Life lessons from slow stitching
Millie Moore's Slow Stitch on Linen workshop and Grounded exhibition set the tone for a life affirming day.
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Stitching together crafting, creativity and culture
Making, mending and thrifting, exploring the arts and supporting creative ventures and indie businesses in Northern Ireland
CRAFTING
Introducing Sunday #sewingscope
I'm back, I've been sewing, and I'm starting something new...
Can NI sew a world record breaker?
Pamela Emerson (AKA The Crafty Historian) needs your help to create The NI Big Sock ! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Pamela Emerson, AKA The Crafty Historian. Fascinated by social history, and an experienced and talented crafter and teacher, Pamela is deeply passionate about Northern Ireland’s creative industries and projects. She is involved in the fabulous Voluntary Arts / Voluntary Arts Ireland #loveto campaign, actively encouraging people to get involved in creat
I’m feeling Sew Darn Crafty…
I've started a new crafting social group in Lisburn!
CREATIVITY
How to declutter for good
It was the 18th November 2015 when I decided it was time that a self-employed woman in her thirties needed to stop living like a student who’s just survived freshers’ week. Ladies and gentlemen – my bedroom: Or, as my boyfriend aptly dubbed it, ‘The Floordrobe’. Enough was enough. My office and sewing room were in similar states and the physical chaos was beginning to feel suffocating. I don’t know about you, but I can’t relax or be productive and creative in messy surround
Vote for me in the UK Blog Awards!
Welcome to 2016, Quillians! A brand new year – and a whole new set of blog awards to get excited about! The Patchwork Quill has entered two categories of the amazing UK Blog Awards – and you can help us win! There’s a public vote to decide the finalists – and it is open NOW! If you click the button below you’ll be taken to The Patchwork Quill’s UK Blog Awards profile page. Here, you’ll be able to vote for us in the Arts & Culture or Lifestyle categories – or both if you like.
Bringing home silver from the brand new #bloggies!
If you follow the PQ on social media, this is old news but… we won silver in the Arts & Culture category of the Blog Awards Ireland 2015! To say I am delighted is an understatement. I’ve engaged with the ‘bloggies’ since they launched in 2012, almost exactly a year after The Patchwork Quill did. I was shortlisted that first year in the Best Craft Blog category, shortlisted again in 2013 in the Best Designed Blog Category, and was a finalist in 2014 for Best Craft Blog and Be
CULTURE
Life lessons from slow stitching
Millie Moore's Slow Stitch on Linen workshop and Grounded exhibition set the tone for a life affirming day.
Art and afternoon tea in Belfast
Girls' day out! Ulster Watercolour Society Exhibition, followed by afternoon tea at Maryville House.
Music lovers soak up Buskfest buzz
The streets of Banbridge come alive during NI's beloved annual street music festival.
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