Nana's Bed Sheet

I have this flat bed sheet I stole from my mum when I moved to London, it's adorned many a spare bed and covered friends on sofas over the last seven years. I have now torn it up and started putting it to a new use!


A couple of months ago I made a runner for the spare room bed with applique in the same material as the cushions. Tonight I have made a peg bag...

Cutting the bed sheet and adding applique...

Sewing the applique...

The finished product!

I think my great grandma would be pleased with how many uses this bed sheet has been put to. An there's still tons left!!!

Floristry Class

Yesterday evening I went to the wonderful Whole Foods floristry class with Kate and Harriet from work and Lucy. Wanda runs a fantastic class giving an example of an arrangement and then letting you create. This means the class isn't too rigid and you always feel like you have done a good job.


It's always interesting to see people's different interpretations of the arrangement. In the picture below I think ours look quite similar, but they were quite different.

An eclectic mix

A lovely weekend with assorted family members at a range of events doing different activities!


Breakfast at La Belgique, a great find in Wanstead. Fran, Sue, mum, dad and Ben and a whole lotta lattes. Really good breakfast with good quality ingredients. 


The afternoon was spent booking our holiday and doing some craft with mum. I finished off a baby dress and a bag.

There was also time for a bit of baking for grandma.

Sunday was an early start to go to the Special Liberal Democrat Conference in Birmingham. Which was an exciting culmination of the last two weeks in the Lib Dems. No in depth analysis now, it's too late. Maybe in another post.

Quilting and Eat 17

Today mum, Sue and I went to the Quilting exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum. The exhibition was fantastic even if sewing and crafts aren't your bag. It was fascinating to see the hand stitching on the older quilts and the amazing hours put in to the larger works. I really liked the traditional quilts with 'vintage fabrics' and beautiful quilted designs. 

We came away with bundles of fat quarters and lots of ideas for crafts. I can't wait to get back on the sewing machine!

Some of the larger quilts depicting military scenes and Bible freezes were clearly impressive but not my favourites. The modern quilts were interesting and occasionally politically challenging dealing with issues such as abortion, Iraqi casualties and dreams. There was also an amazing project done by the inmates at HMP Wandsworth which was thought-provoking and touching. 

In the evening dad and Ben joined us and we decamped to Eat17, one of my favourite restaurants in London. Just a couple of miles up the road in Walthamstow, the food is outstanding and locally sourced (the beer is even brewed in Leyton!). The service is also really friendly without being OTT.

Hello!

This is my new blog which I am sure will only be read by my mum, but I just thought it would be nice to have a record of some of my crafty activities and general ramblings on life.

So anyway, here are some pics of my recent activities.

Sunday flower arranging based on the arrangement I did at the WI last month. Very easy if you have a small teapot, cup and saucer or jug and a bit of oasis.

My first knitted toy, affectionately called 'ugly rabbit' and some brooches on luggage labels on a ukulele, obviously.  

WI baking and our stall at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood St. George's Day event.

One of many hairbands I have made.