Bags of, well, bagsAll weekend, whenever I could, I proudly wore the new handbag I made on Friday. It took me so many makings and undoings to get right, but it works a treat, and the fact that I managed to work out how to put in a zipped lining (without instructions!) still gives me …
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Bags of, well, bags
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My favourite things on Decor8 today
My favourite things on Decor8 todayHolly Becker of Decor8 is in the midst of a move from the US to Germany, and has been asking other bloggers to help her save a bit of time by sharing our favourite things in our homes with her readers. My Favourite Things post is up on Decor8 today! …
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Queen Nanook
Queen NanookWhat a life, eh? My cat’s not the only family member to appear online these days. Check out my sister-in-law’s cool drawings, and Paul’s website too.
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Stash cabinet
Stash cabinetMy collection of vintage fabrics has been languishing in a box for years, but my recent aquisition of two glass-fronted cabinets (from Wendren, via Beatnik), mean I can gaze upon them to my heart’s content. Yum.
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Patches of work
Patches of workI spent most of Making Friday apparently pointlessly patching together the smallest scraps of Sevilla Rock offcuts (it’s amazing how quickly you can grow a decent size bit of fabrics from the tiniest pieces), and then, inspired by Cecile’s curtain, became a bit more focussed and made this 1 x 1m patched piece …
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Patching things up
Spent such a good Making Friday in the studio today. After Wednesday’s bad news, I probably should have been out, beating down the mill’s door, and scouring the city for better fabric deals, but instead I sat in my studio all alone and laid into my big pile of fabric scraps – now suddenly a …
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Wild beasts
Wild beastsI found these terrifying wild animals at Heartworks, just up the road from me. You can tell they’re rough and touch, cos they wear pullovers, not cardigans, so watch out! They were knitted by a project in Zimbabwe, but there’s no swingtag, so I can’t tell you anything more about them, except that if …
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Feeling blue
Not duck egg blue or cerulean or anything remotely pretty, but plain old depressed, thanks to the news that my local cotton mill has raised the price of hopsack by 33% since June, thus effectively ruining the hot little line in international teatowel trade I was just getting off the ground. Actually, the more I …
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Horoscopes 2009
Horoscopes 2009For ages I’ve been doing the monthly horoscope illustrations for FairLady magazine, and these are some from 2009. Leos, you’re up this month, so your pic leads the pack. Can you work the rest of them out? The answers, and more pics, are to be found in the Illustration set on my Flickr page.
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