It's that time again. The next Grey Circles is in just 2 weeks. Something to look forward to after the mayhem of interrupted time due to school holidays, Royal Weddings and Official Bank Holidays.

If you fancy some 'me' time after all that, then grab a place on our Children's Clothes Workshops on Saturday May 7th.

You will learn to make a top or tunic, along with a pair of trousers for any age from birth to 8 years. We ran the workshop back in February and it was a great success, both meeting great people and learning new skills. These designs are perfectly suited for summer clothing, so come along and design something unique for the children in your life to wear and enjoy all summer long. All you need to do is turn up and we'll provide everything else; including machine, all the fabrics you will need, lunch, tea, coffee, cakes, everything to enjoy the perfect day away learning new skills and meeting new friends.

Need to know anything more? Just contact myself or Manda for further information.

Ready to book? Go straight here and we look forward to having you join us.

Yesterday Manda and I ran a Grey Circles Workshop on making children's clothes. We had 4 lovely ladies join us - Justine, Debs, Julie and Alice. Julie had made the trip down from Scotland and Alice joined us from London. Justine and Julie had a much easier journey being based in Yorkshire too.

Normally the workshops are held at my house, but due to the crazy time I'd been having and still having the house-guests, we decided to relocate to Manda's, which worked out more than just fine.

The aim of the workshop was for everyone to make a top/dress, followed by a pair of trousers for any size from 6 months to age 6. We got off to a great start with everyone choosing fabrics and discussing their worries and concerns, the major one being sewing curves.

Alice kept us all entertained with her desire for precision measurement and concerns for achieving such. Alice was also quite scared of sewing curves but is demonstrating here how she has achieved the perfect curve.

Everyone chose fabric combinations and made great tops, but even going an hour over we had to leave with the trousers needing to be finished off at home. With 2 of our party having trains to catch and a long journey ahead I didn't manage to get photos of all their beautiful finished wares, but hopefully I'll get photos sent through and be able to show you then.

In the meantime here's the one I made - a dress for my almost 5 year old niece. The wonderful thing about this pattern is that you really can customise it to your own desires. I used a crisp plain linen for the body and sleeves and appliqued some Liberty print circles along the hem to add a little detail.

This really was a fun workshop and lovely to produce a garment. So, if you missed it this time, but would like to join us at the next one on May 7th, click away here and join us then. We'd love to see you.

Want to cheer yourself up and banish the February blues? Then come and spend a day with Manda and me, learning a new skill and welcoming in the early days of spring by making beautiful, lovingly made clothes for the children in your life.

All equipment, fabrics and notions are included in the day, so you need to do no more than turn up ready to play with some gorgeous fabrics. We will also be providing a homemade lunch with tea, coffee and biscuits.

If you think that you might like to join us for the day in a lovely park side setting (and we hope you do!) then please email either myself or Manda at greycircles@hotmail.co.uk for further information or go directly here to book now.

Would love to come but can't make this date? We are running a workshop on April 2nd, where you can learn the delights of School House Quilting. We'd love to welcome you on that date instead, or even as well!

Didn't we have a lovely time at Grey Circles Winter Workshop??

Well, Manda and I certainly did!

We had 3 lovely ladies turn up for our Christmas Stocking and Zipper Pouch Workshop today and we had such a lovely time. Well, as I said, Manda and I certainly did, but you may need to ask Justine, Judi and Crissy if they did too.

Seriously, is there a better way to spend a Saturday than perusing over fabrics, spending the day sewing, coming away with some beautiful things you have made and sitting round a table with new friends eating and laughing?

Oh and did I mention fabulous fabrics to purchase sent up from Saints and Pinners?

Personally I could do this every day of the week...

...and judging by the look on these ladies faces, I think they could quite happily again too.

Watch out for further up-coming Grey Circle Workshops in a kitchen near you (or just a train ride away, hey, judi?)