Winter wrist warmers fingerless mitts
I had a couple of attempts at making some wristwarmers this weekend as I only had short pieces of time rather than a whole day to get stuck into a larger project. I cut out [...]
I had a couple of attempts at making some wristwarmers this weekend as I only had short pieces of time rather than a whole day to get stuck into a larger project. I cut out [...]
Ah the Russian Vine is colouring up on our fence now. Every year, just as it reaches the peak of colour intensity in the leaves, we get a week of high winds and rain which [...]
Nature's colour schemes at this time of year (October) are just wonderful. Rich oranges and yellows of nasturtium with pale mauve blue discs of convolvulus, sprinkled with sprays of white sweet alyssum (thank goodness for [...]
I enjoy making the insides of my bags as beautiful as the outside, and in this one I decided to make a bag with two different takes on a tree theme. This could even be [...]
I love clematis flowers but sadly am not a keen enough gardener to grow them very well. So I put them into my paintings and now also into felt. I made the clematis flowers first [...]
Sometimes we just don't get the timing right for making the coffee for our Sunday morning breakfast, and, of course, it gets cool whilst sitting in the pot. So I thought of this cosy home [...]
These are some of my first adventures into the wonderful land of wet felting.
This one I laid out yesterday afternoon. I realised I was feeling under pressure to work quickly so that I would have time to wet it out and finish it by the evening. Patience! So [...]