STOP PRESS : New Year Delayed until 1st Feb

by | Jan 13, 2018 | Uncategorised

Twenty eighteen may be well underway, but,  even though the tree is down, the decorations are away and my tax is done (hurrah),  the start of my New Year is on hold until 1st February to allow me to complete more of my  ‘2017 Finishing Off List’. There is...
Defining Your Own Colour Story

Defining Your Own Colour Story

by | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorised

It is very easy to buy a bundle of fabrics, all from the same range, because the colour combination (often called a colour story) will have been worked out for you. In the Tula Pink Tabby Road Collection, the ‘Strawberry Fields’ colourway has red grouped...

GillyMac Dawn til Dusk Sewathon

by | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorised

If you didn’t already know (how could you not know !) , on 22nd September we held a Dawn til Dusk Sewathon in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. From 7am until 7pm there was a flow of adults and then after school children and teens arriving at the studio in...

Tasha’s Reversible Tote Bag

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Uncategorised

As a teen project for the Summer holidays, Gill and I found a great pattern for a reversible tote bag. It looked great and simple to make … so my first project at GillyMac Designs was to make it up. Method I first had to cut out my pattern by Novita Estiti from...
The GillyMac Club is Launched !

The GillyMac Club is Launched !

by | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorised

Now that there quite a few people coming along to classes and so many brilliant things are being created, it has been on my mind to find a way to share more of what we do just between ourselves.  I already post some of the work in my gallery page on this website,  and...
GillyMac’s Top 10 Patchwork & Quilting Apps

GillyMac’s Top 10 Patchwork & Quilting Apps

by | Feb 28, 2016 | Uncategorised

Recently I have been researching the world of applications for patchwork and quilting to see what’s out there. In teaching,  I already regularly use a few, but I was ask to write an article for an online publication so I thought I’d share my top tips....

Creating an Amazing Space – Part 2

by | Sep 3, 2015 | Uncategorised

Oh my goodness.. we are about done ! Yesterday was the last big push. The GillyMac room upstairs is tidied, labelled, dusted and vacuumed. Downstairs we are leaner, with less clutter but still with some of the books I love on view for inspiration!  In the next couple...