Cooper Sewing Machine Blog

The Rising Popularity of Craft Groups

It is fast becoming a feature within the world of Facebook. Thousands of people are joining and it would be surprising if you haven’t been invited. The group is a craft group, and its mission is to reclaim craft from the stereotype that only older women do it. It’s fast becoming a hip and happening thing with the younger generation, groups are cropping up all over the UK. I have many friends who go to knitting groups and they all More

Small Business Sewing Ideas!

For some reason, most people complain about their job and never take the plunge into starting an effective home-based business; it’s understandable, considering the financial insecurity that can dog such a thing in the early days, but make no mistake – this kind of business can be as affective as any other, and in a surprisingly short period of time you can go from selling very little to feeling as though you might take over the world! The best thing More

Getting Crafty

I have recently found myself utterly inspired by the artist Paul Horton – so much so that I have actually decided to join a regular craft meeting in an attempt to get in touch with my creative side! The meeting I chose is ‘Stitch London’ and although it is aimed mainly at devoted knitters, they proclaim themselves to be a multi-craft group. I’m going to take my knitting needles, along with my art materials in the hope of producing something More

Don’t get cross

As well as creating clothes, things for the house and even luxuries on my sewing machine, I also enjoy cross stitching. This is a simple and artistic way of creating images on fabric by following a simple pattern and using cross stitches to build up the picture. They can be simple enough for small children to manage or really complicated like some of the Victorian ones you might see in museums or country houses.
I was first introduced to cross More

Gift Ideas

I know it’s still only November, but we have to face facts that Christmas is approaching. I heard my first Carol in a shop the other day, my town have out up the lights and my daughter has already started compiling her list for Santa! It’s probably about time I started at least planning my Christmas shopping. I like to try and get the nuts and bolts of it done as early as possible, then I can enjoy the build More

Energy Saving…But Without The Techno-Babble!

You know the drill: you arrive home from doing a hard day’s work, thoroughly knackered and slightly annoyed that you didn’t remember to call in at the supermarket on the way home, then you dial a take-away, and all of a sudden life is better! Until you turn on the TV – while finishing your Meat Feast and wishing you would have had the foresight to order a bigger pizza, with extra meat… – and find some bloke on the More

Don’t Be A Wally!

I love a good picture of a ferocious wild animal, me, so you can only imagine how HAPPY I was when I found the Enigin site and saw this: http://www.eniginpartner.com/search.php?q=energy+saving A picture of a leopard! (I think? Thought I’d just tell you in case they changed the picture and put up one of a sweet looking housecat and you thought I was a wally.) Even better, the Enigin site – and this is just one of many – is all More

Because It’s Important!

This article is all about being lazy and green!

If you’re the kind of person who finds it easy to convince him or herself that the car is a much better option than a twenty minute walk (and that it won’t do any damage if you drive slowly, and it’s them planes up there that are responsible for destroying the ozone layer), you should be reading this over and over again, until you can fight the urge to get in More

What should you wear?

This may be the number one question no matter where you are going. It could be a swany new bar opening or ski chalet holidays, fashion is such a large part of our daily lives. You may be in to wearing the latest designer clothes or you may be more into retro looks. Fashion is a very personal choice and is a very lucrative business as well. Everyone cares about how they look when they go out even if More

What’s Your Opinion?

Whenever a piece of paper promising all kinds of goodness comes through the door I am skeptical of it. I can’t help it, It’s just the way I was built. And whenever I hear or read the phrase “new business opportunity” I cringe like mad. I’ve heard of too many horror stories not to.

So when I landed on the following site – a friend said I should take a look before I decide anything – I didn’t know what More