At its core cross stitch is a sewing technique used to embellish fabric with designs made up out of little squares. A big bonus of the technique is that simple designs are both extremely impactful and beautiful and easy to execute. Design …

Find the right elastic for you! At Vibes and Scribes we have noticed a huge number of our customers are turning to making their own face coverings. They are something we have all been encouraged to wear so making your own is a great op …

The 12th of May is an exciting day in any knitter and crocheters diary - it is Yarn Shop Day! This year at Vibes and Scribes we are delighted to be involved. Yarn Shop Day is a great way for customers to support their local yarn shop, but equally it …

When it comes to knitted and crocheted garments we tend to think of cosy jumpers and big chunky scarves, but with winter over it's time to change up your patterns for the warmer weather! Here are just a few ideas for your spring/summer yarn projects. …

Gingham fabric has been a huge fashion trend this year, featuring in multiple collections during London fashion week and adorning mannequins in most high street shops.                      & …

This week I finished my fasinator. I included some of our patterned clearance sinamay to give it some extra colour and detail. I think it really adds to the fasinator. I molded this patterned sinamay around the original shape of my fascina …

In our next millinery class we moved on to sculpting the main part of our fascinators. I had initially planned to make a sinamay flower to decorate my hat but ended up changing my design during this class. So to make the next part of my fascinat …

Recently I was looking for a beginners millinery course in the city. I looked up a few options online and after talking to a few people and doing a some research I decided to go with a 6 week course in Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa college of further …

During last Saturday's demonstration Janine was showing everyone different scrapbooking techniques using the Scrapbook Compendium kit. This kit is printed with beautiful butterfly designs and contains all kinds of trimmings, stickers, toppers and emb …