Sandy Snowden

Have a Happy Christmas everyone. I will see you in the New Year. Here is the mistletoe on the tree behind our back garden to see you thro...

Tonight we had our Candlelight Carol Service at church. Here are the children from my Sunday School class all ready to go sing "Away i...

I have been participating in the Journal Quilt Challenge with the Contemporary Quilt Group this year. Previously they did the A4 journals ...

Another bag I made from the bag challenge was this one from 3D bow tie blocks. A bit out of my comfort zone...I am not really a patchwork p...

One late afternoon last week when I was drawing the curtains, I noticed this awesome ring round the moon! The colours aren't from the c...

Back home! Here are the small pieces (about A5 size) that were in the display at the library. They have been there since August! One or two...

My friend Kandy Newton developed the pattern for this lovely clutch bag. She runs BQL (British Quilt List - now in its 10th year.) This pas...

Today was the Christmas boxes workshop at Great Hollands. At first we thought there wouldn’t be anyone. It was very rainy and being close t...

I wanted to show you a cool bag I use for projects on the go. Last year my mother-in-law gave me a little case with "smellies" in...

What a great day! The ladies all were the sort that you explained something and they just got stuck in and did it. And what was even better,...

I thought you might like to see photos of my studio. Aren't all the cupboards wonderful? I have daylight simulation tubes in the light...

Last week we had the moss on the fence effect. Here is what can happen to brick walls. I like the look of the organic texture combined with...

Just to give you an idea of the size of the Toy Run! Can you imagine all the bikes roaring through Reading!! And look at all the Father Ch...

A photo of my husband and our friend Niki before they went off on the "Toy Run" today. Loads of bikers go up to Shire Hall in Rea...

It's the start of the Christmas "Occasions". These are my "Christmas Do" earrings. (costume jewellery) I wear clip ...

Right! Here is the improved version of the dragon claw. I am soooo chuffed with how this turned out! You may have thought yesterday's p...

Here is my study of a dragon claw...attempting a close up and trying to ensure there is value to create depth, etc. I am very pleased with ...

Today I finished a few felt Christmas decorations for my Sunday School class. Stockings with white tops and Christmas Puddings with "ic...

Interesting patterns in the moss. Plenty of places here in the UK don't get enough sun to keep the moss from growing on fences. Do you ...

Although these photos are from this past summer, I finally remembered to ask my friend Gabrielle for a copy. So, now you get a chance to h...

This is the dragon I am currently working on. It is part of the Fast Friday challenge , but I haven't been very fast. I had the idea bef...

The sewing tutors from New Directions college, Reading. Rosemary (second from left on the second photo) organised a get together so we coul...

So I got my camera from the library. Here are more samples of texturising fabrics that we will try in the Tactile Textiles 2 workshop. The ...

Birch Hill Library Well, I meant to have photos of what people made at the Christmas boxes workshop at the Birch Hill library. However, 2 t...

This is what happens when no one wants the rest of the baked beans. However, before they went in the bin, I took a photo. I thought the cra...