Hello lovely bloggy friends would really just like to wish you all a very happy christmas, i must say my little blog has been very neglected of late ,but were nearly ready for the big day The house is looking very festive and lots of presents have been wrapped  And i thank you all for still popping by to see me and i hope you all have a happy christmas , i am looking forward to my little brood breaking up from college and school on friday and then we can properly relax and enjoy the time off  Much love and lots of happiness  francine xxxx ..read more

Hello lovely bloggy friends , hope you are all well and enjoying the last half term before Christmas ,I really do love this time of year, the build up to the big day  and all the decorations and twinkly lights ,it seems to come round quicker every year It is also a busy time of year for my little business too with a couple of Christmas fairs planned so been busy making these for my shows I do love my work ,especially working from home which fits in with my little brood ,I would of course love to have a shop with a tea rooms but I know it would cost too much and also ..read more

Hello lovely bloggy friends,hope to find you all fine and dandy ,what a gorgeous weekend it has been in York ,well now I have moved I am half way between York and leeds ,the sun has been beaming down ,the leaves are starting to change colour  and there is certainly an autumly feel around we are very happily settled into our new home and have been pottering about having a little move round here and there which I love to do ,the pictures are of my kitchen and my little dresser full of nick nacks, popped into cath kidston recently and fell in love with everything as ..read more

Hello lovelies is it really September already !,it has been a busy holiday ,we moved out of our very old ,run down , cold and draughty house into a smaller , modern , warmer brighter new home and I feel so happy , I really thought I would miss the old house but I really don't miss it at all and love our new home and so do the children so I feel  very happy and content here are a few pictures   The girls have gone back to school ,college for my son next week so the house is quiet and tidy again , I have also be busy with orders and my work and now thinking about C ..read more

Hello all,  I hope you are all keeping well under these uncertain times. Everything does seem rather strange at the moment here in the uk another lock down on its way. It feels like an age again since I was last here, I still sew every day and enjoy every moment making pretty things to keep and sell. My fabric stash is forever growing I find it hard to not buy pretty fabrics even though I don’t need them, always thinking that one day I will use it for something I still mainly make buntings but have recently made these gorgeous fabric cushions in these pretty fabrics I ..read more

Hello all, just thought I would pop by and say hello as it’s been a while I wondered if people still visit blogs , Instagram seems very popular at present My Instagram is www.instagram.com/patchworkandlace if you fancy following me Patchwork and lace is still going strong , just finished these buntings and quilts and they have been added to my shops www.linktr.ee/patchworkandlace Still loving pretty fabrics, I have so many these are just a few of them Well that’s it really , nothing much to report do just showing lots of pictures Thank you for popping by Much love Francine x ..read more

Hello all, hope to find you all well Summer is certainly here, the sun is shining and temperatures are soaring which is very welcoming but not so much the humidity which has left us all overly hot. I have been working on a few new bits and bobs like this new dress pattern, it is the first time I've attempted an adults dress and I have to say it went extremely well , I'm not very good at following dress patterns so I did struggle with parts  but overall I'm pretty chuffed with myself The fabric is just so pretty, the pattern is quite simple with a zip at the back but  I am going to have ..read more

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hello all, hope you are all well in blog world, I can't believe it has been so long again since my last post, time just whizzes by doesn't it All is well here, life with 3 children is always busy and there is always something going on My little business is still going strong, I decided on a name change as the name patchwork and ..read more

Hello lovely bloggy friends, its been such a long time since I popped by here, I hope you are all fine and dandy, life just seems to be flying by and I can't believe were nearly in Autumn The family are all well, my youngest has started secondary school now and is settling in well and making lots of new friends, my other daughter is just about to start her second year at York university studying crime and criminal justice and social policies and my son is now a fully qualified electrician and is also doing an electrical engineering  course at college and is moving on to another job more in ..read more

Hello lovely bloggy friends that's if i still have any still, it's been such a long time and a belated Happy new year, it's flown by since my last post way back in July I know a lot of people don't blog any more which is such a shame i think but there are so many other sites nowadays like Instagram that people use more like myself but i will always keep my little blog i like the fact i can add whatever pictures and stories  i like, i understand that people just run out of things to say i suppose but i hope you remain with me here and i hope to post more regularly Well m ..read more