by GillyMac | 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...
by GillyMac | 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...
by GillyMac | Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorised
I am no stranger to working on my holidays. After years of corporate life, where everything was urgent, nothing could wait and my phone was constantly ringing (with bad news), not working would be shocking. However now working on this holiday, isn’t really work, it is...
by GillyMac | 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...
by GillyMac | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorised
After a pretty hectic summer, I now have time to breath as do a little of what I fancy. In saying that, there are many things I need to do to prepare for Autumn classes, catch up on admin for Gillymac, construct and finish my block swap quilt, and of course I need to...
by GillyMac | 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...
by GillyMac | 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....
by GillyMac | 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...
by GillyMac | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorised
I have no idea why it seems to be such a secret that to work with kids is just the best job (though teaching my two Thursday groups is a close run wonderful thing)!! This Summer, I’ve had the pleasure to teach just over 60 children, either at home, on Young Quilters...
