I’m doing a fine impersonation of a headless chicken this week and had hoped to have blogged by now about my lovely day in London last Thursday (V&A quilt exhibition, Liberty’s and Margo Selby’s for a “textile taxidermy” private view) but that will have to wait: a series of unfortunate events has seen to that. Let’s just say that I’m double-booked for funerals on Monday.

Meanwhile, preparations are afoot for the It’s Darling! fair here in Bath on 17th July. Here are some of my scrap tomato pincushions in progress; outers are oddments that my mother-in-law had, and she passed over to the Great Beyond more than two decades back! I never, but never, throw anything away…  Some pincushions are filled with wool combings from felted sweaters, some with upholstery waste, some with vintage toy stuffing. The finished ones are embellished with old embroidery thread and topped off with a felt crown. Yes, that’s mostly old felt too. I’ll post a picture of the finished items asap.