Lily's blogspot blog hop
Chilli Pepper Wreaths
Deborah Kemball has kindly sent us some photos of her mouthwatering appliqué Chilli Pepper Wreath in two colour ways using Italy on the chair cushions and new Colourshotts for the other.
For more mouthwateringly beautiful appliqué flowers do go to Deborah’s site and see what you can resist!
Invest in colour
The wonderful Oakshott Warehouse Sale is on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 July 2014
Come and bag a bargain:
or several – and help us make space for our new Autumn deliveries!
- Iridescent 100% cotton Quilting Fabrics
- Special unrepeatable bundles
- Soft Furnishing fabrics
are all reduced to clear.
New arrivals
Additions to our New Colourshott and Lakes collections will be available to see and buy, and why not take a sneak preview of our new quilt designs from Lynne Goldsworthy, Amy Friend and more.
Join us at 19 Bamel Way, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4BH
Further information from 01452 371571
Oakshott Colourshott Bundle Blog Hop
They are using some amazing colours and coming up with some great projects for you – go on have a look!
(http://lilysquilts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-oakshott-colourshott-bundle-blog-hop.html)
Sharing colour since 2010
We first met Fiona across a crowded exhibition aisle in February 2010 and have been having fun with her approach to sewing ever since!
Fiona Pullen runs the online sewing directory as a central UK online platform for sewing businesses to promote themselves and as a one stop site for people who love sewing so they can find details of suppliers, sewing workshops, free projects, sewing techniques, industry news, competitions, events etc.
She gets 60-70,000 visitors a month so she gets plenty of offers to contribute content, particularly if it involves free fabric 
since they get to keep and enjoy what they make. For instance there’s a husband wearing this tie to work now and loving it.
It was designed by keen crafter Miriam Faulkner. You can find Miriam blogging at moremiriam. Instructions are on the sewing directory site.
This was one of two projects The Sewing Directory ran as a fabric challenge with Oakshott. Fiona shared the details of the fabrics on her site and invited people to submit ideas of what they would make with them. She then chose her two favourite ideas and sent them the fabric to make up their items and write the tutorials (go to her original post here).
The second project was a perfect little evening bag (instructions here) by Anna Wilson (you can find more projects from her on her blog www.awilson.co.uk or find her handmade products on Etsy.
Blog Alert 4
Thank you for allowing me to sew with your fabric again. I just love it so much. It shimmers! I am making this runner. It’s paper pieced but made to look improvisational. It measures 18 by 54 inches. Amy of www.duringquiettime.com
Wow! $3,500
We’ve just heard that Amish Stars (once called Swooning with Oakshotts), a quilt made by Live a Colourful Life has raised $3,500 at auction.
Shott up
The backbone of our collections, the Colourshott range, has gone even more ‘premier’ with a slightly heavier weave in a 54″ width and with an extra 27 colours! We are planning to re-introduce the fantastic Colourbox (containing all 57 colours) for Christmas.
Fat Quarterly have had a sneak preview and are running a competition.
www.liveacolorfullife.net have a wonderful explanation of shot cottons.