Saturday 30 May 2015

Regular Update

I have had a couple of folks saying they have been having problems accessing the blog - I am hoping that it has just been a blip!

Just a quick up date post for you.

Here is Bernie's project that she has been working on.  All leftover pieces, so it hasn't cost her a penny on new fabric.




This is our Janet!  Janet celebrated her 80th birthday recently.  She celebrated it in style by throwing herself out of an aircraft with a tandem skydive - how amazing is she?



We've been working on some miniatures recently.  This one is using a small 60 degree template and the new Moda Sweetwater range.


Here is the lovely Christine modelling her dress that she made in dressmaking:



Our Craft Department upstairs have started a notice board which just highlights what's going on in the shop and also an opportunity for customers to blow their trumpets with photos of what they have made.


The garden scene is about finished I think, look at those lovely birds in their nests!


And the hedgehogs are multiplying and taking over!!


And finally here is Trina's Stylecraft Crochet Along.  The colours are lovely and she is working hard to try and keep up with the weekly installments.



Well that's all for now folks.  Don't forget we have a Facebook site now, look for us under Franklins Salisbury - there are near daily posts of what's been happening and coming up.

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Well, another week of unsettled weather - we start the day in winter woollies and finish it in T-Shirts!  I really wish it would make it's mind up, it's very tiring.

We are off to Malvern on Sunday and are all very excited about our trip out.  We have some spaces left if anyone would like to join us.

New fabric just in: This is by Moda, Sweetwater.  It is not only a lovely colour but also one of the range has recipes printed all over it.  They are all in American measurements, so Cups but I really fancy a go at some of them.  Would make a great apron!



We had club on Monday with the usual crowd.  Last year we made a medallion quilt for our Block of the Month.  Jenny has persevered with hers since then and doesn't it look wonderful?  Please be impressed as most of this is pieced by hand!!  Only the outside border has been put on by machine.  The final border has been decided on and Jenny is hoping to have it completed by next month - no pressure Jenny!





My children have all loved the Star Wars series of films (boys and girls) and all very excited about the new one coming out later this year.  We have endless debates at the dinner table about whether it's going to be any good or not.  I fall into the old Star Wars camp I am afraid - Harrison Ford all the way!  This came in this week, so for anyone who has a Star Wars fan in the family you might want to invest in some: 100% cotton 112cm wide £14.45 per metre