September Start and Help from Bloggers.

The summer months, and those ridiculously long school holidays (which ended with an 8 year olds broken elbow) , have meant that blogging, website updating, and newsletter writing have taken a back seat.

The new term has arrived so fingers crossed for a motivated, productive term.
We have made lots of changes in the shop over the past week but I know the website needs lots of tlc after a summer of neglect...hold that thought...I'm getting there!!!

As you know from my last blog post I have finally conceded that I.Cannot.Do.It.All.

I was overwhelmed with the response from everybody and I am really pleased to present the 4 bloggers who will be contributing to this blog and the website.

                             

                                             


Do pop over and see their lovely blogs!

And I'm looking forward to seeing their creations in the future.

It has been a while since mailing list subscribers have heard from me too. So tonight I sent out an email to 3 subscribers who have won the monthly draw.

Lorraine, Elaine and Doreen will all receive a lovely bundle of Christmas ribbons new in to the shop.

You can sign up here to receive my infrequent ramblings!


The broken elbow that has kept me out of the shop quite a bit over the last week!

Vacancy.....

Running Patch is the best job I have ever had. There aren't enough words to describe how happy I feel knowing I am going to 'work'.

I love my shop. Love my fabrics. Love my customers. Love my studio space. Love to sew whenever I get the chance.

But... 

There is always a but isn't there???

It's hard work. Really hard work. Juggling everything with my 4 children, 2 of them still very young, a husband who works away half the week, a stupid cat, a social life (ha) and sleep sometimes gets overwhelming! 

I have help in the shop, Leanne and Sheona are amazing and between us we try hard to keep on top of everything but I need more help.

That's where hopefully 'you' come in...

Patch is looking for bloggers who would be willing to work for fabric and shout outs on this poor,neglected - but soon to be managed properly- blog!!

The job spec goes as follows - every couple of months we send you 2 bundles of fabric - one for you and one to turn into a sample, with a tutorial ( or you can use an online tutorial or book pattern) for the shop/blog. 

We would like you to blog about it which I can then post on the Patch blog linking back to you. 

We will cover all postage costs.

Does this sound like something you would like to do? 

I hope so, if you are interested please email me patchfabrics@hotmail.co.uk with your name and your blog name.

Hope to hear from you soon!