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Out & About, UncategorizedMay 14, 2018

London Craft Week 2018: Our Highlights

By Amanda

Our regular craft correspondent Julia Little toured London Craft Week for us again this year, searching out the best of the HUGE selection of what was on offer. It was the thoughtful presentations and workshops put on by the smaller… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 31, 2018

The Maker’s Atelier, Sewing With Style

By Amanda

Having rediscovered my love for sewing last year, I was thrilled when one of our TWR readers tipped me off about The Maker’s Atelier, a new magazine for sewers that promised to be stylish. I don’t know what it is… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutNovember 24, 2017

Guest Blogger Polly Leonard from Selvedge Talks Christmas and Festive Decoration

By Amanda

TWR’s friend Polly Leonard, founder of Selvedge magazine, is always full of bright ideas for artful gifts at Christmas, so when she offered to do a guest post on how she was tackling the festive season, from decorating to gifting,… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyNovember 3, 2017

The Sari Series, Inspiration For Textile Fans And Scarf Wearers Everywhere.

By Amanda

Sometimes the stars align in a quietly satisfying way and things fall so neatly into place that you do wonder if there IS an actual big plan. Middleson has (at last, he is 25 after all) left home, he has… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 21, 2017

Crazy Things You Do When You’re Pregnant

By Amanda

I am now a solid nine months into my Buy Nothing year and I thought you’d like to know how I was getting on. People keep asking me how I’m doing, perching their heads to one side as you do… Read More

Middle Aged MumMay 10, 2017

Middleagedmum.com: Mild Angst About What I Should Have Done…

By Amanda

Not buying (or distracting myself so much with) clothes for a year is having a strange affect on my thinking. As I do less clothes shopping and more of the other things I enjoy, I find myself thinking about what… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutMarch 29, 2017

See this: Entangled, Threads & Making

By Jane

Over the last couple of years you may have read about how British coastal towns are enjoying a revival and in particular how Margate is the new Shoreditch!! Anyone who has visited Margate will know this isn’t true (thank God)… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 13, 2017

Flower Making at VV Rouleaux

By Amanda

The world has gone mad for events and workshops, everywhere you look someone is encouraging you to sign up to learn about this or make that. It’s all about ‘experience’ now, not just shopping or product. Which, frankly, couldn’t have… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutJanuary 25, 2017

A Glorious Textile Holiday With Selvedge Magazine.

By Amanda

If you are planning your summer holiday and want something a little more interesting than just toasting on a beach (although wouldn’t a bit of heat right now be great?), can we point you to our friends at Selvedge Magazine,… Read More

Out & AboutMay 11, 2016

See This: The Dog Show at Brighton Festival

By Amanda

Regular readers may remember the love we have for Joanna Osborne and Sally Muir’s wonderful knitted and painted dogs (see here). When we heard they were participating in Brighton Festival with an open house, centred entirely around a love of… Read More

Art & Culture, Home & GardenDecember 18, 2015

Guest Blogger in Residence: Selvedge looks at Harris Tweed

By Amanda

Today is the last of our guest blogger in residence posts from Selvedge Magazine. We’ve really loved having Polly and her team write about textile heritage for us and hope you have too. Today they are looking at Harris Tweed.… Read More

Art & CultureDecember 4, 2015

Guest Blogger In Residence: Selvedge Magazine Investigates The Aran

By Amanda

This week, the Selvedge team discuss the Aran jumper, and remember if you are in London, the Artisan Fair is on today at Chelsea Town Hall, and in Bath on December 12th. Check for details (or do your shopping on… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingDecember 2, 2015

Patch’s Grand Dog Show by Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne

By Amanda

For some of us, reading Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne’s fabulous books on knitted dogs is the closest we’ll ever get to owning our own. So when Joanna volunteered to write a post on their new book, Patch’s Grand Dog… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyNovember 27, 2015

Guest Blogger In Residence: Selvedge Magazine Looks at Fair Isle

By Amanda

Today our guest blogger in residence Polly Leonard, editor of Selvedge magazine, takes a good look at the Fair Isle jumper. It was the invention of the criss-cross structure of weaving that led to the development of architecture and shelter.… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutOctober 27, 2015

Anthropologie’s Auction: how to get your hands on some stylish Christmas decorations

By Amanda

This has got me very excited, our friends over at Anthropologie are selling their super-creative in store display props to raise much needed cash for the Save The Children’s charity Child Refugee Crisis appeal. We love Anthro stores, they are… Read More

Out & AboutMay 5, 2015

See This: Sonia Delaunay and Marlene Dumas at Tate Modern

By Amanda

Womenfolk, drop everything and rush, yes RUSH, to Tate Modern to see these two wonderful exhibitions by artists Sonia Delaunay and Marlene Dumas, which currently sit grandly on opposite sides of the Tate’s exhibition space. I am hoping that one… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 10, 2015

Heal’s Modern Craft Market: things to do in February

By Amanda

Today’s post is by our regular contributor Julia Little, who takes a break from digital and does a bit of crafting for us….. I’m not going to apologise, I love a bit of craft. In the past it has had… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingNovember 6, 2014

Giftwrapped by Jane Means

By Amanda

As an experienced gift wrapper and stationery geek, I feel well qualified to talk on this subject. Despite dedication to the cause, I am never quite happy with my wrapping creations, always falling short of what Martha (Stewart, my all… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 6, 2014

See this: The Corner Shop

By Jane

It’s not every day I come across a shop that fills me with utter joy, as shopping generally leaves me cold (unless it’s Marni of course). But imagine a shop that stirs memories, makes you smile and leaves you feeling… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 17, 2013

The Twelve Days of Christmas -expressed in the medium of knitting

By Amanda

I know I’ve mentioned Creation Knits in Barnes before, but it keeps on getting better with its window displays, I really HAVE to show you what its done for this Christmas because I think it’s the best thing since the… Read More

Health & HappinessNovember 20, 2012

The Women’s Room explains how to avoid Christmas stress: knit! (or sew)

By Amanda

Over the past month I have been to a number of craft fairs and at all of them I was reminded of how so many of us love to make things. We may be as busy as heck but we… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 30, 2011

Martha Moments: Patchwork quilts from old jumpers

By Amanda

While we are talking about sewing and craft (see posts below) I thought you might like to see how the quilt made from redundant shirts, felted up jumpers and old T shirts came out. I talked about how I intended… Read More