ReFound Makes: Anastasija’s upcycled telephone table
Huge apologies for the tumbleweed blowing across the barren landscape of the blog this week, but that is all set to change – this is set...
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- Jul 26, 2013
- 4 min
Monday(!) Makes: Handy fold-up shopping bag
Better late than never, that’s what I always say. I do have my reasons… on Monday, my lovely boyfriend surprised me with a lovely meal in...
- Jul 18, 2013
- 3 min
Visiting Hours: ReFound
Another new regular feature! Visiting Hours is the Quill’s ‘out and about’ feature – be it a review of a gig or show, coverage of a...
- Jul 15, 2013
- 2 min
Monday Makes: Bead It – a simple ribbon and bead necklace.
The weekend before last, I visited Melanie Bond, who was hosting a pop up stall of her stunning handmade jewellery at Mexx in Bow Street...
- Jul 8, 2013
- 2 min
Monday Makes: Take notice – how to make a fabric noticeboard
A friend recently showed me this picture of a cute fabric-covered noticeboard they bought from Avon. I loved it and straight away decided...
- Jul 5, 2013
- 4 min
The PQ Q&A: Papergirl Belfast
This is the first in a new regular feature I am introducing – The PQ Q&A. The plan at the moment is to post a Q&A article every other...
- Jul 2, 2013
- 2 min
Monday Makes: Button it – customising shoes!
This week, following last week’s disastrous conclusion to the two-part dress post I started the previous week, I decided to take a...
- Jun 24, 2013
- 3 min
Monday Makes: A Summer Mess (part 2 of 2)
Let this two-part near-descent into sewing madness be a cautionary tale to you all. That is no typo in the title because, dear reader,...
- Jun 18, 2013
- 2 min
Monday Makes: A Summer Dress (part 1 of 2)
So this whole ‘Monday’ thing is becoming a bit of a running joke isn’t it? I don’t care, I’m stubborn and I’m sticking with it. At the...
- Jun 17, 2013
- 5 min
Performing Piaf: from Belfast to Paris, via Glasgow
Christine Bovill From this Thursday (20th June), music lovers in Belfast will have no fewer than four opportunities to experience The...
- Jun 17, 2013
- 5 min
Performing Piaf: from Belfast to Paris, via Glasgow
From this Thursday (20th June), music lovers in Belfast will have no fewer than four opportunities to experience The Lyric Theatre...
- Jun 15, 2013
- 2 min
Monday Makes…..the most of the sunshine!
A more organised blogger would have worked in a summery or sunshiney theme to her weekly crafting post. Me? I let the sewing room go to...
- Jun 4, 2013
- 1 min
Monday Makes: We’re jammin’ – upcycling jars!
Yep. Aware it’s technically Tuesday now. May have to look at the name of this post…. or get my act together. One of the two. Anyhoo! I...
- May 27, 2013
- 3 min
Monday Makes: Skirting the issue
I have finally begun to make my own clothes on the sewing machine! Being an absolute beginner, and pretty much teaching myself at this...
- May 20, 2013
- 4 min
Monday Makes: Buzzing after my first sewing bee
Yes, I’m still alive! Sorry the blog has been so quiet of late – I’ve been a little preoccupied with job hunting, as my work contract...
- May 20, 2013
- 4 min
Monday Makes: Buzzing after my first sewing bee
Yes, I’m still alive! Sorry the blog has been so quiet of late – I’ve been a little preoccupied with job hunting, as my work contract...
- May 6, 2013
- 3 min
Mike Moloney
As someone who treasures the vibrant arts culture Northern Ireland now enjoys (it was one of my main motivations in starting this blog in...
- May 6, 2013
- 3 min
Mike Moloney
As someone who treasures the vibrant arts culture Northern Ireland now enjoys (it was one of my main motivations in starting this blog in...
- Apr 30, 2013
- 3 min
All hail, Queen Ann! The Great British Sewing Bee final.
It’s Tuesday, it’s 8pm… and there is a massive hole of despair in the TV schedule that could only be repaired with needle and thread. The...
- Apr 19, 2013
- 3 min
The Final Countdown: The Great British Sewing Bee Episode 3
It’s hard to believe this is the penultimate episode of this wonderful little series! I am genuinely living in hope that once the winner...
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