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quilted sewing machine cover

Quilted Sewing Machine Cover Tutorial

May 11, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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Quilted Sewing Machine Cover Tutorial The best thing about having my own little sewing corner is that I can leave my sewing machine out. One of the drawbacks with doing this though is that it gets dusty. Too much dust and fluff in a sewing machine can cause it…

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How to Take Measurements

How to Take Measurements

May 1, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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How to Take Measurements When Making Clothes Making clothes is a lot of fun, but we want the things we have made to fit right. In order to do that, we need to take measurements that are accurate. This is true whether you are using a pattern, or…

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easy plastic bag storage holder tutorial

Easy Plastic Bag Storage Tutorial

April 28, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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Easy Plastic Bag Storage Tutorial One of my tasks for this week was to venture into the black hole that is the utility room and declare war on the mess. I battled with the mess in the autumn and won 🙂 but unfortunately the utility room has been…

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5 best places to buy fabric online in the uk

5 Best Places to Buy Fabric Online in the UK

April 27, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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5 Best Places to Buy Fabric Online in the UK There’s such a huge choice when you want to buy fabric online that it can be difficult to know where to start. What kind of stuff do they sell? Is it just quilting cottons or do they sell dressmaking…

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This is a shameless plug for a thing I've made. This is a shameless plug for a thing I've made. 

It's the Wild Blossom Companion for July.

Can you see how pretty it is? I wanted it to feel like a treat, so they are all pretty colours with nice graphics.

There's a little thing to read. The first couple of paragraphs are in the second picture. 

Then there are some quotes, from writers and artists.

Next there are some creative invitations. These are open ended, joyful suggestions that won't result in anything polished, but will give you a chance to exercise your creativity and might feed into something else later on.

There are journaling prompts, if that's your thing. If it's not, you could pick one or two to have a think about, or ignore them. I won't be coming round to check!

Lastly there's a blank page for you to write your thoughts down on if you want to.

The Wild Blossom Companion is a subscription, so you'd sign up for a year and get one every month. The info is on my website a.wilson.co.uk.

Or if you just want to try July, I have individual months for sale on my new Etsy shop Gather and Bloom etsy.com/shop/gatherandbloomGB

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Helping inspiration to find us doesn't have to be Helping inspiration to find us doesn't have to be complicated. A little walk and our senses are sometimes all we need. 

Even one small sensory thing can spark an idea. 

Swipe through the carousel for prompt for each sense that you can try when you are out. I've combined smell and taste, at least until the blackberries are ripe!

What sense feels most inspiring to you at the moment? 🌸🌿🌱

#creativelife #creativity #natureinspired #summer #slowdownabit #creativityeveryday
It's interesting how stripes appear in nature and It's interesting how stripes appear in nature and more generally in the landscape.

🌸 On shells and pebbles
🌸 On old walls, there might be stripes moss between layers of bricks
🌸 Fences and hedges make stripes in the fields
🌸 Woods, beach, sea, sky and clouds make a stripy view
🌸 The way shadows fall 
🌸 On feathers

I remember realising how stripy the Fens were years ago. I was 16 and on a trip to Ely with the church choir. It was a place I had wanted to visit, mainly because of the children's book, Tom's Midnight Garden!

While I was there I bought a postcard. It was a watercolour of the cathedral, and I noticed how the artist had painted the fields as stripes.

Years later, I was on the beach at Hunstanton with my boys, and I noticed how the sand, the sea, the sky and the clouds made stripes.

There are often stripes on the things we make too. I have a half finished ripple blanket upstairs!

What are you noticing at the moment?

🌸 This kind of noticing is something we explore in the Wild Blossom Companion — a seasonal creative guide full of gentle invitations like this. June is available on Etsy. The link is in my bio 💖

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Printed leaves from last week. It turns out that g Printed leaves from last week. It turns out that gouache is quite nice for printing on fabric, as long as you don't have plans to wash it!

I added a little bit of embroidery, some backstitch worked in gold thread. I like it so much I might put it in a frame and hang it up somewhere!

The idea for printing with leaves is taken from the Wild Blossom Companion.

I've created the Wild Blossom Companion around the idea of creative invitations, which are open ended creative suggestions, designed to encourage playful explanation. 

Each month has a theme, and it also includes a little reflective piece to read, some lovely quotes and some journaling prompts. 

If you're the kind of person who likes being in nature, who wants to pay attention to the small things, seasonal shifts and everyday joys that are often overlooked, then you might quite like The Wild Blossom Companion. 

The link is in my bio, and if you are not ready to commit to a whole year, the June edition is available as a standalone month on Etsy. That link's in my bio too 🌸🌿💖

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