This ad has popped up on Facebook:
"The 20% off sale is back for two days only, shop online now at Hobbycraft with code SNCL20. Excludes sewing machines and items already discounted."

Iminei is having to deal with troublemakers in The Village (tensions are running high and low, stitches have been skipping around the place and there is now a thread drought), so you’ve got me again this month.

This month’s block is a variation on the Circle of Friends block. By fussy cutting the squares from floral fabrics and including some “leaves”, the circle of friends becomes –


As usual, click on the first picture in the album to bring it up to full size. If no instructions are visible, click on the i icon to make them appear. For those who prefer to work from printed instructions, all the details are available in this PDF file.

Do let me know if you spot any errors or if anything is unclear.

Don’t forget, there is a dedicated Hall of Fame for all your creations and an exclusive The Sewing Place Prize Winners Badge for everyone who completes all of 2018's BOMs.


Edited 19 August: When making this block in my BOM fabrics, I noticed the line drawing of the layout did not match the photo of the layout (the photo was correct). I've updated the the line drawing in the album and in the pdf file. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused.

I found a pair of M&S linen cropped trousers in a charity shop last weekend for just £3. Unfortunately they were a size too big. So while the TV is occupied with some football match, I’ve taken each leg in by 4” and the waist in by 2”.

I unpicked the waistband, took 2” off the centre back yoke seam and resized the waistband by adding a centre back seam, which the belt carrier hides.

Now to find some more sewing for the second half.

As the Festival of Quilts deadline is rapidly approaching, Iminei is spending time with her patchwork village, so July's BOM has been passed to me.

After last month's curves, we are back on the straight and narrow and, thinking of how Iminei may be coping with her confinement to barracks due to her foot injury, here is


As usual, click on the first picture in the album to bring it up to full size. If no instructions are visible, click on the i icon to make them appear. For those who prefer to work from printed instructions, all the details are available in this PDF file.

Do let me know if you spot any errors or if anything is unclear.

There is a dedicated Hall of Fame for all your creations and an exclusive The Sewing Place Prize Winners Badge for everyone who completes all of 2018's BOMs.

I was in Aldi this morning and they have lots of craft stuff as part of their special buys. There was knitting yarn, knitting and crochet kits, thread packs, rotary cutters and mats, scissors, snips, craft knives, and some haberdashery items.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/dates/2018-04-05

I’m having a clear out and have worked out that a single FQ can be posted with a large letter stamp (of which I have several “recycled” ones) and so these FQs are up for grabs.

Some of these are based on a yard of fabric (18” x half WOF) and some are metric (20” x half WOF), but I can’t remember which are which. If you assume the smaller size, you might be pleasantly surprised when the package arrives :-)

Comment on this thread to claim a FQ and then message me with your address. Please note, if you request more than one FQ, they will be sent as separate packages given the stamps I have available.

4.5 x 4.5", £3.50 including UK P&P.
2.5 x 2.5", £2.50 including UK P&P.
Both for £5 including U.K. P&P.
Payment by PayPal Friends and Family, please.

The sorting out of my quilting stuff has turned up these two rulers. The smaller one is still in the wrapper, but the other has been used and has a few scratches on the blue markings in the upper left corner.