Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
I was recently commissioned to make a cushion for a couple who are getting married at the end of August. The only information I had available was that they are both very musical and one of them works for the red cross. So I decided to make a + quilt/cushion keeping to a black/white/red palette […]
Read More…In the Makery, there is a Wicker basket. (Which was a recent, happy find in a local charity shop) And in that basket is a selection of vintage linens that have been collected over a long time and now have a home of their own. In the desk in the Makery […]
Read More…It seems like a long time since I’ve linked up Friday sewing finishes but this week I have finishes. I’ve come to end of my biggest ever sewing project – something that has taken me about half a year but that I have not yet blogged much about. In the Spring, Demetria from RJR Fabrics, […]
Read More…Today we are going out for a family meal to celebrate the birthday of my father, who is 75 this year and, by coincidence, I noticed this is the 75th Wool on Sundays. It seems we are all growing older a lot faster than my blanket (inspired by The Coco Rose Diaries) is growing! Last week, […]
Read More…Looking back, I notice that the post where I said I was making a Makery was dated 1st April, so you might have thought it was an April fools joke. But really I was quite serious. I was gong to show it when it’s finished but, today, I decided to share a glimpse. Yesterday I did […]
Read More…Welcome to Wool on Sundays 74 and thank you to everyone who visited last week :) On Wednesday, I managed to finish and send off the Caravan tute and there’s been a lot of catching up to do with ‘real’ work and around the house after being away so much in June – especially in […]
Read More…Welcome to Wool on Sundays again! June was such a dire month that I starting to think I’d never manage another Wool on Sundays post. It began with a day at the side of the motorway, when Mr RH filled our diesel car with petrol… And ended with me dropping a cup of […]
Read More…Apologies for yet another missed Wool on Sundays :( I hope everyone enjoyed Midsummer. Although the days are shortening and we are heading towards Winter, the best of the sunshine and the bounty of the year is yet to come – hopefully, on Rainbow Hare as well as in the garden… I hope […]
Read More…Thank you to everyone who visited last week and welcome to Wool on Sundays 72. Although the yarn part of this was finished a few weeks ago, this week I have finished another UFO by turning my crochet flower into a largish frame purse/project bag. I’m VERY pleased with this because it is my first […]
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