A wonderful pick-up lunch, tea and cake, and show-and-tell, had by (almost) all...
Handwork Renews
While I was gallivanting in Bumble the Big Wagon, I took some embroidery to play with - very restful and takes up little space. The resulting piece will transform this rather uninspiring calico shopping bag, as soon as I find the rest of the pretty hand-dyed thread...
So nice to sew with a hand-dye - every stitch is a slightly different colour...
Detail of the lovely hand-printed indigo cloth I worked on, and the stitches
Not everything is Utterly Modern here
HB is quilting little 3D tablemats for inlaws' Christmas presents - nicely traditional colours!
HH
An Ugh and a Whooppee!
After weeks and weeks of head-banging I have finished my latest opus - "Be Afrayed" a booklet on faux-chenille and slashing techniques. I'll add this to the website tomorrow and put a link up here.. Note the piece of genuine faux-chenille on every cover.
And, given half-an-hour before my online Yin Yoga, I decided to defluff my big Juki... Ugh!
HH
Work In Progress
Making decisions about Kits and Patterns, taking some of the elderly-and-not-very-nice ones apart and recycling the contents; repacking; making new versions of patterns. Making a lot of tea and a nice lunch and a couple of very short dog-walks..
A productive day!
A Small Gallivant...
...to Sew and So's at Bungay, to drop off samples for the next term's classes which we are much looking forward to teaching there. The shop looks very nice and festive with lots of delicious new fabrics as well as the usual red/green/sparkly..
They close for Christmas on the 17th, so get in while you can
Then we had a nice coffee and mulled over the ins-and-outs of stallholding and new kit for same, then came home and contemplated new patterns and kits. Tomorrow, a bit of remaking, packing, and sprucing-up...
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