Creating Colour Palettes workshop

Become more confident with your use of colour for textiles crafts such as knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, appliqué or patchwork.

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The Big Textile Show 2015

In this review of my visit to The Big Textile Show, 2015, I show you some inspirational exhibits and some tempting goodies.

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Being a tourist in my hometown

My hometown is Leicester. During the last 10 days the eyes of the world have been upon us and we are seeing our city in a new light.

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Maker’s Yard and Makers’ Mart

In my last post, I wrote about the St George's area of Leicester and showed you some of the old warehouses and factory buildings. Regeneration of this area and its rebranding as 'The Cultural Quarter' started around 2000. A new theatre (Curve) was built, Leicester's art cinema (Phoenix) relocated, and the Moderne cinema became the Athena conference…

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