This is what I looked like when I arrived home from a long weekend with two of my oldest friends. We had a fabulous time, but I had to leave early because I was completely and utterly exhausted. And then I had to wrestle this bag across London on a bus and a train, which [...]
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I’ve been making this book bag for several months now, on and off. It was a request from my parents, to make them a nice sturdy bag that they could use to carry a little pile of hardbacks home from the library. This is actually bag number two, as I somehow managed to get myself [...]
This is a sneaky peek at what you’ll be making if you come along to my Smocking Workshop at the Museum of English Rural Life. (It’s on September 19 & 20, and there are still places left! Book here…) As you can see, we’ll be working the smocking stitches on gingham. For beginners it’s the [...]
Laura’s beaded wedding bag
Posted in bags, embroidery, sewing, wedding on Jun 8th, 2009
I don’t like showing other people’s wedding things in their entirety before the wedding, so this is just a little snapshot of Laura’s beaded wedding bag. The ivory silk dupion was already beaded and embroidered. I removed some of the clear beads, and replaced them with red ones. You can also see the pretty flower [...]
I hope this doesn’t spoil a surprise for anybody whose gift hasn’t arrived in the post yet, but this is why I’ve been a little bit busy and stressed out over the past few weeks. There’s only one item missing from the photo call, and that’s a hat that I knitted for Paul, mostly in [...]
I’ve been making a lot of tote bags recently, mostly from recycled pillowcases and duvet covers. Now that supermarkets are starting to charge for their plastic bags, more and more people are getting back into the idea of using fabric shopping bags. They’re strong, they can fold up neatly into your handbag, and they can [...]
Paddington shopping bag…
Posted in bags on Apr 20th, 2008
This is what I’ve been up to today – as well as finishing ‘s dress, I’ve made a Paddington shopping bag at the request of . It’s a big bag, quite a lot bigger than the totes that I’ve made previously. It’s roughly A3 in size, and the handles are short ones. They won’t go [...]
Jeans and T-shirt tote bag
Posted in bags on Jan 8th, 2008
This tote bag is a one-off design that I made for my sister. She originally presented me with a pair of her husband’s old jeans and asked me to make them into a skirt. Unfortunately the reason that her husband was throwing out these jeans was a huge rip across the behind, and it was [...]
Bags of space…
Posted in bags on Dec 14th, 2007
…pun intended. Today I have been mostly making cushion covers and Christmas presents. This means that I can’t show you most of what I’ve been making, but I’m fairly certain that the recipient of this little bag won’t be reading my blog and spoiling her surprise – she’s only five! This is a regular magazine-sized [...]
Remember that frighteningly tangled skein of silk? This is what became of it: It’s a narrow scarf, which is long enough to reach below the waist on both sides. It’s knitted with one strand of Debbie Bliss Pure Silk and two strands of Colinette Parisienne held together. I cast on 13 stitches, on 5mm needles. [...]