ShoebagOne of the things I made on Friday was a sweet linen shoe bag. Using my sewing machine, I stitched an illustration of a shoe onto heavyweight linen, then sewed it up into this one-of-a-kind bag, now available in my Etsy shop. PS: Anyone wanting to know where I got these utterly adorable little shoes, …
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Shoe bag
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Friday = Making Day
Friday = Making DayIn line with the New Organised Me, I’m officially decreeing every Friday to be Making Day. Despite the icy weather, I had the best time on Friday. I walked to my studio, so there was no chance of nipping out, and then spent the entire day there, with no distractions, no errands, …
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Two cutters
I’m not the only one who likes to cut things around here. Paul’s been doing some very colourful cutting lately, and snipping too. The one above is an experiment in preparation for his exhibition in October, and the other is just a pic of the snipped remnants under a recent, and rather fancy, commission he …
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Alert: My head’s grown so big I can hardly reach over my own shoulder to pat myself on the back.
Alert: My head’s grown so big I can hardly reach over my own shoulder to pat myself on the back.So there it is: my Borrowed Spoons tea towel in the New York Times magazine, coyly nestling up with tea towels by Lucienne Day and Marimekko. Who knew that tea towels could be made to look …
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Lunchbox Cowboy – get yours here!
In April I wrote about doing the album artwork for David Fletcher’s brand new CD, called Lunchbox Cowboy, and on Friday a big envelope full of the finished album arrived here. It’s ridiculously exciting to see your own paper cuts on a record album! The CD looks fantastic, and better than that: it sounds great …
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New blogs for checking
New blogs for checkingVeering off my Monday list of tasks to swim around the web a bit, I found two blogs that are well worth taking a look at: Manna from Brooklyn– a charming record of finds, buys and noticing. At swim-two-birds– weaving, embroidery, cookies and photographs (thanks for this one, Francesca).
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Do what you like
Do what you like!When I first listed my Sevilla Rock yardage on Etsy, I was convinced I’d be making lots of cushions, bags, purses, etc etc, to sell, so I marked the item as *For personal use only. Items made from this are not for resale* or something like that. Well, e.v. of IsGood sent …
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Tips from cats, Tim and Molly
Tips from cats, Tim and MollyI’m showing lots of pics of our kitties today, both because I’ll find any excuse, and also because I do so admire the feline nature. While I’m doing reasonably ok on the grooming and physical suppleness thing that cats do so well, I’ve got loads to learn in terms of …
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Nothing yet, but soon…
Nothing yet, but soon…I’m way ahead of myself posting about this project, as I’ve only just begun and the way I keep running out of time on everything else, I can see it might take forever to complete. Anyway, what it is now is a bunch of small, cheap cotton rugs from Ackermans, and what …
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