Some work in the sewing room.

I finally have got round to doing some framing work.  I have lots of bits and pieces in the shed/studio/sewing room which need to be used.  I have been putting off a few projects as I have been busy in the garden because things are growing so quickly with the amount of rain we have…

Time in my work room at last

It is quite some time since I spent time in the room where I do sewing etc. and it was good to get in there the other day.  I was inspired after reading a blog where the writer had decided to get to unfinished projects and try to complete them before starting something new.  I…

A repair job

Our next door neighbour asked me to do a favour for him.  He wanted me to repair two pictures he had. The pictures were very old and had been dropped at some stage.  The glass was broken and the backing was damaged.  I didn’t want to do anything to the actual pictures or frames as…

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Yesterday I finished some framing I was doing for my younger daughter.  I have had the poster for longer than I care to mention but finally I finished the framing. It is very difficult to get a picture without getting reflection. I also reframed another picture I had.  This one has just been put into…

Organising your working week. . . . according to Golden Books

Since I have retired I have tried to find some sort of routine to the working week but have found it difficult. I seem to flit from one project to another and I think I need to set myself some sort of timetable to help me complete some of the projects I have on the…

My recipe box, decoupaged from an old Donna Hay magazine

Red italicised words you can click to link to another page. You may have noticed in yesterday’s post that I had a recipe box alongside the recipe card for Cumquat Jam.  The recipe box was originally a wooden filing box I used to use for keeping records of reading activity when I was teaching.  It…