What is this thing?

I have been working on a project recently that my younger daughter asked me to make. It is not something I would normally make. You probably won’t recognise what it is as it is not completed yet. I still have to add the tail fins. These are all the parts of the object I was…

Some finishing off.

I have finally got around to doing some finishing off of some sewing I did a couple of years ago. These two pieces have been languishing in my basket in the sewing room and have now been completed. A couple of pot holders. All that was required was a little bit of hand sewing but…

Why do I have 6 metres of this fabric? I have no idea.

I am trying to use up the fabric I have in my stash and this particular fabric is in considerable quantity but I don’t know why I bought it.  Perhaps it was for the back of a quilt but I don’t have a quilt that needs backing. Anyway I decided to make something with it…

Finally some finished objects

Not sure how many years ago I started this lap quilt but I have finally finished it. I have also finished a jumper I was knitting for myself.  The knitting was finished a while ago but I kept putting off the sewing together of the pieces.  That project is now finished too. The colour is…

A bit of “cricket” knitting

This is the first pair of socks knitted during the recent cricket test against India.  The second pair was knitted using up left over wool from other socks I have knitted. I also knitted a couple of dishcloths using some left over cotton that I had. I am still in the process of making up…

The last of the Marimekko

Way back in 2016 I bought a metre of Marimekko fabric.  I wrote about it here. I had used up almost all of the fabric but there was still a little scrap left.  I have been making  some more masks for me and my husband and I thought I might have enough of the marimekko…