{"id":1875,"date":"2014-11-07T10:38:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1875"},"modified":"2014-11-18T10:48:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T10:48:51","slug":"the-vintage-sewing-knitting-bee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1875","title":{"rendered":"The Vintage Sewing &#038; Knitting Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vintage Sewing &amp; Knitting Bee is a light-hearted romance set in Scotland.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1876\" alt=\"vintage sewing web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web-400x564.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/vintage-sewing-web.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/reader\/B00PCNCXXC\/#reader_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26\" alt=\"Read\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/readanexcerpt-copy.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/readanexcerpt-copy.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/readanexcerpt-copy-114x150.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Knitting patterns are available free from the book\u2019s accompanying website.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new book for 2014. First published November 2014.<\/p>\n<p>It is a 35,000 word romance. It\u2019s the fifth book in the Sewing, Knitting &amp; Baking series of books. These books can be read in any order.<\/p>\n<p>Book 1 &#8211; <a title=\"The Tea Shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=749\">The Tea Shop<\/a><br \/>\nBook 2 &#8211; <a title=\"The Sewing Bee &amp; Afternoon Tea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1273\">The Sewing Bee &amp; Afternoon Tea<\/a><br \/>\nBook 3 &#8211; <a title=\"The Christmas Knitting Bee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1818\">The Christmas Knitting Bee<\/a><br \/>\nBook 4 &#8211; <a title=\"Champagne Chic Lemonade Money\" href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1853\">Champagne Chic Lemonade Money<\/a><br \/>\nBook 5 &#8211; The Vintage Sewing &amp; Knitting Bee<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Bestseller on Amazon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In November 2014 The Vintage Sewing &amp; Knitting Bee became an Amazon #1 bestseller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00PCNCXXC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1884\" alt=\"#1 banner 18th Nov 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014-580x116.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014-580x116.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014-400x80.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1-banner-18th-Nov-2014.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ilona leaves Edinburgh city and goes to live in a lovely little cottage in rural Scotland. She enjoys living quietly until she joins the local vintage sewing and knitting bee run by Flora. Although Ilona becomes friends with the ladies and is welcomed into their bee, they also get up to mischief making, especially when it comes to men and romance.<\/p>\n<p>The ladies are intrigued to find out that one of their neighbours, handsome dancer Etive, dances half naked in his garden at night. And then there\u2019s the well-built builder Greig to contend with.<\/p>\n<p>While making sparkly vintage dresses for parties and dinner dances, knitting everything from shawls and tea cosies to scarves and skirts, Ilona and the ladies get up to all sorts of mischief and mayhem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other books in the series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=749\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1008\" alt=\"Tea Shop Cover web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tea-Shop-Cover-web-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tea-Shop-Cover-web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tea-Shop-Cover-web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tea-Shop-Cover-web-400x565.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tea-Shop-Cover-web.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1274\" alt=\"The Sewing Bee and Afternoon Tea Cover April 2014 web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/The-Sewing-Bee-and-Afternoon-Tea-Cover-April-2014-web-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/The-Sewing-Bee-and-Afternoon-Tea-Cover-April-2014-web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/The-Sewing-Bee-and-Afternoon-Tea-Cover-April-2014-web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/The-Sewing-Bee-and-Afternoon-Tea-Cover-April-2014-web-400x564.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/The-Sewing-Bee-and-Afternoon-Tea-Cover-April-2014-web.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1818\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1819\" alt=\"The Knitting Bee July web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web-580x819.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web-400x565.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Knitting-Bee-July-web.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1854\" alt=\"Champagne Chic Lemonade Money web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Champagne-Chic-Lemonade-Money-web-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Champagne-Chic-Lemonade-Money-web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Champagne-Chic-Lemonade-Money-web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Champagne-Chic-Lemonade-Money-web-400x564.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Champagne-Chic-Lemonade-Money-web.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vintage Sewing &amp; Knitting Bee is a light-hearted romance set in Scotland. Knitting patterns are available free from the book\u2019s accompanying website. This is a new book for 2014. First published November 2014. It is a 35,000 word romance. It\u2019s the fifth book in the Sewing, Knitting &amp; Baking series of books. These books &#8230; <a title=\"The Vintage Sewing &#038; Knitting Bee\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/?page_id=1875\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Vintage Sewing &#038; Knitting Bee\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1875","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1875\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.de-annblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}