What’s on your Workdesk

Thought I better show my face as I’ve not been around the midweek desk hop for a while over at Julia’s place

WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK

A friend wanted to make something for her niece’s 

birthday so we had a little craft workshop and made a little money pouch.

OOPS !!

Well that was until I misspelt PENNIES and 

had to cover it up then ended up turning it into

 a travelling sewing kit.

Vintage sunshine

It’s been a while since we met up with all our vintage

friends at Stockport Vintage Village

The sun shone, the Lambretta scooter club 

arrived with some fabulous looking Mods

and the music took me back to when I was

a teenager

Friend and vintage trader Vix brought the sunshine 

out in her gorgeous vintage Frank Usher frock
VINTAGE VIXON BLOG LINK

and I bought this 1950’s two piece skirt and top 

from her.  Look at this fab basket Vix gave me.

I had one of these in the 70’s

We picked up lots of other bits and bobs 

including a suit for Philip but I will have to 

post about them another time, I’ve got a

little craft workshop to prepare for 

See you soon

LYNN 

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Do it with a friend

After the high jinx of a creative workshop 

in Brighouse, Yorkshire I’ve felt inspired  to carry on with my stitch work.  So when friend Jacqui asked if I was playing out I said yes let’s have a craft day.

With my basket at the ready, packed with all my 

stitch stuff and cake, off I went.

I’ve never been able to master the art of making fabric  Suffolk puffs/yo-yo’s but with the help of a neat little piece of kit from Clover crafts I’ve finally got the hang of it.

Here’s some ideas I found for using them to make jewellery.

This could become addictive and I’ll be adding them to jackets, cardigans, bags, skirts, wall hangings, cushions and oh yes the fabric journal I made with Viv Sliwka aka Hens Teeth textile Artist.

I’m meeting up with my friend Jacqui again on Monday and we are going to make a little coin purse using the Japanese boro stitch technique as inspired by friend and textile artist

Tina Gilmore 

Here’s another little project we’ve got lined up using an old tin, collage and stitch



Buzzing .......

I’m buzzing after spending the day with like minded 

people at the fabulous studio of textile artist

H-anne-MADE - Anne Brook

The workshop was led by the very talented 

Viv Sliwka of Hens Teeth Art 

And I got to spend the day with friend Lyn who 

I haven’t seen for ages. 

We were all given the same brief but every piece 

was so different 

Handstitched needlecases/fabric journals

Can’t stay I’ve got stitching to do.

Spending the day with people on the same wavelength 

as yourself is the best medicine around.

Roll on the next one.

What’s on your Workdesk

It’s my friend’s 50th birthday this week

so I made this little patchwork square and attached it

to a jute bag

Hope she likes it.

Linking up to

What’s on your Workdesk Wednesday

How’s your endorphins

I don’t know whether it’s the promise of 

British summer time around the corner

or whether I’m coming out of the fog 

I’ve been in for the past few months.

but I can feel the creative endorphins 

kicking in.

Ive been looking at the book bags that 

I made last year for some of my special books 

and I think I might make some more or maybe 

I’ll make some more crazy paving ribbon

Let’s hope that the sun will have his hat on soon 

and brighten us all up.

Happy weekend 

Lynn xx

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