m) £9 for both pieces. Can sell as one piece or both together.
I hope you have enjoyed my selection and there is something for you, happy shopping and I hope to catch you later
Best quilty love, from Anthea and the team 🙂
Thank you to everyone who contacted us and bought tweed from us last week; once again it sold out very quickly. Thank you also for your ongoing support, it means an awful lot to a new and emerging business.
We have been very busy making new samples and are planning more free patterns to give away very soon in appreciation of your support, so watch this space 😉
Enough of this small talk here’s the main event of the evening, more scrummy wool tweed for your perusal. I hope you enjoy this weeks selection. If you like any of them and would like to buy some you can either message me on here or ring the shop on 01729 824708 don’t forget it’s first up best dressed so…good luck!
Roll 31 two pieces each measuring 68″ x 7.5″ ( 1.72m x 0.19m ) £18.75 lovely plum shades, very popular colour. (can sell as separate lengths.)
Roll 32 Beautiful fine, purple and pink herringbone pattern. 114″ x 6.5″ (2.89m x 0.16m) £16.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 33 Lovely plaid in country shades of grey/blue and green very useful addition to your stash. 143″ x 8″ (3.63m x 0.20m) (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 34 Trendy lightweight cream and beige herringbone will add brightness to any project or make a lovely background on which to applique. 104″ x 8.5″ (2.64m x 0.22m) £16.25 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 35 pinky tones. 158″ x 8.5″ (4m x 0.21m) £25. Very useful plaid (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 36 Green and plum tones. 156″ x 8.5″ (3.95m x 0.21m) £25. Another very useful plaid (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 37 Orange/red and grey herringbone pattern 144″ x 7″ (3.65m x 0.18m) £16. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 38 Plum shades of autum 140″ x 8″ (3.55m x 0.20m) £22. (Can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 39 Purple and navy dog tooth check, very very soft to the touch. 102″ x 6″ (2.59m x 0.15m) £15.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 40.Lovely lavender coloured herringbone pattern, beautiful. 110″ x 7″ (2.79m x 0.17m) .£15.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
It only seems like a moment ago that I was preparing my tweed pieces for last Friday and ta dah! its time to do it all over again. I hope you like the fabrics that I shared and that you will enjoy tonight’s selection just as much. I am at the quilt show at Inglistion, Edinburgh this weekend so if you are planning to come it would be lovely to have a natter with you.
It has been very difficult to photograph these fabrics as the plains are made from two colours, in order to look closely at them click or tap on the photograph and then by holding down the Ctrl button with either + or – you will be able to increase and decrease the image to enable you to see it properly
Happy perusing, if you see a piece that you would like to buy, you can either leave a comment on here or ring the shop on 01729 824708 and we will happily sort you out and pop your tweed in the post to you.
Roll 21. Ultra soft, lovely shade of Jade green, unfortunately the photo doesn’t fully do it justice. 116″ x 8.5″ (3m x 0.22m) £21.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 22. A sumptuious dark shade of Cerise, extremely soft fabric. 124″ x 8.5″ (3.16m x 0.22m) £22. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 23. The photograph looks a bit orangy but this fabric is certainly not orange it is a vibrant playfull cerise. Very very soft to touch. 118″ x 8.5″ (3m x 0.22m) £21. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 24. Rich blue with grey and orange plaid.139″ x 6.5 (3.6m x 0.17m) £18.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 25. Medium brown with a ‘greeny’ cast to it, very very soft to touch. 104″ x 6.5″ (2.65m x 0.16m) £15. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 26. Purple and grey, if you click on the picture you will see closely how the colours blend, another extremely soft tweed 118″ x 8.5″ (3m x 0.22m) £21.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 27. Denim blue and grey, extremely soft. 100″ x 7.5″ (2.55m x 0.19m)£16.50 (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 28. Greeny grey which blends to form an overall khaki colour 100″ x 7″ (2.55m x 0.18m) £16. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 29. Beautifully delicate pink and green, the photograph does not do this gorgeous tweed justice. 100″ x 8.5″ (2.55m x 0.22m) £17. (can sell as a half or quarter length.)
Roll 30. Pink and lavender combine in this very feminine piece of fabric, again the photo doesn’t do this delightful tweed justice. 100″ x 8.5″ (2.55m x 0.22m) £17.
I hope you have enjoyed my selection of fabrics this evening, we have loads more in the shop, so if you are looking for something in particular, give us a call and if we can, we would love to help you. I’ll have more to show you next Friday, but for now…that’s all folks!
Hi Folks, happy Friday!
Following the success of last weeks wool tweed sale here’s some more. I hope you like what you see. Don’t forget once they are gone, they are gone, we only have one identical length of any one design/colour. When you have made a selection you can either ring the shop on 01729 824708 to reserve your wool or you can leave a comment here. Good luck and I hope you like what you see. Good luck and fingers crossed we have the one for you.
Roll Number 11. Dusky Cerise. 118″ x 8″ (3m x 0.20m) £21 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 12. Much greener than the image shows. 121″ x 8″ (3m x 0.20m) £21 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 13. Lavender blue shades. 100″ x 8.5″ (2.54m x 0.22m) £20 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 14. Fizzy pink shades. 104″ x 8.5″ (2.64m x 0.22m) £20 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 15. Shades of denim. 126″ x 7.5″ (3.2m x 0.19m) £25.50 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 16. Subtle grey plaid. 140″ x 12″ (3.56 x 0.30m) £29.50 The full length would be great for bag making as this one is quite wide. (can sell as a half length.)
Roll Number 17. Blue of the night check, its actually darker than appears in the photo. 151″ x 9″ (3.85m x 0.22m) £25.50 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 18. Liquorice and Blackcurrant coloured 102″ x 6″ (2.60m x 0.15m) £15.50 beautifully soft (can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 19. Feminine shades of soft green. 95″ x 8.5″ (2.44m x 0.22m) £16.50 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 20. Difficult to put this beauty into words as its a delicious mixture of pink and mauve, in fact its so nice I’m not sure if I want to sell it! 100″ x 8.5″ (2.56m x 0.22m) £16.50 (can sell as a half length.)
As promised last week, here is a free pattern giveaway; its a simple one to get us started but a good one.
You will need
On an A4 sheet of paper draw a pear shape. I’ve tried to attach one here but if you can’t get the image it’s easy enough to draw yourself by drawing the pear as big as you can on the paper, fold the paper in half and cut out, doing it this way, your pear will be the same on both sides. Cut out 4 pear shapes in fabric. Insert a pin to mark the top and bottom middles.
Sew two pear shapes together from the pin at the top middle almost down to the bottom middle. Repeat for the other pair of pears. (Couldn’t resist saying that.) Because wool is a looser weave than cotton I sewed my seams twice to reinforce them by pivoting with the needle down at the end and sewing back to the start point, I did a few reverse stitches too.
Sew the two halves together, from top middle almost to the bottom on each side, you will now have a saggy looking old pear
Using some scrap fabric, or that ugly fat quarter you bought and now wonder what on earth possessed you. Cut two rough circles, mine were a bit small with an 8″ diameter so make yours a bit bigger. Sew almost all the way round, leave a gap to fill.
I used cat litter to weight one pear down and bird seed in the other. Fill the cushion with the heavy stuff and then sew the hole closed. Stuff the top half of your pear with toy stuffing or the inside of an old pillow and then feed the heavy stuff in last. It will be difficult to sew the hole closed in the bottom of the pear, so with the last piece of your fabric cut a circle to cover the hole, turn under the edge and slip stitch in place.
We used tweed for the leaves and stem but you can use whatever you have to hand at the time. Cut a 1.5″ strip of brown fabric and roll it up to form the stem. Slip stitch the loose end in place and then stitching through all layers of the stem and top of the pear, attach it to the top of the pear. Put two layers of green fabric wrong sides together and sew two leaf shapes on the fabric (no need to free machine) if you begin at the point that will be stitched onto the pear once you get back to the start you can then sew some veins on with a continuous row of stitching. Cut around the outside edge of the stitching to free the leaf from the scrap. Stitch the leaves in place on the pear. Next find a door to prop open and show off your posh new doorstop.
Thank you soo very much, to everyone who reblogged and who rang us to buy the wool tweed which I put on the blog last week…its now all gone! We were absolutely floored by the response, it was amazing and so definitely something I will repeat as it seems that many of you struggle to get a variety of top quality tweed at the low prices which we offer, I’m really pleased that we can oblige you 😉 Would it be useful if I made it a regular Friday thing? Let me know.
Today we have been very busy bees, preparing for the quilt show at Ingliston, Edinburgh next week. I decided that I would ‘knock up’ a few Union Jack cushions to show people how they can use the tweed especially the off cuts. The long thin strips are ideal; whats more it doesn’t matter if the lengths are a bit short as botching them up only serves to add to the appeal.
I don’t think it is a secret that I am a huge fan of wool tweed…I went shopping yesterday and I saw the most amazing fabric footstool; it was huge and had a hand painted cow on the top. It was also gorgeous but not the £150 worth of gorgeous the shop wanted for it. Then I had one of those light bulb moments and thought I bet we could make one of those in tweed…so we are! Continuing the theme of using up left overs, we decided to piece the top in small squares to use up as many bits as we could. Look at the photo, see how the random colours work together and compliment each other. I think that I will weigh the resulting block of squares and then if anyone wants to recreate our cushion we can bag up a random selection of colours so that you would be able to achieve the look as cheaply as possible. Again, feel free to feedback your thoughts as I am really eager to know what you think.
Finally for today I wanted to share, with you, the progress on the flying geese. We pondered for ages and thought about the feedback that we’d had, this is the result, the beginnings of a bag. Sue will make another strip of flying geese to go along the bottom, should they fly the same way or opposite way? then she will make up the bag using a simple design so as not to detract from the wow factor of the geese. I love it, well done Sue you have created a beauty.
We have had so much interest in our wool tweeds that we thought it was about time that we started to offer them for sale on line. Below you will find our first batch to be photographed. We only have one role of each colourway so it really is a case of first up best dressed…you snooze you loose! When you have made a selection you can either ring the shop on 01729 824708 to reserve your wool or you can leave a comment here. Good luck and I hope you like what you see.
We are also working on some simple patterns, using the tweed, which we intend to give away free on here. Yay!
Roll number 1. shades of purple, blue, black red and white. 136″ x 10″ (3.46m x 0.26m) £27.50 (can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 2. shades of blue, purple, Grey, white the piece measures 104″ x 10″ (2.64m x 0.26m) £25. (Can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 3. Autumnal shades, with blue/purple highlights . 152″ x 8.5″ (3.86m x 0.21m) £27.50. (Can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 4. Autumnal shades, with green/orange highlights. 152″ x 8.5″ (3.86m x 0.21m) £27.50 (Can sell as a half length.)
Rolls 5, 6 and 7 shades of mauve/dusky purple, click on the image to have a closer look at the colours. Exceptionally soft to the touch. All measure 116″ x 8.5″ (294m x 0.21m) £25. (Can sell as a half length.)
Roll number 8 Slate Green colour.
Roll number 9 Dark Olive colour.
Roll number 10 Slate Blue colour.
All roles 137″ x 6.5″ (348m x 0.16m) £19.50
(Can sell as a half length.)
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