BRAND NEW Love Quilting and Patchwork - on sale today!

Love Quilting and Patchwork issue one - cover

Love Quilting & Patchwork is a brand new magazine that shares your passion for fabric and brings you everything you need to indulge in it!

Brought to you by patchwork-expert Jenny Fox-Proverbs (the Editor behind CrossStitcher) it's packed 100 pages with gorgeous step-by-step projects for you to make, features that take you behind the scenes and heaps of fabric related products for you to swoon over. Prepare to be inspired...

Creative Crafts Show Essex

Once the hectic festive period is over, why not treat yourself with a visit to a Creative Crafts Show? It’s the perfect opportunity to stock up and replenish your craft supplies as well as get inspired for a new year of stitching!

The Creative Crafts Show will be at the Five Lakes, Essex, from 14-16 February. As well as countless shopping opportunities there will also be plenty of workshops, displays and demonstrations in everything from beading to blackwork, giving you plenty of opportunities to learn new techniques.

Crafty Bookshelf: Top 3 colourful patchwork and quilting books

Crafty Bookshelf 3 - colourful patchwork book reviews

It’s time to pull out all those scraps you’ve been hoarding away. This month we’ve rounded up the best of colourful patchwork for you to get stuck into, from big, bright quilts to some simple, smaller projects.

It might be turning gloomy outside, but there's no reason why it can't get colourful inside!

Crafty Bookshelf: Top 3 thrifty sewing books for busy girls!

Crafty Bookshelf 2 - top 3 thrifty sewing books

This month we’re giving the busy crafters amongst you a helping hand with some shortcuts from the experts. All firm favourites in the office, these titles provide clever project ideas you can easily fit in around your work. Plus, there's lots of thrifty tips to help you create fabulous results without busting your budget.

Go on, have a peek. After all a stitch in time, saves nine... right?

Handmade gifts for Valentine's Day

Handmade Valentines gifts

This time next week (14th February to be precise), it'll be Valentine's Day. You know, that time of year when eveyone goes a bit ga-ga for red hearts? Well, this year is no exception. We've gone mad for 3D cards, love hearts and quirky prints. Here's a few of our favourites from yours truly. Go on, share the love.