Little Owl

This week I managed to complete a little project (one of the many on my To Do list). Here is 'Little Owl' which I've been meaning to do for some time. I had good fun taking the photos despite having to stand shin deep in the snow to get a decent shot!

Little Owl is one of the products we are going to offer for our private parties and events, the little fella will also make an ideal lunchtime activity in the office to cheer up your day!

Purchaces

So.. this week a bought new stuff. I bought 3 new long sleeved tops (please note this were exempt from the new years resolutions) and also a pair of new shoes (new shoes aren't classed as clothes - right?) Everywhere has a massive sale on at the moment it's very hard to resist a bargin. Oh.. I nearly forgot I bought a second hand (also exempt form rnew years resolutions) H&M linen skirt, size 42, whatever that is, hence it being way too big for me and I now need to put in some darts, it will go on my ever expanding 'to do' list

New shoes! (half price!)

(Late) New Years Resolutions

Here are my new years resolutions:
1. Update this blog more often
2. Not to buy any new clothes* (for as long as possible)

*exceptions to the rule: underwear (obviously) and probably long sleeve T-shirts as I wear them all year round and the current stock are probably going to need refreshing some time soon.

Note also the word NEW, this lets me get away with buying 2nd hand and vintage clothes and obviously making my own. Last night I finished my little blue skirt, but I have lots of other clothes projects (and non-clothes projects) on the list. Next up will be a bias cut dress which I am making as an example of the dress you can make at our 'Make a dress in a day' workshop (date probably in May). I have bought some rather funky fabric which is petrol blue / black / white tartan (looks better than it sounds, I promise).

Here's the skirt photo (not a fab photo but at least you get the idea!)

Free Workshop Winner

Everyone who signed up for our e-newsletter at the last 4 events Running With Scissors have been entered into a draw to win a free half day workshop. We have had 69 people sign up and the random number generator spat out number 64 as the winner (its a lot easier than pulling names out of a hat!)

The winning person has been notified and will hopefully book onto a workshop soon once they have got over the shock!

Autumn Adventures & Spring Plans

Well sorry for not posting for a while, but its been very busy here at Running With Scissors Towers! Last Saturday we had a stall at the Crucible Craft Fair and met some lovely people, I love chatting to others about all things crafty. Thanks to everyone who came along to say hello. I've also been out and about all over Sheffield doing some private sewing lessons over the last few weeks. It's great to work with people and start them off on their sewing adventures. Lots of work has been going on with our website too and we now take online booking and payment, so you don't have to hunt for your cheque book anymore (unless you rather send us a cheque that is!) We are also offering gift vouchers for Christmas (buy them online!) and are working on a new website page were we can upload your comments and any pictures you want to send us of your projects. We have also been busy behind the scenes planning our Spring workshops, more details coming soon... needless to say due to popular demand, we are re-running some of your favourites, and have added some new exciting workshops too. Also I'm very excited about a new gift workshop we are planning in December, perfect for you and your mates! - we are just finalising the details and then we'll let everyone know!

The Irish knitting bus!

This week I read in an Irish magazine about a knitting bus - how fab is that? The bus is chock full of knitting stuff and will be going around primary schools to teach little ones how to knit. The best thing is that there are 1,000 older volunteers across the country (connected to the University of the Third Age) who will join the bus in various locations and teach the children how to knit. 150 schools have already signed up for the bus to go to their school. I love the idea of older people sharing their skills with the younger generation, (to risk a pun..) it could knit a community together.

New fabric shop in Sheffield

At the weekend I found out that there was a new fabric shop opening in Sheffield... so I tracked it down today (and spent some money on lovely fabrics). It turns out that it's Fabric Warehouse, which used to be on Shalesmoor (which closed some time ago) and now its at the bottom of London Road, in what used to be the bed shop. They have quite a good selection of fabric at reasonable prices. I bought some printed cotton (for bunting making) and some printed baby cord fabric. The latter is for a new skirt, inspired by the successful 'A-Line skirt in a day' workshop which we did on Saturday... photos to follow soon! They also had some felt, fleece fabric, calico, printed dress fabric, Jersey fabric, patchwork type fabric and lots of upholstery fabric so it's well worth a visit. There's some parking behind the shop, or you can easily walk over from the bottom of The Moor. Time to get out your spending money....