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Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 12 5:29 pm Post subject:

Ren wrote:

My coat is in progress.....

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 12 6:08 pm Post subject:
We've been to a 'writing retreat' today and I have written two thousand words of a novel - making five thousand in total - and have developed a coherent structure for it.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 12 11:27 pm Post subject:
new plugs ,new plaster .remade space for multifuel stove

astra

Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 1243
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 3:55 pm Post subject:
Just finished a cardigan for my little grandson...has taken so long that he's grown out of it already!! Oh well...will have to wait for the next one!!!

pookie

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

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 7:32 pm Post subject:

I have been given a 50 year old patchwork quilt to demolish and
re-purpose.
Some of the fabric is really lovely, some of it is yuck (nylon)

It was also stuffed with 3 million pairs of old tights.

but, I am determined to use it all again.

I will patchwork most of it, and use the tights and other scraps to make and fill beds for the dog and cats.

The lady that made it has held onto it for all this time, and said she couldn't bear to throw it away, and was thrilled when I said I would be happy to use it. She has asked if I could send her a picture of what I make with it. She doesn't know yet but I am going to take a piece of each one of the different fabrics and make her a patchwork shopping bag, so she will have something useful out of it again

This is how it is proceeding so far.....

unpicked and washed.......

cut and ironed........just a few, will keep going....

DawnMK

Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 895
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 7:55 pm Post subject:
thats brilliant and a fab idea making a bag with some of it to return to the giver

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 8:00 pm Post subject:
I'd love to be making something at the moment. But this new job is preventing me from getting anything done at all and it's terribly depressing I barely even get on here to comment any more !

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 8:17 pm Post subject:
I have just bought some fabric for my first clothes making project; a dress for Hazel. I'm also in the process of cleaning up my 1920's Singer treadle sewing machine. It seems to be in working order which is a bonus, but just needs the leather band replaced.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 8:18 pm Post subject:
I'm preparing 2 small pieces of lino for my training session tomorrow. My 'student' want to lean how to register his two colour Christmas cards properly, so I'm currently trying to make my robin drawing look a bit more robin-like EV

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 9:35 pm Post subject:
Im flippin poorly but managed to make these...going to play with the pattern a bit.....

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 12 10:54 pm Post subject:
i finished the deep remedial plaster and gave the stove reveal 2 coats of limewash i have no fingerprints even using full ppe

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 12 5:49 pm Post subject:
I made this over the last couple of evenings, while watching repeats of Monroe.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 12 6:05 pm Post subject:
My student (a retired architect) and I, made/printed this today He was learning how to register more than one colour accurately I think we both had fun EV

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 12 6:20 pm Post subject:
I'm seeing a worrying theme here...

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 12 6:33 pm Post subject:

AnnaD wrote:

I'm seeing a worrying theme here...

That's it for now for me. I won't be doing anything else Robiny/Christmassy until mid-December!

EV

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