My son and his partner asked me if I would be willing to upholster a chair pad for a dining chair that they had. The chair was old and was desperately in need of repair. I have done a bit of upholstery work in the past but only recovering original chairs not any work that…
Category: DIY
Marinated feta
Way back in 2015 I posted about a cheese making kit my son had given to me for my birthday. It has been a while since I last made cheese but with the holiday season coming up I thought it would be a good time to make some as a practice in readiness for Christmas. …
No longer dilapidated
I neglected to post the finished door after I had completed the repairs and painting. This is the door before I started to fix it. This is before I had removed the tape and cleaned the glass . This is it with a new curtain and the rain excluder fitted.
A dilapidated door
This particular door is the entry to my workroom. The door is in a poor state. The glass rattles when you open and close the door and the paint is peeling. I am going to attempt to repair the door but as I started to do so it led to many other issues. I thought…
Do you have days like this?
Yesterday I had a day where I achieved very little although I had set out to achieve much more. Perhaps this next photo would give you a clue as to what my issue was. I had set out to do some stretch fabric sewing and the overlocker is a vital piece of equipment when doing…
A follow up to my sewing room post from November.
When I wrote this post in November I was catching up on some framing that I had let lie for far too long. I can now say that those particular projects are finished. I had to wait for a little while as I needed to reorder some framing tape for the back of the frames…