tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26384282042566086222024-03-13T04:01:12.621-07:00phatsheepPhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-11538388116163348842011-11-11T00:45:00.000-08:002011-11-11T00:57:39.620-08:00FacebookIf there is anyone who is still kind enough to be looking at this poor neglected blog, thank you!I have decided that I might manage to be a bit more frequent with Facebook posts so I have set up a phatsheeptextiles Facebook page and it would be lovely if you would pop over there and follow my page.SPhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-59049694087200498242011-03-28T09:22:00.001-07:002011-03-28T09:22:26.537-07:00A Day at Sea Pattern.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Boats and Ships Patternhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/5525909529/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles. This is my entry for the Spoonflower & Michael Miller Fabrics Competition. The brief was to PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-2936935343101916442011-02-16T11:59:00.000-08:002011-02-16T12:03:46.990-08:00Recovered ChairI picked up this chair a few months back and re-covered it with my croft house fabric. For my first attempt at re-upholstery I think it turned out not too bad. PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-2834548633226648282011-01-02T06:53:00.000-08:002011-01-02T07:16:52.732-08:00Happy New Year!I hope that everyone has enjoyed a relaxing and fun filled festive break. My Festive holidays have been all about relaxing with family, catching up with friends, eating (far too much) fine food, watching Christmas telly (Christmas would not be complete without Mary Poppins and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!) and pottering away at some crafty projects. We enjoyed a happy family New Years PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-75693594639792957352010-12-18T04:52:00.000-08:002010-12-18T05:17:29.778-08:00A little Christmas Gift for everyone Heres a little festive freebie for all you people who have taken the time to read my blog ramblings over the past year, as always there have not been as many posts as I had intended but I hope they have been of interest to those of you who have checked in.To print them off please:Click on the gift tags image,which will open up in a new windowSave them to wherever you'd like on your computer and PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-9084308365112473032010-12-03T09:10:00.001-08:002010-12-03T09:13:52.559-08:00Holiday Ornament Swap Decorations CompletedHoliday Ornament Swap (1)http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/5228844925/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.I have spent the past few evenings making my decorations for the 5th Annual Holiday Ornament Swap, they are now all packaged up and ready to go in the mail tommorrow. Its funny to think these little hearts will be decorating trees and houses in all corners of the world PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-61516703996728292462010-11-29T06:43:00.001-08:002010-11-29T06:46:19.405-08:00Quilt top WIPQuilt top WIPhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/5217460537/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.I mentioned earlier that I was attending a nightclass to learn how to do patchwork properly. Well the class has now finished and I am well on the way to creating a 9 block sampler quilt. I still have to add borders, do quilting and binding but I'm really hopeful I can get it finishedPhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-29826274623945930322010-11-22T06:41:00.000-08:002010-11-22T06:49:35.155-08:00Free Shipping at SpoonflowerThis is a quick post to let you know that the lovely people at Spoonflower are offering free shipping on all orders (international ones too) for 24 hours from 8am EST Monday 22nd November through to 8am EST on Tuesday 23rd November.There are a fantastic amount of beautiful printed fabrics for sale by a huge amount of talented fabric designers, and there is a selection of my own textile designs PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-65102602368401425472010-11-15T05:06:00.000-08:002010-11-15T05:54:12.621-08:00Successful Christmas Craft FairI had a stall at our local Arts and Craft Association Craft fair this weekend. Its the biggest Craft Fair here in Shetland, and happens annually in November when the main hall of our Local Leisure Centre is transformed into a room filled with crafters and their fantastic products. I was sharing a stand (as always) with my partner and his photography, and we had another successful year. Its a PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-76874776990877572012010-11-02T12:54:00.000-07:002010-11-02T13:06:16.076-07:00Christmas CraftingWe've been busy at the Gallery for the last few days preparing for our Yule Exhibition, and in the shop we've been getting out all the lovely new Festive stock so Christmas has really been on my mind this week.....we've even ordered our tree!Then I noticed that it was sign up time for the 5th Annual Holiday Ornament Swap and I happily realised lots of other crafty people were starting to get PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-55703006373753529592010-10-22T10:46:00.001-07:002010-10-22T10:57:10.836-07:00New Festive FabricsNew Festive Fabricshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/5104727583/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.The cotton with my latest print designs arrived a few days ago and I'm really pleased with how they look.....now I just have to think of what I'm going to make with them!Also they are now available for sale at Spoonflower along with a number of my other designs. Lately I've notPhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-31436305831980910172010-10-03T03:55:00.000-07:002010-10-03T04:22:51.286-07:00Off to London to Knit and StitchI'm heading off on a trip to London on Tuesday, I'm really excited to be going to The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, a few days spent wandering around the hundred of exhibitor stands selling fabric and supplies, attending workshops and looking at the displays and galleries from leading artists and groups, its going to be a great experience.I'm also hoping to get a chance to see PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-57550970430764579282010-09-22T01:12:00.000-07:002010-09-22T01:25:38.815-07:00Christmas is coming......Well not for a few months yet. I've pent the past fortnight busily sourcing and ordering new stock for the Gallery and co-ordinating our Christmas exhibition, so Christmas has been seriously on my mind since sometime in mid August! This has prompted me to sit down and design a new fabric range 'Festive Fun' I've sent the designs off to the printers and am eagerly awaiting test swatches, I can't PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-30277633688427392792010-09-17T04:38:00.001-07:002010-09-17T04:42:19.835-07:00Autumn CraftingFabrics for a new quilthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4998482326/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.The weather has taken a turn for the worse, lots of wind and wet, the nights are getting dark and Autumn is definately here. But its not all bad, its the time for a new series of Grand Designs, I can't even remember how many series of this programme there has been but I PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-65023835452663742852010-09-09T00:13:00.000-07:002010-09-09T00:20:18.397-07:00Spoonflower Heather Ross Fabric GiveawayA quick post to let you know that Spoonflower are doing a great giveaway this week. Super talented textiles designer Heather Ross has designed a new range of fabrics ' Macaroni Love' exclusively for Spoonflower and they are giving away some fat quarter bundles.The Fabric prints are great, I can't decide whether I like the Clothes Pin People of the Aqua Paper Boats best.....Clicke HERE for the PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-17217258038016319462010-08-20T04:44:00.000-07:002010-08-20T04:49:21.934-07:0070's VibeAs a big fan of all things retro I had to ry out the free download Poladroid. It give your photos a great 70's vibe. I can't stop trying it out on all my photos... I think I might be a bit addicted to it!PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-37341627405592720532010-08-14T01:16:00.001-07:002010-08-14T01:21:23.372-07:00Sunny Patchwork CushionSunny Patchwork Cushionhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4882781673/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.I managed to grab a few minutes one evening to make this little cushion from my stash of orange scraps. I'm really liking grey as a background colour instead of white and now I want to make a whole quilt with grey background.......but I need to finish a lot of other PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-85983569810721373082010-07-27T05:52:00.001-07:002010-07-27T06:09:31.960-07:00Quilt BlocksQuilt Blocks for 3 x 6 Bee Hive 13 3rd Quarterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4826943383/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.Here is my most recent sewing experiment, I'm taking part in the 3 by 6 Sampler Quilt Mini Bee over on Flickr. I hope the recipients like pinwheels and think that they reflect their colour and fabric requests well. Pinwheels are my new favourite PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-28196605852107867162010-07-20T08:16:00.000-07:002010-07-20T08:28:53.976-07:00What I've been doing instead of BloggingHelloAnother long blogging gap, once again life and work have got in the way of blogging and I have to admit I have kind of got out of the habit of posting here. Hopefully I'll get back into the habit and be more frequent with my posting again soon.I did make some clothes for the boys during kids clothes week, photos of which I will take shortly and post up here and in the Flickr Group, some of PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-14263816298564379912010-05-09T01:17:00.000-07:002010-05-09T01:47:44.395-07:00Taking Part in Kids Clothes WeekI've signed up to the Kids Clothes Week Challenge over on the Elsie Marley Blog, there are over 200 of us signed up. The Challenge is to spend 1 hour a night, for a week, making clothes for our kids. A great incentive to get on and do some sewing for the family I thought....or at least finish some of the many projects I've started! So to be prepared I've been looking up some patterns for PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-20444433238453698832010-04-21T03:50:00.000-07:002010-04-21T03:52:57.322-07:00Sneek PeekI've been working on some new designs and also some new products.Heres a sneek peek of my new 'Fishes' print and some new product ideas.PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-26442125630377962432010-04-04T04:11:00.001-07:002010-04-04T04:11:51.975-07:00Happy Easter.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 20100403DSCF8088http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4488858583/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles. Wishing you all a Happy Easter, we are having a day of chocolate eating and the like.Fairy cake made andPhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-47700064753012140182010-03-30T08:06:00.001-07:002010-03-30T08:06:32.951-07:00Spring Sewing.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } blue flowers purseshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4475801407/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles. Here are some small purses I sewed up when I had a spare 1/2 hour. I think I'll be making some more PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-71875024189603412342010-03-20T04:28:00.001-07:002010-03-20T04:29:18.011-07:00Baby finally decides to sleep at nightfish repeathttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4447719028/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.We have had a week so far of the baby deciding that going to bed at 8pm instead of midnight is a good idea, really hoping this continues but I've probably jinxed it by telling you all!The plus side of this is I have actualy for the first time in 6 months had some time to myself to do PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638428204256608622.post-85055997790480387912010-03-15T05:54:00.001-07:002010-03-15T05:56:38.448-07:00Same But Different Funny birds new colour layout testhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phatsheeptextiles/4435348952/, originally uploaded by Phatsheep Textiles.I've been trying out some new colours on existing patterns and updating them slightly.The Fairy Tale Birds print has an up-dated layout as well as new colours, the Tree Buds just has up-dated colours to co-ordinate with the birds. I really like the end result PhatSheep Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975124649242629198noreply@blogger.com0