Patchwork

About a year in the making... I've finished my patchwork quilt! I am hugely proud and have been sending pictures to everyone I can think of. I have collected fabric samples and scraps and also embroidered parts...

BTS

 

Printing Paper

 A morning well spent - sorted for wrapping paper for a while now...

Fabric Samples For Quilts

An afternoon spent sorting out fabric samples, after collecting several bags full from a friend who was throwing them out of her studio recently. So excited to get sewing my next quilt!

Outdoors

Social distancing has unexpectedly lead to a new styling opportunity... Camping last week in Cornwall... quilts and cushion made by Mum.

More time can be spent over breakfast at the moment - and so a chance for every jar and condiment to have its moment of glory.

Finding what I've been squirrelling away in the fridge and cupboards has been eye opening - several jars of open mustard, capers, tahini, tamarind paste...? The list goes on......

Tie-dye and embellishment - when getting dressed in the dark before work ends up being a semi successful look!

Tie Dye

An afternoon spent at my friend Min's house a couple of weeks ago attempting to tie dye - with great results! We've got the bug - hopefully our friends and family like tie dye as I see all sorts handmade gifts coming their way...

Boyd, above, kept us company

Namesake

When you're 16 and literally can't think of ANYTHING cooler than making a pair of jeans in to a mini skirt and sewing your name in gold beads. A great archive find...

Calendar Girl?

I started to make a calendar towards the end of last year for my Dad's birthday but ran out of steam and time... I have kept what progress I made and am keeping it on my bedside table. I will be sad when I get to September and my cobbled together calender runs out.

Woven Leather

Tessa, who has a penchant for loafers (the shiny ones in the photos below were a 21st birthday present to her), must have been on the mind today as I bought these woven leather loafers for £2 pounds today from a shop in Notting Hill. On my way home to Shepherd's Bush I stopped at the market to buy some kind of ribbon to join the missing bit between the leather loops on the front.. I settled for grey snakeskin but was tempted by the purple snakeskin, sequins, plastic hearts and silk ribbons. I'm glad I didn't go there...