Upholstering a chair pad

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…

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…