What's on my workdesk today .....

Am I the only one who can't stick to one job at a time ?

Am I the only one constantly sidetracked ? Tell me I'm not, please.

You see the roll of curtain header tape I picked up in the charity shop for £1.50.

Well that distracted me from the lavender squares I was making for my Mum and from doing more in making a book from a book. 

Instead I ended up printing and stitching onto it.

Then the fabulous piece of anaglypta white brick effect wallpaper I've been coveting and using as a backdrop for photographs suddenly jumped out at me as a possible backing for the stitched header tape

and I had the brainwave of making a wall of stitch 

Typical me, couldn't leave it there. 

No, my brain went into overdrive then thinking 

oh i could do a wall of  

Words

Flowers

Colours

Fabrics

Buttons

Haberdashery

Please do not encourage me by suggesting any more "WALLS OF ......." or I will never clear this

Hope you have all had a nice Easter and are back at your desks

WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK LINK

What's on my workdesk today .....

Am I the only one who can't stick to one job at a time ?

Am I the only one constantly sidetracked ? Tell me I'm not, please.

You see the roll of curtain header tape I picked up in the charity shop for £1.50.

Well that distracted me from the lavender squares I was making for my Mum and from doing more in making a book from a book. 

Instead I ended up printing and stitching onto it.

Then the fabulous piece of anaglypta white brick effect wallpaper I've been coveting and using as a backdrop for photographs suddenly jumped out at me as a possible backing for the stitched header tape

and I had the brainwave of making a wall of stitch 

Typical me, couldn't leave it there. 

No, my brain went into overdrive then thinking 

oh i could do a wall of  

Words

Flowers

Colours

Fabrics

Buttons

Haberdashery

Please do not encourage me by suggesting any more "WALLS OF ......." or I will never clear this

Hope you have all had a nice Easter and are back at your desks

WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK LINK

MOSAIC MONDAY

I have a thing for finding different ways to display handmade books 

and art be it textile, paper or canvas. These are my latest finds.

Linking to Mosaic Monday

MOSAIC MONDAY LINK

MOSAIC MONDAY

I have a thing for finding different ways to display handmade books 

and art be it textile, paper or canvas. These are my latest finds.

Linking to Mosaic Monday

MOSAIC MONDAY LINK

Weekend workdesk and white wallpaper

I'm  having a workdesk day as the weather is so bad.

Yesterday we had a fab time in our favourite little market town, 

Todmorden in West Yorkshire.

Even though we are in Rossendale, Lancashire, Tod is only about a 20 minute drive and feels like a step back in time with its lovely outdoor and indoor market that has my favourite haberdashery stall, amongst all the other great stalls I am always banging on about. Its so friendly and relaxed even on a cold day.

We decided against going in the local sit-in chippy for lunch this time as we had a basket full of homemade quiches, vegetarian pasties, cakes, breads and hot cross buns plus honey roast ham screaming out to be put between doorstep  slices of the rosemary, garlic and sundried tomato bloomer we had picked up from the artisan, frozen to bits but cheerful, baker on the outside stalls. 

Back to today.....

I stamped these flowers onto a piece of the mahoosive roll of header tape I picked up in the charity shop last week for £1.50 but couldn't decide between doing a bit of slow stitching onto it or some free machine embroidery. 

In the end I did both.

You see the brick wall background, its a piece of wallpaper I found and I've been using it as a backdrop for photographs.  My usual butterfly, overactive brain has come up with the idea of creating a wall of embroidery onto it using pieces of the header tape. 

 Lets see if that idea comes off or if it will it be another plan that sits alongside the other brainwaves that I stick up on the Wall of Inspiration.

Watch this space .... put the kettle on though it could be awhile

Nearly forgot to show you my charity shop find.

A pair of curtains for a fiver that must have come from a smoke free, clean house as they are immaculate.

I will be on the phone to friend Val after Easter to get them made into a frock and top for summer.

Another watch this space. You won't need to wait long, Val actually gets on with it.  She has just finished making me an A line short sleeve dress, top and skirt for the princely sum of £24. Again from a pair of curtains I picked up cheap.  I'll do a blog post with pics this week.

  

Happy Easter 

(even though its a cold one)

Weekend workdesk and white wallpaper

I'm  having a workdesk day as the weather is so bad.

Yesterday we had a fab time in our favourite little market town, 

Todmorden in West Yorkshire.

Even though we are in Rossendale, Lancashire, Tod is only about a 20 minute drive and feels like a step back in time with its lovely outdoor and indoor market that has my favourite haberdashery stall, amongst all the other great stalls I am always banging on about. Its so friendly and relaxed even on a cold day.

We decided against going in the local sit-in chippy for lunch this time as we had a basket full of homemade quiches, vegetarian pasties, cakes, breads and hot cross buns plus honey roast ham screaming out to be put between doorstep  slices of the rosemary, garlic and sundried tomato bloomer we had picked up from the artisan, frozen to bits but cheerful, baker on the outside stalls. 

Back to today.....

I stamped these flowers onto a piece of the mahoosive roll of header tape I picked up in the charity shop last week for £1.50 but couldn't decide between doing a bit of slow stitching onto it or some free machine embroidery. 

In the end I did both.

You see the brick wall background, its a piece of wallpaper I found and I've been using it as a backdrop for photographs.  My usual butterfly, overactive brain has come up with the idea of creating a wall of embroidery onto it using pieces of the header tape. 

 Lets see if that idea comes off or if it will it be another plan that sits alongside the other brainwaves that I stick up on the Wall of Inspiration.

Watch this space .... put the kettle on though it could be awhile

Nearly forgot to show you my charity shop find.

A pair of curtains for a fiver that must have come from a smoke free, clean house as they are immaculate.

I will be on the phone to friend Val after Easter to get them made into a frock and top for summer.

Another watch this space. You won't need to wait long, Val actually gets on with it.  She has just finished making me an A line short sleeve dress, top and skirt for the princely sum of £24. Again from a pair of curtains I picked up cheap.  I'll do a blog post with pics this week.

  

Happy Easter 

(even though its a cold one)

When the curtain came down....

Happy Easter to everyone, I hope you will all being having a few choccies

Look what happened when I forgot to give these little beauties to my workshop ladies

Which is no good for the figure now that I've got my new frock to fit into that friend Val made from the old curtain that had been wrapped round the seat cushion in our boot room for about three years.

She also made this crimplene beauty into a knee length dress from a maxi, shortened the fancy bit on the front and then with the bits that were left made me this bag.  I am going to add a blingy button or brooch to the bottom of the handle.  How do you like it Vix ?

I got the dress off my bestie vintage trader friend Vix of 

Kinky Melon's Retro Boutique 

earlier this month at 

Stockport Vintage Village

Watch out for the next instalment of "When the curtain came down"

Here's a sneak preview

Happy Easter Friday

When the curtain came down....

Happy Easter to everyone, I hope you will all being having a few choccies

Look what happened when I forgot to give these little beauties to my workshop ladies

Which is no good for the figure now that I've got my new frock to fit into that friend Val made from the old curtain that had been wrapped round the seat cushion in our boot room for about three years.

She also made this crimplene beauty into a knee length dress from a maxi, shortened the fancy bit on the front and then with the bits that were left made me this bag.  I am going to add a blingy button or brooch to the bottom of the handle.  How do you like it Vix ?

I got the dress off my bestie vintage trader friend Vix of 

Kinky Melon's Retro Boutique 

earlier this month at 

Stockport Vintage Village

Watch out for the next instalment of "When the curtain came down"

Here's a sneak preview

Happy Easter Friday

WHAT'S ON MY WORKDESK TODAY

 Today I can't show you what's on my desk properly because either my computer is acting up or my camera phone.  

I couldn't download the pictures I wanted.

 So instead here are the bargains I got in the charity shop yesterday.

An embroidered tablecloth for £1, an embroidered pillowcase for 50p and a roll of curtain hanging stuff that I can't remember the name of for £1.50 and four lacy mats for 50p. Oh yeh and a cardi for £1.

These are two hangings I made a couple of years ago 

and have just decided to finish off this week

 

 When I've decided what to do with the curtain roll stuff 

I will write it in my freebie brilliant ideas book

I'm off now to have another go at loading my photo's.

When i've had enough of that I will be popping around this weeks desks

at Julia's place.

WOYWW