Skip to main content

Popular posts from this blog

Adore Lamor Fabric Dyeing!

      I love fabric dyeing! I was looking at the fabric I have for sale on my ebay shop and the fabric that flew off the shelf and knew I had to replace....woohoo!! Which colours was the question, as I'm walking my dog through the wildflower meadow in my local park!  Ah yes meadow colours! Buff no brainer!   So here we go kitchen and diner transformation...ta da....chemistry lab! No really everything has to get covered by a cover, as the dyes get everywhere!     My complicated and expensive tools (!) Although the metal measuring spoons and the thermometer are essential and a brilliant buy as they make ME more accurate in my measurements!    I use 100% cotton calico PDF ready to dye fabric.  The fabric is steeping in warm water to open the fibres to take the dye.   Keeping an eye on the temperature of the water, it should be around 110 degrees to add to the powder dye.    Yes...
2 comments
Read more

City & Guilds Hand Embroidery at The School of Stitched Textiles

So this is part of the Module 11 to create a Professional Profile! It is interesting to see the images of my work....i think i need to work on the images! Haaaahuuuu a Photo shoot i guess! Do leave a comment, i would be interested to hear your thoughts....working on own does have its drawbacks regarding feedback, however, for someone like me that gets easily distracted it is the preferred method (i would get on others nerves distracting them!) Oh yes my school reports are still true today!
Post a Comment
Read more

What a life!

Hey you! An amusing thing happened on the way back from the pub...... I am typing here with a sore thumb, so i cannot knit, sew and it is driving me crackers!! Where did this begin...well....My hope of the perfect shop for my business fell into an abyss as the landlord for some reason became elusive after I signed the lease. The letting agency could not understand it either. So there i was sitting on a couple of thousand pounds worth of supplies and no-where to go. My head was kettled . After three months hard work making my own stuff to sell as well as ordering beautiful yarns and equipment. Sourcing fabrics and so on I was mentally exausted when this happened. A short holiday would clear my head ready for the next push to selling my wares before Christmas , I thought. Do me good, I thought. So up to the lower Lake District in England, the bloke at home, the mad English mastiff , the motor home and me off on a jolly. Little did we know it would rain all week......No not jus...
Post a Comment
Read more