Day trips away from home
I'm sorry I didn't manage to get round all the desks last week - it's been a busy week. What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny carpet #6! The final one. I have done the design and made a start. This is the inspiration for it: In order to co-ordinate it better with…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A couple of Florabunda "Thank You" cards that I made by printing the design on the computer, and then colouring with my Tombow markers. The monochrome one has a very subtle touch of purple which unfortunately isn't showing well on the photo. My actual workdesk hasn't seen…
Yesterday I went to the Craft4Crafters show at Westpoint in Exeter. This one was slightly different from the one I went to in the autumn in that there was more emphasis on fibre crafts than papercrafting but the latter was still very well represented. I wasn't able to see much on the papercrafting…
Updated! New photos of Tudor gown below... What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I have tidied up! I still have a lot of fabric scraps to tidy up and reorganise, but it's so good to be able to see some surfaces again, and to be able to move round the room a bit…
Today the weather was quite appalling, with torrential rain and a gale. We had booked to go to Collaton Fishacre, a National Trust property near us, where there was to be a talk on the Art Deco contents of the house, with particular reference to the Lalique glass, which I am particularly interested…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Sorry I didn't make it onto WOYWW last week. I've had a bad week with my ME, and was quite poorly with a cold, and I had hoped to have my slippers completed but didn't manage it. However, in between, I've been quite busy and have made…
It was a lovely sunny afternoon so my hubby suggested we go out for a bit, taking the Trekinetic with us - I haven't used it very much lately, because whenever my hubby has been free to take me out (and he's been so busy lately that that hasn't been often), I have…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A bit of a mixed bag this week! I have managed to do a bit of tidying in my studio. I've been doing some more experimenting with the bleaching of the teabags, sewn some more teabags, and made further progress on my slippers. I've had some problems…
Just to warn you - this is a very long post, but persevere, because among the many photos, there may be something that you find interesting. Plenty of different styles for different tastes! On Thursday 26th September I went to the Creative Crafts Show at the County Showground at Westpoint, just outside Exeter.…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Good stuff first... Teabag bleaching I have made some progress with my teabag bleaching project. After doing a bit more online research, I found that you can make a paste with bleach and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda). Apparently the bicarb enhances the action of the bleach…
