Golden Hours
20/05/2015
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We do like playing with our ribbons and coming up with different collections.
We have a complete shelving unit in the warehouse of ribbons (and now lace) that are not on the website.
It is the part of the warehouse that I try not to pass that often.
I always feel guilty that these wonderful goodies are just shelf sitters and I have not put them on the website.
Yesterday, Rachie and I had a little play and came up with Golden Hours.
This is a fun collection of mainly ribbons that are NOT on the website.
Three different bags of scrummy ribbons.
All bags contain 10mtrs of ribbons and lace
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Sunrise – is a splash of red, orange and yellow
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Midday – is an injection of purple and lilacs
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Dusk – is a blanket of black, grey and silver
Each bag is only £5.00 (remember there are 10mtrs per bag)
BUT……
You can buy ALL 3 bags for £10………..that’s 30mts, less then 34p per mtr
You can them HERE
Enjoy our Golden Hours – round the clock ribbons!
Ali x
Alternative Wedding
08/05/2015
Remember I told you we sponsored the Alternative Wedding a few weeks back.
Well, they have updated their page showing family and friends pictures of the wedding.
Our ribbons were used here…..
……and here.
Have a read of the special day here
Fingers crossed we will have a dry weekend.
Ali x
Whipped Chantilly
05/05/2015
Hello everyone, hope you all had a great long weekend.
The weather remained rather good for us here in Dorset right up to yesterday evening.
So no complaints about that.
We have been whipping up quite a dish here in the warehouse……
Who likes Chantilly?
Cream, white peaks of yumminess…….
We have put all our wonderful cream and white French lace together.
Most of the lace in this collection is NEW to our internet customers.
For our customers that visit us at the shows, I have FINALLY put them on the site for you!
Sorry it has taken me rather longer then I promised.
So why not get a large spoon and dig into our massive collection of Chantilly lace here.
Go on indulge yourself, as far as we can tell there is no other collection of French lace like this!
Have fun
Ali x x
Hello wednesday–bag of joy
22/04/2015
Good morning everyone, are you all enjoying the wonderful warm weather!
I would love to be sitting outside in the sunshine, but I can only stare out the window at the stunning blue sky.
Inside my office I am FREEZING! I have two thick cardigans on, and I have brought in my fluffy warm slippers from home and have slipped them on.
I must look like a bag lady!! But I have a lot of computer work to do this week, so not moving around very much, so need to stay warm.
I have been taking a bit of “me time” recently, you may recall last year I had decided to give up crocheting. I was finding my thumb just did not like it, so I hung up my crochet hook!
I have tried a few other crafts to keep me busy on the sofa in the evening….but with encouragement from my friend I picked up my crochet hook again.
I have always been a “wild” crocheter, although I knew the stitches I could not read a pattern. She suggested that I went back to school.
So I did!
I take it easy, never too much crocheting. Any twinge in my thumb and I down tools. It’s fun and I am really enjoying it….I can read a pattern!
But as always ribbons and buttons are not far from my side…….
…..and added to my crochet work.
I made this bag to keep all my crochet tools and things in.
I lined the bag and made pockets for all my crochet hooks, allowing room for all those others I may purchase!
The flowers needed buttons, so to match the polka dot dogs I choose our spotty buttons.
Find all the colours here.
To finish the bag….it had to be a handmade label.
Find the labels here
I love my bag, I took it to school this week and it was so easy to find everything.
Thank you, my friend for encouraging me and giving me that little push to pick up my hook again.
Ali x
More delights from France – Morlaix
21/04/2015
More scrummy cotton lace.
Morlaix is a fine delicate lace with a scalloped style edge.
It is only 13mm wide and available in 20 colours, so perfect for those little projects.
Cool Mint
Gazelle
Rose Candy
Just 3 colours to whet your appetite!!
You can find our Morlaix lace here
Enjoy
Ali x
The Alternative Wedding
16/04/2015
Have you read about The Alternative Wedding?
A young couple getting married and asking for help from sponsors
Read their full story here https://www.alternativeweddinguk.com/
When we were contacted by Danielle asking us for some ribbons……….
…..we were happy to say yes!
Have a fantastic day Danielle and Hannan, can not wait to see the wedding photos.
Ali x
Hello wednesday–sewing bug
08/04/2015
Little Mollie (my 6 year old niece) was in the office when I was making my walkaway dress.
She was so desperate to use my sewing machine. So I let her help me with a little money bag I made to go with the dress.
I put the machine onto snail speed, and she put her foot on the pedal, she guided the fabric through the needle.
The bag was made in no time, and I went off to London not giving it a second thought.
Well………………………..
I gather Mollie went on, and on, and on about learning to sew all week.
In the end Rachie gave up and found a battery operated sewing machine.
I set Mollie little challenges, drawing lines at first, then shapes onto fabric that she had to follow.
I could not believe how good she was.
So there was only one thing I could think of - take her to the next level.
Making a skirt.
I showed Mollie how to pin the fabric to make the waistband (I did the ironing). She then machined it.
Mollie wanted a pocket, so she found some of the fabric from my dress, we pinned it in place and she sewed around the edge of the fabric, (a new challenge to keep the machine foot on the edge of the fabric).
Next was the back seam, which she whizzed up.
Hem time, we pinned it together and added the jumbo ric rac, you can find it here, (another challenge) she had to sew down the centre of the ric rac without any guide lines.
We threaded elastic through the waistband and her skirt was finished.
Mollie was so happy, not sure Rachie has managed to get the skirt off her yet!!
Ali x
Hello wednesday–Walkaway dress
01/04/2015
You should be able to start making this dress after breakfast, and walkaway to lunch with your friends.
About 3 hours………………………
I know I was a little rusty, not having made a full blown dress since making Rachie’s wedding dress, some 16 years ago.
But 3 hours?
It took me two days, plus an evening to sew lace around the hem.
What I did not realise when I started out hemming the skirt that it was 5 mtrs all the way round.
I ended up with a sore finger!
I made it to wear at our last show of our spring season, at Excel in London.
I was a little worried about wearing it, not used to showing my legs!!!
But I am so pleased I did, once I got over being looked at and whispered about - “Yes it is THE dress”
We had such wonderful comments about the dress, it certainly made our show.
I even got asked if I would sell it, what greater praise could you ask for.
Thank you to all your kind comments.
If you have the pattern, and I am sure many of you do……just go for it.
Make it and have fun.
Happy Easter everyone and do not forget to join in with our Easter Bunny Hop on our Inspiration blog.
Ali x
Ooooh dressmaking
23/03/2015
After being asked so many questions at the last two exhibitions about the dress from The Great British Sewing Bee,
I decided there was only one way to find out the answers…..
Make it!!
Wish me luck
Ali x
Hello wednesday–boys bunting
04/03/2015
Hello wednesday all, what are you up too?
Me? I am in the lorry on our way to London to set up the stand for The Spring Knitting and Stitching show at Olympia.
We have lots of different goodies for you, as well as a couple of my NEW creations.
This one is along the lines of my advent bunting, but using our NEW Retro Car ribbon.
The girls told me yesterday it would be perfect for a West Ham fan!
The ribbon is just perfect for small or larger boys.
Our Sam wanted the ribbon around his birthday cake last month
The pockets are just large enough for a few bits and bobs. And I really love our handmade labels.
Although I designed them back in December this weekend was the first time I had a proper play with them.
Ummm I sort of used them on everything.
On one project I could not decide whether to use the handmade or the Fait Main label…..so I used them both!
Hope you all have a great day, wish us luck for Olympia.
Sorry to the ladies that we normally see in Glasgow this week….hope to see you sometime soon
Ali x
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