I am very excited to announce that some Chez Beccy products are now available on the

 Country Living General Store

Why not take a peek!

UK Handmade have a fabulous winter brochure out now 

with loads of gorgeous handmade presents ideas. 

I'm very pleased 

that my Christmas Napkins also feature.

Aprons and tea towels are also now available from my online shop

Why not get organised for the coming party season by downloading your Free Dinner Party Planner.

Just click on this link and join my mailing list. Then its yours to print as many times as you need!

There is a Guest List, Menu Planner, To Do list, Shopping List. Infact, lists galore!

Enjoy...

Chez Beccy is now an official sponsor of the Print & Pattern blog. 

I'm very excited as I'm a big fan!

Thank you Folksy for making me this weeks featured seller!

Had a great time this weekend doing a photo shoot with my sister. 

It makes such a difference seeing my aprons being modelled. I really please with the results.

A big thank you to Anne-marie Sullivan!

My new range of green linen/cotton tea towels are now available to buy in 

my online store. Why not take a peek!

All 3 new designs...

...or they look great altogether!

Aprons are also available in all 3 designs. Model shot coming soon!

The last few weeks I've been working on my online shop. I've been improving my product descriptions so all the relevant information is there for the customer to see. But the main thing I've been working on is my product photography. I liked the lifestyle shots I had for my tea towel photos so I just up dated them, but I hadn't got a good lifestyle shot for my napkins. So after much trial an error I finally found a look I was happy with!

So my Colour workshop was on saturday the 10th May. I had a lovely group of 6 ladies all wanting to learn about colour, some were quilters, knitters others wanted to choose colours for interiors. It was really good fun and they all left with an idea for their colour schemes. It was all finished off with tea and cake! A great way to finish the day!

Now my attention is on Saturday 24th May for my next Craft Fair where I'll be launching my lovely duck-egg green range of tea towels and aprons. These will soon be available in my online shop.

Celebrate this Easter with some fabulous homemade treats. 

Try out this delicious Easter biscuit recipe, a real family favourite! 

Click here to sign-up my mailing list and I'll send you the recipe. 

Happy Baking! Beccy

Launching my new Children's Apron.
This delightful apron will keep your child's clothes clean and protected while they create delicious treats for you in the kitchen! Suitable for older children aged approx 7-11 years old in blue and white, with polka dots or stripes. Made from 55% linen 45% cotton and digitally printed with water-based inks, so friendly on the environment. A great look for budding young bakers! 

Check them out on my new look website ChezBeccy.folksy.com.

Blue & White Polka Dot Children's Apron.

Blue & White Striped Children's Apron.

On saturday 10th May I am going to be running a one day colour workshop at Folly Fabrics in Bampton, Oxfordshire. The day will start off with understanding basic colour theory and some rules for creating your own colour schemes. Suitable for anyone wanting to understand how to put colours together for any design project, from knitting & quilting to choosing you kitchen colour scheme! Once the basics are covered participants will then put what they have learnt into practice by create their own colour schemes, and I'll be able to give guidance if needed. In the afternoon, we will go on to discover how colours interact with each other, how to create depth using colours and the moods inspired by different designs. We will finish with a colour clinic an tea and cake! The only way to end the day...

I'm really looking forward to doing this. It's been fun putting the workshop together and finding examples. There are some amazing images on the web,  design-seeds have some fabulous colour schemes inspired by nature...roll on May

I've been creating another design for my Burford Green collection called String of Hearts.

I thought it would look good to add in some pink rose,

but I realised I actually prefer the roses white.

And the final design, with just a couple of very pale pink roses.

Can't wait to see what the fabric swatch looks like!

Last weekend I had sometime to do some painting! I've been planning this design for ages and now I've finally put paint to paper! I want to share my new design with you. It will be the second design in my Burford Green range.

My preliminary sketches

                        

Working up my idea into a pattern.    

Working out the colours

The final artwork for the main pattern repeat.

My finished pattern.

Now I'm going to order a fabric swatch to check the colours are correct!

I set up my Chez Beccy stand last weekend at the Vesey Rooms in Bampton. I have my Aprons, Tea Towels, Napkins, Lavender Hearts and Cards for sale.

 I went back today to see how it looked with everyone elses things. 

Lesley Williams has some lovely pottery, her mugs are gorgeous.

Lovely chopping boards from Tuula of Stikdesign.

And homemade chutney from Ann-Margret, just lovely the spotty green covers!

and of course plenty of Downton Abbey souvenirs!!!