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alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 12 11:17 am Post subject:

I am making my home clean and tidy.

At the moment I am spring cleaning. Ruthlessly, as the last 3 years I didn't really do much, apart from the swish, swipe and hoover.

I am attacking one room at a time, top to bottem and throwing loads of stuff away. It is very liberating.

The theory is that by the end of two weeks I will have cleared the guilt away so when I want to sit in the daytime and do a craft project, read etc I won't feel guilty because the spare bedroom hasn't be touched in so long.

I have done 2 whole rooms today, and have started the office / room of doom, that has never been used as an office, but is called that. It has never been cleaned since we have been here, and is used as a dumping ground. I may be some time!

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 12 11:20 am Post subject:
Brine.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 12 11:21 am Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Another denim quilt.

That sounds interesting,I have a pile of random jeans.

Do you have a picture of one you have done?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 12 11:47 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

Another denim quilt. You're not throwing any of your old jeans away are you?

Do you want them posting?

No , personal delivery (or collection) please.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 12 11:51 am Post subject:

gardening-girl wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

Another denim quilt.

That sounds interesting,I have a pile of random jeans.

Do you have a picture of one you have done?

I thought I would do an instructable on it. I'm hoping to get it finished this weekend and post it up. If I don't I will post a photo instead. (Feeling a bit guilty as I am neglecting anything household including cooking at the moment.)

pookie

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 4984
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:08 am Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

gardening-girl wrote:

Cathryn wrote:

Another denim quilt.

That sounds interesting,I have a pile of random jeans.

Do you have a picture of one you have done?

Instructions would be fab Cathryn!

Pics of the first item made from the quilt I was given, this bag has a piece of every one of the fabrics and I dropped it off at the ladies house. She loved it and was really pleased she had a reminder of all the fabrics, some of which were the clothes she made herself as a girl. It's reversible too

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:37 am Post subject:
thats really nice - and such a lovely idea to give it back as a present

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:41 am Post subject:
Lovely! I'm about to try and make the bag here: https://www.noodle-head.com/2010/01/tutorial-messenger-bag-from-cargo-pants.html Oh and I've just discovered Pinterest! Oh Dear!

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:42 am Post subject:

that looks fantastic

Such a lovely idea

I'm meant to be cranking out socks, interspersed with knitting a reticule, but I've worn a hole in my finger with eth sharp 2mm needles I'm using so that has to go on hold for a bit, and I'm bored rigid with the sock machine today. I'm contemplating being naughty and spending a couple of hours working on a possible new knitting pattern idea I'm cooking up, but I really should be focussing on other things.

Creativity is a fickle thing...

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 12:12 pm Post subject:
Nice patchwork

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 12:53 pm Post subject:
That's lovely, Pookie. I did judith's block yesterday and I'm going to try some spinning later to see if my hand can do that. No knitting for a while, though.

Ren

Joined: 27 Jan 2009
Posts: 1782
Location: southwesterly

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 2:07 pm Post subject:

I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...I'm doing my coat...

not surfing honest

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 2:22 pm Post subject:
Knitting break for me too..been busy all week knitting slippers, next task is getting round to felting them..but before that and in between spinning and carding I'm doing bit of woodcraft....home made woolcombs. I just don't want to part with �50 to get new pair and as I have bits of wood and long nails spare...'comb' made out of those will have to do for now.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 4:20 pm Post subject:
Knitting little christmas trees for some bunting.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 4:26 pm Post subject:
Bird boxes and a bat box.

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