It’s not quite the end of the week – but it is nearly the end of term. And you can bet that, come mid August, all those bright wee things will have sprouted extra inches of leg and new hairstyles and far more in-depth knowledge of whatever it is they’re keen on. So maybe it’s …
Category archives: Making
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 …
Making: new clothes for old
Here’s where it began. I started doing some sewing because a few clothes didn’t work any more. And I found I liked the results. My normal sewing levels are around attaching name tapes to clothes. Occasionally badges to judo outfits. Not much more. I did learn to do backstitch (making a nice strong seam) in …
Making
Over the time I’ve been reading blogs, I’ve discovered that whatever your passion, you’ll find plenty of others eager to share their ideas – successes, failures, tips and so on. It doesn’t seem to matter what the interest is – science experiments you can do at home, knitting patterns for tiny babies – there’s plenty …