My top ten blogs
I have been meaning to write this post for years! Sewing, and related, blogs have helped me, sustained me, amused me, and encouraged me over the past few years and I am so grateful they exist. While I follow around … Continued
Making a stone set ring – and plans for next term
Sadly our jewellery making class is over. It was such fun and so enlightening. And each of us made three items – two rings and a pendant. My final piece is a little cabochon set ring, made with silver wire. … Continued
A visit to Bridget. And Vogue 8864
Last weekend we had a Jordanian adventure holiday meet-up at the beautiful home of Bridget and Julian in Mile End, East London. What fun. On our trip to the River Jordan, we sat behind the couple, who amused us as … Continued
Have you got a bucket list? Is making a quilt on it?
I have a bucket list. It includes things like seeing all of Shakespeare’s plays, taking an Art Foundation course, and doing voluntary work in Africa. It also includes a few sewing projects. Here are three of them. Make a kimono … Continued
Tessellation for block printing – really good fun!
In my printing class we started our tessellation project – what fun! Tessellation is when you fit a regular shape to itself many times, covering the space, like a tiled surface. When printing, creating tiles or doing patchwork and quilting this … Continued