Versatility is the key word here! Great ideas for one pattern.

Lovely article! I really resonate with this, especially sewing fake fur. I had a neighbour turn up a couple of weeks ago with her great niece Miranda, who is 7, who had to do something for school for Australia Day. Luckily she had a grey velour velvet pyjamas/tracksuit to start with, and a hairband. 2 hrs later she was a cute koala bear complete with white fake fur tummy & koala ears. She watched me like a hawk while I was cutting and sewing, completely fascinated. She loves coming round here to watch me sew, last time it was a quilted case for her sunglasses & a mini shoulder bag in Mermaid material. I think there is a young sewer in the making there!

The best bit was the lovely thank you card from Miranda with a photo of her in the finished outfit complete with kola face paint.

I think your Panda legs were a great improvement, very cuddly!

Reference the theatre performance Christine, relieved that those eyebrows and beard were only temporary!

This is really interesting. I had seen the contrasting versions so it is really great to be able to read someone’s in-depth research. Thank you Sue!

Thank you Maggie – glad you liked the piece. I have more to go with the future blocks, so please do read on….

Comment received via PM to me regarding this piece…….That is really interesting I am taken in with it, well done Sue. Really thinking about getting the books, and will do your first block. I love reading about anything like this, very impressed.xx

Fascinating – love the history.

Christine, it sounds as if you had a lovely day out with your friend and her daughter. So pleased you met Mo Jones in person, she does so much for UKQU in terms of the stand at that exhibition & the UKQU postcard swaps, & now the A4 mini quilts initiative will be really exciting. You are absolutely right though about trying other things. I was an amateur dressmaker, then professional embroidery designer & I’m now a quilter, but even now it’s fun to try new things! I am going to local community craft classes on bag making, felting, & ceramics in the near future, and I even made soap, bath bombs & candles a few weeks ago, & the wreath making class I went to, before Christmas, was really successful. So create away!

That was very restrained, did your purse run off and hide?! Lol
Many, many thanks, I have now responded via fb.

Fantastic blog, I love going to shows.

I would love to receive the tickets to Harrogate.

I really hope one day my work will be as good as all these. Your blog has inspired me just of to my sewing machine now.

Wow!

What amazing prizes from such generous sponsors

Wow, some fantastic prizes, thank you to all the generous members who donated