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how to find space to sew in a small house

Finding Space to Sew in a Small House

January 10, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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Finding Space to Sew in a Small House Finding space to sew in a small house can be tricky, but it’s not impossible! As someone who sews a lot, I know how much of a difference it makes when you can leave your sewing machine out. Suddenly sewing…

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10 ways to get fabric for cheap or free

10 Tips For Getting Fabric For Cheap or Free

January 5, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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10 Tips For Getting Fabric For Cheap or Free Buying fabric can be expensive, not to mention patterns and the haberdashery that’s needed for a sewing project as well. So how can you feed your need to sew without it breaking the bank and instead getting fabric for…

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How to Make Tracksuit Bottoms

December 30, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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How to Make Tracksuit Bottoms My eldest boy Dominic has got to the stage where if I shut my eyes for a few seconds, when I open them I’ll find that he’s grown several cm. He never gets any wider, just taller! The trousers that a couple of…

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Nordic Star Cushion Tutorial

December 3, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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Nordic Star Cushion Tutorial Decorating for Christmas is a lot of fun, but there’s noย need to stop at Christmas trees and fairy lights! Changing your cushions is an easy way to add a little bit of the current season to your home, and Christmas is no exception. You…

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As makers of things, it's easy to see how colour i As makers of things, it's easy to see how colour inspires us. It's often the first thing we think of when we're planning to make something.

But textures often come into it as well.

When we're sewing, it's how we want the finished thing to feel. A cool summer skirt, a crisp shirt, a flouncy party dress for a little child, a warm winter coat.

With knitting and crochet, we might choose stitches that give a smoother finish, like stocking stitch, or something more varied, bobbles or cabling.

Even with painting, there are ways to paint that suggest textures, and certain colours that evoke smoothness, or a rougher surface.

Different textures are all around us, and inspiration might strike if we take a moment to notice ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟ

The theme of July's Wild Blossom Companion is textures, and if you would like to find out more about it, it is for sale in my Etsy shop Gather and Bloom. The link is in my bio ๐Ÿ’–

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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.

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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? ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฑ

#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.

๐ŸŒธ On shells and pebbles
๐ŸŒธ On old walls, there might be stripes moss between layers of bricks
๐ŸŒธ Fences and hedges make stripes in the fields
๐ŸŒธ Woods, beach, sea, sky and clouds make a stripy view
๐ŸŒธ The way shadows fall 
๐ŸŒธ 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?

๐ŸŒธ This kind of noticing is something we explore in the Wild Blossom Companion โ€” a seasonal creative guide full of gentle invitations like this. June is available on Etsy. The link is in my bio ๐Ÿ’–

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