Sometimes I think far too much about what I'm doing, especially when I'm designing and I wish I could just get on and 'do' more. I had a lovely day yesterday with Angela from Cocoon Home, trawling fabric and trim shops across London (literally, I slept well last night, it felt like we covered the… Continue reading Go with your gut Julie!…
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Anyone 4 tea?…
Birthdays come and go but I wanted this year's to be special and it really was, not because we did anything flash, more because we kept it simple and everything fell into place. (Plus it was a 'significant birthday' but we won't say any more about that, the clues in the heading...) We decided to catch the… Continue reading Anyone 4 tea?…
Spurred on by a discarded pin…
Well, I've had a REALLY long break from gilhoolie and I have to admit I've found it a bit hard to get back into things after the relaxing (yes, relaxing!) school holidays. I was just clearing up after the weekend and nearly stepped on a discarded pin and, as well as being relieved no-one had… Continue reading Spurred on by a discarded pin…
Our house is becoming a gilhoolie gallery…
I keep telling myself it won't be long until the sun's shining so that I have an excuse to buy some new clothes, have a barbeque and sit in the garden sipping a nice cold glass of Pimm's... well you have to dream don't you?! At least I finished this machine embroidered picture today, oh… Continue reading Our house is becoming a gilhoolie gallery…
Inspiration at Liberty, London…
I had the best day out last Saturday in London with my husband. We started off by catching the train and sitting and chatting with a cup of tea, very civilised and bliss to have some rare, quality time on our own. We were on our way to meet some friends for drinks and dinner… Continue reading Inspiration at Liberty, London…
A lesson learnt…
It's been too long since my hand-stitched lampshade course and I'm only just finishing off my next project. Luckily I have some really good handouts from the course but I wish I had made another one straight away! I remembered how to do the outside fabric but really struggled with the lining, taking two attempts… Continue reading A lesson learnt…
