Take time out to be creative!
Welcome to Hello! Hooray! - a blog about the things I love to make and do. My name is Clare Albans, and I am a mama, maker and author living in Newcastle upon Tyne. I am passionate about living a creative life, and hope that through my website you will find lots of ideas of how to bring creativity into your own life too.
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All items are dispatched 2nd class from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Postage upgrade for 1st class delivery and signed for is available.
Current dispatch time is 3-5 business days.
Please note that from April 2025 I will no longer be posting outside the UK - sorry!
(Updated 10th May 2025.)
Buy my new book!
The Modern Embroidery Handbook features step-by-step instructions for over 70 hand embroidery stitches plus 20 modern projects.
Treat yourself or a pal and order your copy today.
You'll also find my first book, Colourful Fun Embroidery, in my shop too!
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Embroidery kit fabric panels
Original price was: £12.00.£8.00Current price is: £8.00.
The Modern Embroidery Handbook
Original price was: £18.99.£15.00Current price is: £15.00.
More rainbow quilting
Over the past few weeks I’ve been making another rainbow baby quilt, this time for our dear friends Katrina and Adam, who are expecting their first baby next month – it has been a year of first babies for lots of our friends this year! I wanted to make a different quilt to my last one…
Catching up…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’m getting back into the swing of things with my blog now it’s up and running – I really hope you like my new site! 🙂 It feels like I’ve been away for ages, so today I’m spending a bit of time planning posts and generally working out where I’m up to! There are a…
Project Life: August 2014
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I started on working on my first Project Life album last month, and I’ve been so excited to share it with you! It’s one of those things that I knew I’d enjoy, but I didn’t realise just how much – it’s just fab! It’s been really good to think about the things I’ve enjoyed doing…
Have you ever wanted to learn hand embroidery?
Then you've come to the right place! Start with my book and sign up my free course #TheHappyStitchProject!
#colourfulfunembroidery
You'll find everything you need to stitch your own #colourfulfunembroidery in my online haberdashery!
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