Last summer, there was a family gathering on Skye. I was there for just a couple of days, really, but it included enough time to get along to a local craft fair, in walking distance from where we were staying. There were a mixture of stalls. I liked some items; was less keen on others. …
Category archives: Eco
Keep Calm and DIY
Remember the notion of challenge I mentioned recently? Challenge is all right really – at least, the ones that you think you can actually manage. What when they are ones that pick you? The DIY jobs that you really can’t put off any longer – the ones you also don’t know how to do? === Here’s …
Making: the scooping up blanket
So last time round I mentioned that I had all these leftover handles from the eco bags I’d been cutting up. And they seem just right for the idea of a scooping up blanket. Dan and Junior Reader are Lego afficianados. To be honest, it’s building anything – it could be K’nex, or Duplo, or …
Making: reusing fabric
I don’t know if the moment has passed, but there seemed to be a stage at which you were besieged with eco bags at every turn. Supermarkets sold them to you; conferences pressed them on you (to hold all the paper that you then didn’t need anyway. Hmm.) I started into eco bags a while …
Making: a teeny tiny quilt
Long long ago, it seems, I acquired a book on quilting. It’s a good one, including a mix of photos of the real thing, and lots of projects to try out. Even further ago, I found myself teaching in Poland (second time around), again at a point where my hands needed something to do in …