Making Friday was somewhat hard-won today, with everyone suddenly setting madly tight deadlines, and I had lots of custom orders to get through too. But I love my Making Days, I do, so I muscled aside the deadlines and whizzed through the custom orders and got to the real challenge of the day: making a …
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Making Friday 19 March
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Maria’s monkey
Paul’s goddaughter Maria turned two a couple of weeks ago, so I made her a rather odd-looking monkey that weighed a ton thanks to my bright idea of stuffing it with fabric offcuts.It’s a little peculiar, but Maria seems to like it.
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Making Friday
Making Friday Did lots of boring folding, checking, packing, stitching and dusting on Making Friday, which isn’t really the point, is it? So I gathered myself towards myself and got some paper cutting done too.
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Enormous doily
Did I mention that I’ve been making an enormous doily? Well, it’s not enormous yet, but it will be, and it’s certainly bigger than the person who wrote the pattern anticipated. I’ve stalled though, as I’ve run out of jute. It’s on the shopping list.
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Sneak peek
Sneak PeekPsst, there’s something exciting in the works: the wonderful Lynn Russell of Satsuma Press (see some of her beautiful work at the top of this post) suggested we do a bit of a collaboration, and we’ve come up with two card designs that will be ready for the holiday season. They’re not printed yet, …
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Bags of, well, bags
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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The early years…
I was doing a tidy-up and sort-out at my studio yesterday, where I came across a suitcase full of my very early print experiments, when all I had was a knife, some acetate, a sponge, and a lot more free time than I have now. They’re not brilliant, but I enjoyed seeing them again. I …
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Blogging and weaving
Blogging and weavingOne of the reasons I started this blog was to encourage myself to keep making things. Somehow, having somewhere to show them really helps me to keep up the good work – it’s like having a coach cheering me on from the sidelines! Jesse gave me this very simple loom just before Christmas …
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Patches in place
Patches in placeRemember that enormous patchwork I made and sent off to Denmark? Well, it arrived in the nick of time for Julie to get it up for her housewarming party! I love the pic above, showing the view from behind the curtain, with light shining through. It looks so pretty, and I’m really thrilled …
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