I’ve been having a real think of late, about which social media channels I need to concentrate on with the shop, and unfortunately, I will be bringing my blog to a close after the May edition – because I will have something fun to share with you all hopefully!
I’ve loved sharing everything with you all over the last seven years, but I feel like I am repeating myself over and over with my monthly posts, and not having anything really new and exciting to share, apart from my regular sewing – which I know you all love seeing. If you do Instagram, please drop me a follow @emilydoesepp to keep seeing what I’m up to, and obviously follow the shop as well @stepbysteppc.
Now the sad news is out of the way, let’s get back to the normal swing of things…
April was pink month for the Focus Cutting Sewalong. My pattern matching block this month was much better than the second one that I did in March!
I’m still having fun digging through my stash to find the fabrics to make a Colour Me Monday block each week…
And these are the colours for the past five weeks…
I’ve slipped back into cross stitching recently after a lengthy hiatus (a serious bout of repetitive strain injury last year, pain to the point I thought I’d broken/torn something in my thumb joint), and I’m currently furiously stitching a hoop of Sir David Attenborough, which I hope to complete before his 100th birthday this coming weekend.
My Pixel quilt is progressing, I’ve completed half of the rows needed, and thus have a couple of sections to share…
Can you guess who it is yet? I’ll probably pop back on to share the finished quilt when I get there and reveal who it is then.
We’ve had a goodly batch of finishes in the classroom recently. First up is Gail’s bed runner made with a Makower UK squares panel…
Then my Gran’s QAYG Churn Dash quilt she made whilst she was down staying with us after Easter…
Thirdly, Jane’s completed Round Robin quilt (I made the goat block for her)…
And lastly, this is Angie’s Disappearing Hourglass quilt before she quilted it – this is what I had intended to do with my workshop sample, but one of my blocks was so abysmal I couldn’t include it.
One last thing…we have awesome customers, especially Lynne’s husband John, who took Mum and I out for a little spin in his ‘baby’, his Caterham kit car…
It was so much fun, we were both grinning like absolute goons for hours afterwards!