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[Snowy]

Lovely eggys Plum! Gorgeous colours

I'm doing a patchwork course at the moment and am discovering the joys of some of these beautiful fabrics in the shop adjoining the classroom. But I'm really too tight to buy all new fabrics and feel that it is somewhat cheating a little to buy a matching set of fabric to do a quilt in. I do love the challenge of using s"Ooops, word censored!"s and recycled fabrics and trying to put something together from them - but I do struggle to match them sometimes!

[Plum]

Thanks. A good egg eh.

 

Snowy the essence of patchwork is to use s"Ooops, word censored!"s and recycled fabric. You are lucky in Leicester to have Kisko where you can get patchwork fabric at a fraction of the price elsewhere. Like a couple of pound a metre.

I like buying fabrics from a range but wouldn't use just that, it loses its sparkle somehow if too coordinated. Looks too perfect and half the fun is mixing colours, patterns, shapes etc

 

[Snowy]

Thanks. A good egg eh.

 

Snowy the essence of patchwork is to use s"Ooops, word censored!"s and recycled fabric. You are lucky in Leicester to have Kisko where you can get patchwork fabric at a fraction of the price elsewhere. Like a couple of pound a metre.

I like buying fabrics from a range but wouldn't use just that, it loses its sparkle somehow if too coordinated. Looks too perfect and half the fun is mixing colours, patterns, shapes etc

 

I have never heard of this place! Enlighten me quick!!

[Plum]

Its a factory that converts to fabric shed on friday afternoons and sunday mornings and is glorious. Lots of ranges and lots of packs of samples. Books at reduced prices and notions as well. Sells fat quaters for £1 + and cheaper fabrics (including batiks are by half metre + starting at £2 You pay one off joining fee of few pounds then they send invitations to visit every month or two but I go any time and they don't mind. People go there from all over the country.

Fabric Guild, Kisko House, Cobden Street, Leicest LE1 2LB. 01162620569

 

and you get a free cup of coffee and a biscuit. Meet you there sometime?

[Snowy]

Its a factory that converts to fabric shed on friday afternoons and sunday mornings and is glorious. Lots of ranges and lots of packs of samples. Books at reduced prices and notions as well. Sells fat quaters for £1 + and cheaper fabrics (including batiks are by half metre + starting at £2 You pay one off joining fee of few pounds then they send invitations to visit every month or two but I go any time and they don't mind. People go there from all over the country.

Fabric Guild, Kisko House, Cobden Street, Leicest LE1 2LB. 01162620569

 

and you get a free cup of coffee and a biscuit. Meet you there sometime?

Wow! Looks great- I'll give them a ring tomorrow, thanks!

[Vivihen]

Its a factory that converts to fabric shed on friday afternoons and sunday mornings and is glorious. Lots of ranges and lots of packs of samples. Books at reduced prices and notions as well. Sells fat quaters for £1 + and cheaper fabrics (including batiks are by half metre + starting at £2 You pay one off joining fee of few pounds then they send invitations to visit every month or two but I go any time and they don't mind. People go there from all over the country.

Fabric Guild, Kisko House, Cobden Street, Leicest LE1 2LB. 01162620569

 

and you get a free cup of coffee and a biscuit. Meet you there sometime?

I'm a member too!

[Plum]

I'll look out for someone else buying chicken fabric then.

[Minnie the Moocher]

Goodness, I can see it now... elbows at dawn at the chicken fabric stand!

[Lesley]

.....are you allowed to take guests? - the next Omlet get-together??.....

[Plum]

.....are you allowed to take guests? - the next Omlet get-together??.....

 

Now you are talking We can take guests. They may frown at chickens