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Coast & Country Crafts and Quilts Newsletter
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Festive Greetings
Hello. How are you? We hope that things are not too chaotic or frazzled for you. Just when winter is starting to fully set in and we feel the call to hibernate, we are expected to be busy preparing meals, buying, making and wrapping gifts, going to parties or visiting family and friends or being the hostess with the mostest. Or maybe you are having a quieter time and watching the chaos around you. Whatever your Christmas looks like then make sure you find time for you and of course some sewing. It is a great way to bring calm and creativity to our lives. Unless, of course, you realise you've made a mistake and then Jack the Seam Ripper works overtime!
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We are having a nice break to recharge our batteries and hopefully sew sew sew making samples for the shop and coming up with new ideas for our workshops. We are closed from today, Saturday 23rd December reopening again on Tuesday 2nd January. Of course the website will still be open for orders and we will have a few of us going in to fulfill orders next week and answering emails. Please bear with us if we don't respond quickly. We will get back to you as soon as we can.
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We want to wish all of our customers the very best health and happiness for Christmas and the New Year. We love our little shop and our customers who call or come in to visit. We are inspired by what you make and share with us. We love the connections forged by sharing our passion for sewing. Here's to more creativity and inspiration in 2024!
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With love and best wishes
Sally & the girls
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Sally's mum has been a busy bee making beautiful bags in aid of our local Children's Hospice Southwest, raising nearly £400 to date. We've added a few of them to our website so if you purchase one, 100% of the money will go to the charity & thank you for your support!
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A Little Reminder
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We still have 15% off all Festive Fabric until midnight 31st December. Just click on the Festive15 voucher button at the online checkout. This can be used for click and collect orders too if you are local and can come to the shop. Please remember that if you opt to collect we will let you know when it is ready for you. We wouldn't want you to turn up and it not be ready for you.
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A Cornish Christmas Tradition
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We thought we would share a little local festivity with you.
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The tiny Cornish fishing village of Mousehole, named after the fact that it has a tiny entrance to the harbour, is famed for its fantastic Christmas lights display each year.(By the way, Mousehole is pronounced Mowzall). Altogether more than 7,000 bulbs are used in the displays, as well as rope-lighting and low voltage light systems. The total amount of cable used is in excess of 5.5miles, a remarkable feat considering the breadth village itself is little over a mile.
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Today, 23rd December, is an important day for a lot of people in Cornwall. In particular the tiny port of Mousehole near Penzance. Legend has it that a local fisherman, Tom Bawcock, along with his cat, Mowzer, saved the village from starvation by going to sea in a storm and bringing home a catch of fish to feed everyone. The day is known and celebrated as Tom Bawcocks Eve. There are celebrations and often a lantern procession through the village culminating in the pub with a sharing of Star Gazey Pie. A pie made up of mixed fish, egg and potato and has protruding fish heads coming out of the pie itself.
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This legend has been made more famous with the beautiful children's book The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley. This has been adapted into a film and a play which is performed every year in Mousehole.
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