While it’s true that a good worker never blames his or her tools, it’s also true that for an unskilled dabbler, using the right tools for the job can make all the difference. For example, these are not the right tools for cutting patchwork squares: So after a text from Mum pointing out my general…
It’s stinking hot today (seriously – I hung out a load of washing, and it was dry before the second load was even finished in the washing machine), so of course it was the perfect day to spend sitting over a hot ironing board working on my latest project. It’s for a Christmas present, but…
When even your mother is telling you it’s about time you updated your blog, it’s probably about time you updated your blog… Not that I’ve got anything in particular to update it with. It’s that boring part of winter where nothing in particular happens, and the days are grey and dreary, and spring seems an…
It is miserably cold. Snow and sleet this morning (but not enough to settle, so no chance of getting the day off work 🙁 ), and an icy cold wind. Now it’s just raining and cold and horrible. We’re all sitting here in the office (yes, I’m being naughty and writing this at work, but…
My overly-ambitious attempt at a harder paper-piecing pattern actually turned out pretty well. Can you tell what it is yet? All those bits put together. The final product. I still haven’t decided what to do with the heart I made the other day, but I knew what this one would be before I started. Making…
but look at my table! I’m so pleased with how it turned out! It still needs to be varnished (probably not this weekend, because it’s raining so I can’t do it outside, and I don’t feel like stinking out the house with polyurethane), and like the other one, I need to figure out something for…
I went to another class at Make Cafe last week, this time on paper piecing patchwork. Once I got my head round the technique it was lots of fun, and again the class (a bit bigger than last time) was full of lovely people, so we had a great chat over the sewing machines. The…