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I’ve indulged in some Folksy browsing and what a lot of beautiful sewing accessories, ideas and artwork I’ve seen. Here are my finds.

This is a tutorial of how I made my robot frame purse.

See my new robot fabric!

I’ve finished making my patchwork journal cover! I wanted to make one as I’ve started journalling every morning and wanted to be able to take it to work or on holiday with me without getting damaged. I didn’t use a pattern but used my imagination instead

My husband Pete wanted me to make a tool roll for him to store his spanners. I thought this would be fun to make, because all the spanners have numbers, each indicating a different size.

Thieves broken into the Empress Mills building in Colne, Lancashine, over the bank holiday weekend and stole quilts being stored there ready for the Empress Stitch Show.

See the memorial quilt made for a quilt teacher in Bury St Edmunds.

There’s a new exhibition at the Harris Museum in Preston of patchwork quilts. The exhibition is called “Stitches in Time: The History of Preston’s Women” and features quilted banners made by local women from the Well Women’s Centre in 1992 for the Pieces of History project. The project raised awareness of the influential part women [...]