Two more of the beads covered.  Wonder if I can keep this up!!!

Now this is progress over the last week since I started on the shirt.  I'm going very, very slowly with this as I respect the silk very ...

We've got sash windows on this old house and where the top window slides down there's a little 'shelf' where my solar jiggly...

During our massive tidying up session over the past six weeks or so we found a shirt in Nick's wardrobe.   It's MASSIVE and he said...

So today I'm going to moan about patterns.   So what really, really BUGS me is the people who are producing pages and pages of 'pape...

As promised yesterday - the inside of the jacket!!!  As you can see (or rather NOT see) there is no patchwork stitching showing on the insid...

So to put the whole jacket together I started at the bottom!!!  As I knew the original denim was straight I cut the patchwork fabric to ...

I've missed a few stages out so you won't get bored to death with this and will try and finish the whole process off this week. The ...

The top sleeve needs a bit more work but it's 'nearly there'.   Now what would a jacket need a foot for, I can hear you say?  ...

Today my moan is going to be about tatting videos.   I've seen some pretty dreadful ones and some really good ones but there are videos...

No, not weather fronts or anything else - simply two fronts for my jacket.  I THINK!!!!   As you can see they’re very ‘roughly’ the shape of...

This is another picture about the patchwork jacket!!! You can see from this picture that I have a lot of fabric and a relatively small area ...

The main reason for me being absent has been a massive tidy up of the house.  It becomes a bit unnerving when the guys (and gals) at the tip...

I’m gradually working through a few hiccups here in hot old England but I promise that once they’re over I’ll be back on track. I recently ...

I know I’ve been absent from this blog for a week or two but it’s due to circumstances that need to be dealt with. I’m hoping to be back soo...

My crazy idea for the denim jacket is taking on a life of it's own.  Not necessarily a 'good' life but it's started.  Let...

This time I've used size 80 thread instead of two strands of sewing thread.   I love these two colours together but was surprised to s...

Well it's been percolating in my old brain for ages!!!  Do you remember my gecko jacket?   Here it is.   I also did another with animals...

I am working hard on a new design but I’ve no idea yet whether I’ll be sharing it anytime soon.   I’m still debating whether it’ll be a go...

The reasons for my quiet blog are many at the moment but one of them is now behind me.   Last Saturday we had our annual (except for last y...