Craft Evening

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Some things are too good to have only once a year, like Christmas, and Halloween.  Sadly, we are only allowed one of those, but due to the overwhelming success of our last craft evening earlier in the year, we decided to have another one!

Historically, we have always held our craft evenings on Thursday nights, meaning [...]

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Beginners Quilt

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Here’s a wee guest blog from Hazel in the dress department!
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Let me tell you a little something about me, I’m a handbag girl through and through.  At a push, I’m a dressmaker; I’m in no way a crafty quilter.  In my opinion, the perfect form of quilting is a Chanel 2.55 or a Marc Jacobs [...]

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Easter update from Edinburgh

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New Season – New Displays

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News from Mandors Edinburgh

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Spring Trends by Kevin in the Edinburgh branch.

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Wedding fever!

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I’m not sure who decided that just now should be wedding season.  But apparently it is. There have been wedding exhibitions on for the past few weekends, and another one on this weekend.  One of my friends got engaged a few weeks ago (yay!), and who can forget the wonderful Big Fat [...]

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Cloth magazine subscription offer

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Stuck for the perfect Christmas present for your sewing loving friends and family?
Why not treat them to a subscription to Cloth magazine?
It’s a magazine bursting with ideas and inspirational projects for sewers of all abilities.
They have a fantastic offer of a whole year’s subscription to Cloth AND a gorgeous FREE gift all wrapped up and [...]

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Christmas Crafting

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Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat….
There’s only one more payday before Christmas, you’re skint, and you’ve still to get presents for just about everyone.  Don’t panic!
Why not save a wee bit of money, and keep yourself amused on the long, dark, winter nights.  You could sew, knit, quilt, embroider, bake, or cook some [...]

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Halloween’s coming……

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When I was a wee girl, we used to spend months planning our Halloween costumes. And then have to spend months persuading our mums to make them for us!

Halloween was exciting, and people used to make an effort.  We used to have Halloween parties, dressed in our costumes, and have a prize for the best [...]

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Procrastination

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The word of the day is procrastination.

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Glasgow Fair? Aye, right!

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How to keep pocket monsters amused during the great Scottish summer!

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