Here comes the weekend

There I was minding my own business admiring the snowdrops when

all of a sudden the dirty stinking water from the bird feeder ended

up all over my head and to say I smelt like a sewer is putting it mildly.

Lesson learnt  - don’t forget to give the birds fresh water regularly.

Someone posted this on Facebook this week, it’s our exam results

from school in 1972.  For some reason my six C.S.E. results are not in there

or my typing but at least I got some recognition for my Office Practice skills.

My first job on leaving school was in the accounts department at

Rediffusion television. My dad got me the job, one of the customers

of his mobile fruit & veg van “The Fruit Bowl” was the manager there.

Fortunately my low grade in maths didn’t put them off employing me.

The original school which was a girls grammar school, then a

high school for boys and girls has been knocked down in recent

years and replaced with a modern building.

This week we’ve woken up to some amazing misty mornings,

only to be replaced within no time with winds and rain every day.

So I’ve not been anywhere, preferring the warmth of home

and the comfort of a nice hot cup of tea, a bit of stitching, reading,

shouting instructions to Alexa to play various genres of music

depending on my mood and what I’m doing. My best friend’s

dad has had me listening to James Taylor this week.  Great music

for crafting along to.

My fixation with creating online jigsaws from my own photographs

and improving my word skills with scrabble and the latest once a

day Wordle puzzle continues. Apparently it’s been sold for

millions to the Americans.

LINK TO ONLINE JIGSAWS

Watch out it’s addictive

Nothing to see here this weekend apart from a couple of

friends calling round for a beer or three.

We will be watching The Great British Pottery Throwdown.

Last weeks episode was my favourite so far, creating vessels from the

1960’s.  I’ll be giving the BBC 1 new thriller Chloe another go.

I’m not to sure about it yet.  Hasn’t there been some brilliant dramas

on recently.  I was hooked on The Responder with Martin Freeman,

it was very intense.

Hopefully we will get some milder weather soon and things

will continue to pick up.

Have a lovely weekend.

Lynn

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WOYWW 662…… Water, water everywhere

Gosh where did that week go.

We’ve had some horrendous weather, some days to

wet and windy to be going anywhere.

After seeing my fabric bowls last week a friend said will you make me

one for my front room. Some hours later spent hammering away at the

sewing machine and using a ton of sewing thread, here it is.

Here’s some other water soluble fabric samples I’ve been doing

for my course work.

I’ve trapped twisted raffia, wool and silk threads into this one and used the

fancy stitches on my sewing machine.  The little dress and brooch were handmade

and gifted to me some years ago by blog friends.

The prompt for February over at my No Rules Textile Society is

AUTOMATED STITCHING 

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We are exploring all the fancy stitches that we rarely if ever use.

Here’s a start to my samples.  I’ve used the Shibori fabric I dyed back

in November and a piece of cut up vintage fabric

That’s all folks from me this week.

Have a super crafty time

I’ll be chained to my sewing machine if you’re looking for me.

Lynn

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WOYWW 661 - Stitching magic and a trip to market

2022 is becoming a real learning curve texturally with

the new water soluble online course I’m doing and prior

to that a week of stitch and fabric painting.

I’ve been back on the machine making another fabric bowl.

Look they’re multiplying 

There’s been a trip to the famous

Bury Market, Lancashire which is about 20 minutes from home.

We got chatting to this lovely fabric stall holder.  His family

have had the stall for 76 years and had some real tales to tell.

They had some fabulous double sided wool materials.

If I was a dressmaker I’d have been bringing home 

some of the black dogtooth one.

The market is on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and folk

come on coach trips from as far as Southampton.

It was great fun to visit with plenty of places to have a cuppa

and lunch.

This’ll make you splutter.  As much as I love the styles and

how they coordinate colours, there’s no way I’d pay the prices

of clothing and interiors company Cabbages & Roses.

I did spot a frock equally as nice online at good old M&S for

a mere fraction of the price and I’ve teamed it up with a Scottish

made tank top I got in a shop last year in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Well back to the stitching now.

Have a good week everyone.

Keep crafting

Lynn

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WOYWW 660 - Never to old to learn something new

It’s not until you start doing things again that you realise how rotten

you felt when you were poorly.

I feel like I’m entering the sunshine of life again.  Yippee.

We had a treat of lunch out on Sunday.  Returning to normal at last.

This week I’ve started a new textile online course with Jayne Emerson Textile Artist.

I can’t tell you how much fun we have at our zoom meetings.  I definitely found my

tribe with the members of our No Rules Textile Society.  A definite positive to come out

of the pandemic, along with Julia and you lovely Wednesday Workdesk folk.

I love online learning

First lesson - Making a fabric bowl

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Chopping up sari ribbons


A break for tea and biscuits curtesy of the wandering welder


Lots and lots of machine stitching


Dissolving in water


Close up

Ta dah my water soluble bowl


Hope you like it


Notebook at the ready for the next lesson

Never to old to learn new things.

See you next week

Stay well

Lynn

x

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Good morning everyone, I’m still here, albeit still not firing on all cylinders

and suffering with what looks like long covid.

Even though I’m on the mend, I’m learning that the fatigue can hit at any time

along with bouts of joint pains.  So I just take each day as it comes.  I’m not used to having

to put the brakes on but heyho it’ll pass.

On Friday I had a walk around the local reservoir, we live in a beautiful part of Lancashire

and are lucky enough to have lots of moorland and Healey Dell nature reserve within

minutes of home.

Something we have always been short of in the area is somewhere to meet up with folk for a

coffee or a bit of lunch.

Well not now as two fabulous local lads have opened a trendy coffee shop

which we tried out after our walk.  

We loved it, so much so that I’ve been again with my friend for lunch.

I think they will be a great success as you’re sure of a friendly welcome, great food

and a relaxed environment.  Good on em I say for having the confidence to invest in

the local area.  

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Back home and I have managed a bit of craft work at my desk.

This week I’m joining in a series of short daily textile workshops with Textileartist.org

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Well when I say I'm joining in that’s the theory.  I had to go and lie down after the first

workshop but at least I put in an appearance.

Day one was mark making on fabric with acrylic paints and using things like twigs, credit cards, brushes,

sticks, in fact anything that you could make marks with.

Day two was Deconstruct to Reconstruct

Cutting up the painted fabrics to make new pieces.

Stick with me to see where it goes next.

Until then enjoy your week and stay well.

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2022 Lets be having you

So despite having Covid and being quite poorly I want to say happy new year to everyone and to say aren’t we lucky to live in a country that has made sure we have all been vaccinated and is doing its best to keep us safe and well.

I may look a bit rough around the edges and have had to self isolate, but I’m here to tell the tale and can start to look forward to going out again and having the energy to do more than drag myself around the house. 

So I’m wishing you all the very best for 2022 and I will be back at my desk soon with some crafting, creating and chatting.

Just before I sign off, I did manage to knock this little banner up yesterday.

Remember though we still need to take care out there, we are not out of the woods yet.

Lynn

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