Pleating

I have been using my pleating machine all afternoon. Tiny scraps and ribbons overlaying each other which means many needles were broken. The pieces are now wrapped up in tin foil and are steaming away next to the Christmas pudding we didn't eat on the appropriate day.

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Recycling ties

New Year is the time to go through the wardrobe and get rid of things. Here is a way to recycle your man's old ties. Use as purses, camera or spectacle cases.

MiLady

Thank you Alice

Log Cabin

I have bought this log cabin patchwork for my Christmas present to myself. It is only a top and showing signs of wear and tear but I will probably cut it up and embroider in to it.

Textile Jewellery

I have at last finished the brooches that I started on the Julie Arkell workshop in Stroud. Here they are. 

Christmas wrapping

Christmas is only a week away and these beautiful and thriftily wrapped presents have been left under our allotment grown Christmas tree...... and they are for me!

The Queen

On Friday I was in Barnard Castle with time to kill so had a good look round the antique shops. I found this lovely coronation commemorative handkerchief for £1.

I collect royal memorabilia, particularly from the 50s ( the Queen, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) and am particularly fond of Cecil Beaton's royal portraits.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the ways I use it in my collages. Its a bit tongue in cheek.