Sandy Snowden

This is my "magic bag I use when teaching. I put things in for students to pull out and discover. However, at one stage of its life it...

Unfortunately, due to the batteries being recharged, I haven't got a photo for you today. But I will add it tomorrow. I am working on a ...

I had a chance to do a bit more problem solving recently. A friend of mine struggles with her eye sight. She was pressing a black skirt and ...

Today's Featured Blog is the Fast Friday Fabric Challenge Blog that I have mentioned so often. Although the posts come in bunches after...

Okay, the emerging dragon is a wolf after all. As I was working, I realised that it was a Firewolf. Here is the story: Firewolves are compan...

Well, not much accomplished today, due to a migraine. But yesterday I also lengthened my trouser pattern and cut out a pair to try. I had be...

I am working on the next Fast Friday Challenge . The colours are triad (3 equal spaces round the colour wheel.) I have chosen purple, green,...

My husband proudly collected our first beetroots from the garden at the weekend. I thought I would show you some possibilities of getting in...

So, I have been doing some diversionary occupations today. I finished sewing the journal quilts together and sent them off. Rare for me, the...

Some weeks ago, in the midst of all the focus on teaching and studying and all of the other things I get up to, I was gutted to find I had m...

Today's Featured Blog is Beth's Blog , written by Beth Brandkamp. Beth has a good sense of humour and is known for her exciting marb...

And here is the bundle unwrapped! Perhaps you can tell that the fabric was folded down the centre of the length. The various bits of rusty f...

A few weeks ago, I wrapped up a length of cotton muslin with various rusty pieces. At long last I am going to open the parcel. Normally, I ...

We had some good sessions yesterday and today with Crafts @the Library. The students really enjoyed doing the book covers. We had 3 new peop...

Due to all the lessons and whatnot I have been involved with lately, I still have not got round to washing out the fabric I used to demo the...

Normally, I don't like the idea of kits. I like to give people a choice. However, for the Crafts @the Library session tomorrow at the Bi...

On the 10th July, there will be a Fashion Show put on by tutors and students from New Directions . Because I am a new tutor, it would be nic...

For today's Featured Blog, I want to introduce you to the blog of my friend Margaret Cooter . Margaret has her camera or phone camera wi...

Some time back, I showed you a book cover I was trying to develop for making for the Crafts @the Library workshops. The challenge was to dev...

Some time ago I showed you the painted papers I did for a swap. This week the papers from the other ladies came. They are quite exciting. So...

A while back I posted about a skirt I was making using the piece I chopped off a jeans skirt . I used that section as a yoke and made darts...

Recently jkc left a comment about close shots. I am no photography expert. I don't even know all the right terminology! I just take phot...

About a month ago I had an email from Leigh Mencarini at Reading Evening Post. Someone on her staff had seen my blog and told her about it. ...

Yesterday was the Arts Exhibition for the Reading Arts Week for New Directions community college. The Fabric Painting taster session gaine...

I have mentioned the Blog Wardrobe Refashion several times, so today I thought it would be good to introduce it properly. Wardrobe Refashion...