ONLINE ART COURSE - TWO MORE INK SKETCHES, SOME INTERESTING OBJECTS AND TEXTURES, AND MY NEW LAPTOP It's been an interesting and busy few days. Online art course - small ink drawings Hammer My hubby joined me again in this lesson. Of all the small sketches to be drawn with the ink pens,…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
BEGINNING A SECOND LINEN APRON, AND SOME HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY From the outset, I intended to make two vintage-style linen aprons, and last week I began working on the second one. This one will have floral embroidery on it, in a more traditional style. I have already cut the various pieces to make the…
SASHIKO I recently rediscovered Sashiko online. Some time ago I looked at this form of Japanese embroidery and thought how effective it was, and put it on the back burner as someting to explore further. What is Sashiko? "Sashiko" means "little stabs" in Japanese, and it refers to the small stabbing stitches of…
I MADE AN APRON! Since starting my Bonnie Bags project, I've been getting more sewing videos coming up in my feed. I do follow a few channels which show how to make authentic period garments, and while I am not really into this, I am interested to see how things were done in…
CHARITY SHOP HAUL OK, I know I said I was going to use up my stash before buying any more... Hmmm. Guilty as charged. I bought some more. Last Thursday we had an appointment in Newton Abbot in the early afternoon and decided to make a day of it, combining the appointment with…
BONNIE BAGGIE NO. 3 - UPCYCLED HOT WATER BOTTLE COVER I was going through some old stuff the other day and in a drawer in the bedroom I found a spare hot water bottle cover that I don't use. I don't know where it came from but it was never very satisfactory as…
EYEGLASS CORDS, BONNIE BAGGIE NO. 2 - GREEN NECK PURSE, AND MY OLD BAGGIES Now that the final supplies have arrived for Bonnie Baggie No. 2 and future projects, I am able to post the completed baggie. Eyeglass cords from Amazon The other day, I spent some considerable time searching online for beaded…
BEGINNING BONNIE BAGGIE NO. 2: SMALL NECK PURSE - WORKING WITH LEATHER This baggie is made from curtain fabric with a leather fringe at the bottom. I got out my large box of leather scraps. Very many years ago I was given a whole lot of fine leather offcuts from a glove maker,…
A REPAIR JOB, AND EXCITING NEW STASH FROM EBAY A repair job - my hubby's leather pouch I had to put aside my Bonnie Baggie project last Friday night because I had a repair job to do for my hubby. He always has a leather pouch attached to his belt for his bits…
