tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325729388691909872024-03-08T21:00:38.093+00:00.Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-17545112577175028742019-03-19T13:14:00.000+00:002019-03-19T13:14:26.100+00:00Crafting with a fractured wrist - and sustainability Part 2<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Almost 7 weeks ago, I set out for a walk on fresh snow, wearing good walking boots, and returned 6 hours later, via A&E with a fractured right wrist. Last week the plaster was removed. I now need to work at some exercises to try to recover the use of the wrist and my dexterity. I have been warned that it will be a long process!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I have taught myself to stitch left handed but now I want to return to my original stitching style - my shops lack stock of popular items. I have managed some progress on this felted and embroidered poppies needle case. My left hand still makes a significant contribution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We have always enjoyed preparing food from basic ingredients. We grow as many fruit and vegetables as we can manage in a smallish garden and have tried to support fair trade and organic production. My choices are restricted a little by my need to follow a gluten-free, dairy-free diet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I have become concerned that we are not making careful enough choices from a</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> sustainability point of view. Since the beginning of this year, we have tried to change our food buying habits. We were doing well, pre wrist fracture - I am not able to participate fully at the moment and since, most household tasks are no longer shared, time is at a premium.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This is a summary of our approach so far:</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- I am aware that a diet based on eating meat is not sustainable globally. The latest advice seems to be that we should be moving to a weekly diet based on up to two portions of chicken, two portions of fish, red meat to the equivalent of one small burger and one egg. I am surprised about the limit of one egg and need to understand the reasons for that. We enjoy eating meat and don't feel ready to reduce our consumption to this level but we now eat meat no more than 3 times per week and have reduced our portion sizes. I must explore more vegan baking recipes - at the moment we significantly exceed the one egg limit. </span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- We try to buy locally produced foods. At the very least, UK produced foods - seasonally available and with no airmiles. Good welfare standards in meat production are important to us and the cost is someway offset by smaller portions and fewer meat meals.</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- We were, pre wrist fracture, exploring more vegetarian recipes and will enjoy returning to doing so. We provide our own tomatoes for about 6 months every year. Other home grown produce includes - peas, runner/French/broad beans, salad leaves, herbs, courgette, red peppers, cucumber, chillies, beetroot, radish, desert apples, cherries, strawberries, blackcurrants, red currants, raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb. This year we are trying squashes. We don't have enough space for many potatoes but container-grow a few to enjoy the flavour, we also grow a few carrots and parsnips.</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- We batch cook and freeze soups and stews. We use cooking fuels sparingly (being economical with the use of the oven etc) - perhaps we need to improve in this respect and I'm not sure about the use of the freezer. I intend to look into bottling as one alternative.</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- I am very conscious of making choices so as to reduce packaging - particularly plastic. I have a supply of paper bags ( I intend to make some fabric produce bags when I can) and buy loose veg as much as possible. I don't yet have a source of non-plastic wrapped rice for example.</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">- Food waste has never been too much of an issue for us. My bread is an expensive luxury so carefully consumed. I intend to try gluten free recipes and return to making my own when my wrist permits. We cook sensible portions - sometimes deliberately creating 'left overs' for my next day lunch. Peelings are composted. Any meat trimmings, or scraps of cooked food, are disposed of in our local authority food waste caddy - it is always nearly empty!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We enjoy our food - growing it, purchasing it, preparing it and eating it. I hope to show progress towards better sustainability in future posts.</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-42200892557032595712019-02-28T12:58:00.001+00:002019-02-28T14:08:57.065+00:00My Sustainability Audit<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is not going to be scientifically done - I'm not clever enough, or well enough informed for that! I just wish to enter the conversation, to try and state where I am now, hoping that future posts will allow me to show improvement. By reading posts and discussions on-line I have become aware of issues which had not occurred to me, things which I can do better, points which I need to research further - I want to participate in a small way. This blog focusses on my craft activities, but set in the context of my family life, other activities and inspirations. Sustainability has become a major influence in all aspects of my life, but I am keenly aware that I have much progress to make. I want to encourage myself to do better without becoming dispairing and so need to allow myself to recognise that I have already made some progress.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I feel that I have made more progress in some areas than others. I'll deal with one 'aspect' at a time, so, for this post, I shall consider 'Fuel'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am sure my views will change as information changes and new products become available. We have many improvements to make. I warned you that this will not be scientific - I think a list of bullet points, as they occur to me, is the best I can do:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">-<i> <b>Transport.</b></i> We have two vehicles - one petrol fuelled, one diesel. We are not in a position to change them at present and I'm not sure that the solutions, currently available, would suit us. So, to do the best we can in the meantime, we are using them as little and as efficiently as possible. The combined annual mileage is about 10,000 miles. Both vehicles are well maintained, we have tried to reduce both total miles and, particularly 'urban miles'. The petrol car goes to work (a few urban miles away) with my husband. He tries to shop whilst already in town. If I need a few items, or the Post Office, I walk - a 3 mile round trip. I work from home. I have the car one day each week and organise any miles I drive into one efficient trip - including the most accessible recycling centre. Week end leisure trips and holidays are spent on campsites, travelling in our diesel vehicle. Once arrived, we try to use public transport or walk - having chosen sites with this in mind. Unfortunately, our bus service at home has been drastically reduced and we have to walk about 2 miles to pick up more frequent services. Holidays are taken in the UK or by a ferry journey. We do not fly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>- Domestic Heating.</i></b> We live in a typical late 1920's semi. Not a brilliant starting point! We have good loft insulation but do not have cavity wall insulation - we prefer to maintain the cavity as it was designed to be. We have an elderly gas boiler and a hot water cylinder - so we need to make improvements. We do not want to change to a newer combi boiler since we feel this would be an interim measure - we need to get way from the use of gas, and we couldn't afford a short term change then a more permanent one. I am not sure what our options are. I know that a recent report has urged the government to insist on a</span></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ban on fossil fuel heating for new homes from about 2025. I hope that new options will become viable for us. We had an audit for solar panels but our house roof was unsuitable and our garage would not have been financially viable. We may revisit this. In the meantime, we use the boiler for heating from beginning of December until the end of March at the latest. Except for Christmas week, when our kids are at home, it is only on for one hour in the morning and one hour in the late afternoon. Thermostats are turned down, particularly in the bedrooms. We wear warm clothing and don't like to be too hot. It is rare for us to use the boiler for more hours a day. We use a fan heater with a thermostat in the sitting room, if necessary, usually only in December and January. I work from home and confess to sometimes feeling a little chilly but we survive. We expect to live in this house in our retirement, when we may need to be a little warmer, and may need more heating in the bedrooms, so we need a better solution.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Domestic water heating is on for one hour in the morning and half an hour in the late afternoon throughout the year. Always turned off when we are away. It is used for one of our two shower units - we should aim to replace this, hand washing, washing up and very occasional baths. I prefer to wash my hands in warm water. We remove any food waste from breakfast and lunch crockery into the food waste caddy, rinse in cold water and keep until the evening to be washed up with items from our evening meal ( also scraped and rinsed) - we only use one washing up bowl of hot water this way. I occasionally hand wash textiles for my work. I shall try to reduce the water heating time further, but we need better solutions. Could I still find 'individual local' water heaters, for each sink and basin, heating by electricity? If so, forgo the bath, replace the shower and the problem of domestic hot water would be solved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>- Domestic Appliances and Lighting</i></b> Our washing machine, tumble dryer, ovens (electric) and vacuum cleaner are all only a few years old and chosen with efficiency in mind - our dehumidifier, fridges and freezers are older. I am sure more efficient models will become available, however, the wider issues of sustainability suggest to me that we should maintain and repair the ones we have and use them sparingly. The tumble dryer is for occasional use only - we line dry when possible or air indoors but then use a dehumidifier. I have returned to an old fashioned wash day now there is only laundry for two. I find I can organise loads into fewer washes and we reduce the use of the dehumidifier to one day. We wash at 30 degrees. When we use an oven we try to be efficient - main savoury and pudding and/or cakes at same time. We have a fridge and fridge/freezer in the house and another freezer in the garage. We batch-cook and feeze and we also store produce from our garden. I need to give more thought to the use of these. We have replaced our downstairs carpets with hard flooring and rugs. I brush at least daily and vacuum once a week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All suitable light fittings now have LED lamps - turned off when not in use. We need to replace the fittings in the kitchen and utility room.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our hob is gas. We should be aiming to replace this - I think the current advice is electric induction. Our old one is built in and we might need to replace the work surface and, consequently, re-tile. I'd like to investigate the water heating issue before changing the hob and try to just have one disruption. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I am very grateful to the team on duty at my local A&E who managed a successful manipulation of the fracture and enabled me to avoid surgery. The fracture clinic staff have also been brilliant. A young nurse, who completed the 'half plaster' for me, earned a sideways 'pointed stare' from a senior colleague for commenting on how beautiful the colours and patterns of the bruising round my elbow are. I wasn't offended in the least - I would be very happy to create a paint effect or marbling pattern resembling the bit I can see of the 'natural art work'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So single-handed, left-handed stitching for a right-handed sewer! I have at least 6 weeks to perfect the technique! I managed to secure a panel of fabric to the webbing on a tapestry frame - my tacking good enough to achieve a reasonable tension. I found I can iron fabric one handed, struggled to pin scraps in place - coaxing my injured hand to help me, and so began stitching. A needle held upright in a ball of thread - light from the window behind the eye of the needle, was threaded - after several attempts. I need to work from both sides of the frame. I can place the entry of the stitch (with increasing accuracy), I then need to draw the thread through and stab the return of the stitch back from the wrong side. A slow process but one in which I am increasingly able to achieve a pleasant and very triumphal rhythm. I am using fairly long lengths of thread in an attempt to reduce the very frustrating re-threading of the needle!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I tend to be very 'finnicky' with my normal right-handed work. I hoped for something a little more 'rustic' from this form of darning. It turns out that 'rustic' is an affect which my left hand manages brilliantly!! I am gradually becoming more precise in my stitching but hope not to become too accomplished! The background produced will then be embellished to form a bag for my own use. I have no intention of allowing the embellishment to hide much of the irregular stitching of which I am so ridiculously proud!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A little serendipity always adds just a little magic. I hate wasting anything - dilute paints included, so I placed the lace on top of various fabric scraps - some damask, a cotton sheet, and a fragment of drawn-thread work. A second layer of sheeting was under everything. The paint flowed through the lace, tapes and thread and created wonderful patches of coordinating colour on the fabrics underneath. The top layers were quite well covered. I deliberately added 'splodges' of paint to spread across any blank areas. The bottom layer achieved an effect of 'splodges of colour' on the original vintage background. Some of the lace fragments were really very wet - so much so that I was able to use them to 'print' a shadow of the lace onto plain sheeting. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I now have great riches - vintage lace, threads, tape, ribbon, binding and fabrics in gentle coordinating colours. The image shows the beginnings of two projects. I have added some lovely vintage cotton thread, in pale blue, which had been sun-bleached at one end of the skeins - more serendipity as the thread is now shaded beautifully.</span><br />
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Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-72827351781071666082017-07-18T13:25:00.000+01:002017-07-19T07:58:17.905+01:00Boston, birds and a wood mouseThe final episode of our Lincolnshire meander. Our very pretty campsite was just a few miles from Boston which we visited on the way. We were, initially, a little disappointed with the town. It was expensive to park our 'van', the market was large but not the sort of traders we prefer and the Tourist Information Office was in the museum which was 'closed for a private function' - on a Saturday morning! We had wanted to visit the museum, housed in the old Guildhall, had intended to consult Tourist Information for other points of interest, and the adjacent Fydell House was closed for the same function. Not very welcoming we felt!<br />
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We photographed the river and 'docks' from which the famous boats left for America (unfortunately low tide so more mud than water - not Boston's fault this time!), Saint Botolph's Church Tower, known as 'the Stump', and looked at the old merchant's houses and warehouses on the quayside. After a flash of inspiration we asked the way to the library. At this point, Boston redeemed itself since the library was still open (now mid Saturday afternoon when many would have closed at lunch time), a very helpful librarian (embarrassed to hear of the closed Tourist Information office), gave us a street map and suggested a visit to the Maud Foster Windmill, even suggesting a pleasant route to walk. The windmill was a wonderful place to visit - although to those of us with a gluten-free diet a little too 'floury'. There was a strong breeze, the sails were rattling round, the miller was very informative, the view was wonderful (between sails that is) and we very much enjoyed our visit. My husband is still enjoying the piza bases which he makes with semolina flour purchased from the mill shop!<br />
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After a restful night at the campsite, we trundled off again in the van to RSPB Frampton Marsh - the Lincolnshire side of the wash. I was a little uncertain if I would enjoy the trip. I can recognise our garden birds and those on our local hillsides, but wading birds are a bit of an unknown to me. It was a brilliant day out - aided by glorious weather. The volunteers staffing the visitor centre were knowledgeable and very patient even though I clearly knew very little. A visiting crane seemed to have created a commotion - its arrival heralded by texts from further along the coast. It was greeted by a long-lens, tripod carrying crowd. We felt very inferior and left them to it. The crane clearly tried to avoid them too and we had a lovely view as it flew over back to the Wash - sadly, my slow reactions and basic camera left me without a photo - although I did feel a little smug when some lens-laden twitchers struggled up the dyke to ask if we knew which way it had gone since they had missed it. The reserve is being grazed by my favourite cows - a small group of Belted Galloways so I couldn't resist a photo or two. There were many wildflowers for my stitching inspiration files too!<br />
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As we walked back to the car park, we saw a small furry bundle on the very hot road. It was a tiny woodmouse, very hot and I feared dehydrated - it seemed barely able to move. Keeping a watch for approaching vehicles I poured a little puddle of water in front of it and splashed a drop onto its nose. It revived enough to have a few sips from the puddle. I repeated the exercise and it drank more. Cute though it was I had no intention of being nipped - I remember the strawberry eating jaws of a similar cute beastie from a year or two earlier at home (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=718618834871276&id=102532019813297">images on facebook here</a>). I broke a stalk from the verge seeking to use it to administer a gentle nudge back towards the verge. The mouse came to life enough to nibble the end of the stalk and, when I seemed to be about to remove it, clamped his teeth on tightly and held on whilst I lifted him to the relative safety of the verge. He was very tiny and still seemed intent on trying to cross the road - I shooed him back a few times. We left him with a supply of cut stalks and the hope that he might survive. I fear he was in quite a hostile, predator rich environment but I did my best!<br />
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PS. Two of the fabric bowls featured in progress on my work table - see earlier post, now finished:</div>
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Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-77114162915875072922017-07-10T16:56:00.001+01:002017-07-19T08:00:30.133+01:00Sutton on Sea and beyondOur campsite, for two nights, was at Mablethorpe. We preferred the adjoining, and very much quieter, Sutton on Sea - a seaside village which also serves the local community - with a lovely wool shop ( I bought some green crochet thread) and an excellent hardware shop (from which I bought a sachet of red fabric dye). We also enjoyed a potter around an extremely heavily stocked antique shop. It was a little difficult to view all the items but I bought a length of hand-made lace.<br />
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We are accustomed to the Welsh coast with all its features, both on the coastline itself and a little in-land - but still visible from the beach. The complete 'flatness' of the Lincolnshire coast, the very necessary sea defences obscuring any glimpse of any inland features which there might have been, created views which were beautiful for the scale of open sea and sand.<br />
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I have been busy felting and stitching some keyrings from upcycled fabric for LynwoodcraftsRecycled. This is the first to be listed:</div>
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The first two images are of Aldford, I really haven't done the town justice at all - I thought I had taken more photos. There is a really pretty market square, a lovely craft gallery and a working windmill. We visited on market day which was lovely but busy - it was a little difficult composing shots without traders vans and close up shoppers! In addition, Alford Manor House, boasting an enormous thatched roof, looked lovely - unfortunately, we didn't have time to visit, since we were stopping on the way to a new campsite at Louth. I did find time to pop into a lovely wool shop which provided the following. The blue yarn is being used in a blanket whilst the multi sock yarn provided the background to one of the <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/what-is-it-about-knitting.html">brooches</a> and a <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/horncastle-lincoln-and-lincolnshire-hare.html">bookmark</a> in earlier posts.<br />
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The remaining images above are of Louth. Another, somewhat larger market town, and yes, once again, we had timed our visit for market day. I was thrilled to find two stalls offering gluten and dairy free goodies and stocked up on savoury breads, cakes, pies ...... Yum!! It was a baking hot day and we had walked <b>down</b> from the campsite (only about 20 mins), with the obvious consequence that our purchase laden return was <b>up - </b>a little more than 20 mins was required although it had been worth it. The views which greeted us from the campsite on our return ( with the addition of a tiny bunny):<br />
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The rabbit was very tiny. There were several that hopped out to see us. Unfortunately, the campsite cat knew they were there and I spent the entire evening on watch and shooing him away when he came stalking in the hedgerow.<br />
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Among my purchases in Louth was this felting needle mat:<br />
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I have been putting it to very enjoyable use as the following images show! More news on these items soon!<br />
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Continuing my review of a meander around Lincolnshire - we caught a bus to Horncastle in time to visit the Saturday market, although, in truth, we spent rather more time in some of the many antique centres for which this lovely little town is known.<br />
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I collected images of shop fronts and other commercial buildings as future inspiration when stitching streets. I can never resist ducks! As to the piles of china - the most unusual 'antique shop' I have ever visited!<br />
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It was at about this time in our holiday that the weather changed - a beautiful hot spell which we had not expected and we spent Sunday morning on a ramble from our campsite. Not quite into the wolds but gently sloping and very beautiful!<br />
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And so to Lincoln. We had visited, and greatly enjoyed the Lincoln Christmas market of 2015, but it does tend to swamp the city and we thought we should like to wander at a more leisurely pace and in the presence of fewer visitors.<br />
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We set of in the evening of Thursday, 18th May and travelled to a campsite we have used before, near Sudbury. A pleasant farm, site with a beautiful border collie who appears, hopefully, with his ball, as soon as he spots a new arrival. We re-heated a stew and settled to try and sleep. It poured with rain - I've never slept in a drum but I think I know how it would sound!</div>
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The fishing ponds were originally the clay pits and we saw other similar fisheries whilst on our travels. There were many wild birds, we carry a portable support for bird feeders and enjoyed watching our visitors - mainly blue tits, great tits and coal tits - which were particularly entertaining. I always feel a bit sorry for the bemused birds the day after we have left. The ponds were beautiful and home to several families of ducks.<br />
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Horncastle, Lincoln and a Lincolnshire hare in my next post.<br />
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The first four of the brooches from my last post have now been listed in my Folksy shop:</div>
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Perhaps its the 'clickety rhythm' of the textile production, the textural possibilities, the feel of the yarn - probably all of these. I crochet and weave, and enjoy both, but seldom get the same 'need' to get started. I have knitted since I was a child and I don't think I've done my hands much good - they certainly feel a little stiff and creaky now but I still enjoy knitting.<br />
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Whilst on holiday a week or so ago, a lady on our campsite, a few pitches along from ours, was knitting. The yarn was a deep coral pink and there seemed to be a little mountain of it. The needles carried many stitches and I imagine she was making a garment. She came out in the early morning with a canvas chair, a small table a mug (tea?) settled down in the sun and clicked away (I'm sure I couldn't physically hear the sound but my mind was very aware of it). I had crochet with me - I had been enjoying it and now all I wanted was some knitting.<br />
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On our return I had numerous projects to finish but none requiring knitting needles. I looked at my shop inventory. Stocks of daisy brooches (sometimes knitted) and bookmarks (previously never knitted) were a little low. The excuse I needed!<br />
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Some bookmark strips and these 'brooch-beginnings':<br />
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The bookmarks are still work in progress but this is the batch of brooches:<br />
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I am all 'knitted out' for the moment. I must be more disciplined! I have many other items to complete and stock to replace - why do I have a resistance to replacing items which have sold and a preference for trying something new? Not a very commercially successful attitude! I just love what I do so I'm very lucky - if not very rich!<br />
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The first three of these brooches have been listed in Lynwoodcrafts' Folksy shop.Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-38807004710834160982016-04-24T11:33:00.001+01:002016-04-24T11:41:39.184+01:00How to Make - an Embroidered Flower Bowl Card<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All the materials required to produce this card may be found in an Inspiration Pack from Lynwoodcrafts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In addition, you will need scissors, a needle, a 'circular template' (for example a cotton reel) and a pencil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure the dimensions of the aperture card (when folded as if completed). From the plain fabric cut a panel about 1 cm shorter and 1 cm narrower than the folded card. Fold the fabric in half to find the centre line:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using the pencil, draw a half circle lightly on the fabric, positioned just below the vertical centre mark and take care to keep it central from left to right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using a fancy yarn from the pack, fill in the 'bowl' shape with a 'zig-zag' of couching - small over-stitches in the fine sewing thread provided, over the laid out fancy yarn to anchor it in place:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continue with the same contrast thread and start to work a posy of simple flower shapes above the bowl, using lazy daisy stitch as shown. There should be sufficient thread for about 6 small flowers. Some of these should be stitched in the main sewing thread from the pack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The purse and bookmark may also be made from the Inspiration Pack. You can find the instructions in two other blog posts:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pack also contained these additional fabrics, trimmings and embellishments. I wonder what you would make with them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A pretty purse made entirely from materials in an 'Inspiration Pack' available from Lynwoodcrafts. The following materials from the pack will be required:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using your recycled card mark out a rectangular template - 11 cm x 21 cm. Cut out this template and use it to mark two rectangles on the interfacing. If you wish to make the bookmark, you will need to take care to cut the interfacing as shown below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pin one piece of interfacing to the selected lining fabric. Cut out the fabric leaving about 1 cm all around as a seam allowance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fold the seam allowance over on both long sides and press in place:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Repeat for the short sides. Then fold each of the corners, as shown, and pin in place:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cut strips of the selected printed fabrics. These should be 13 cm wide and may be as 'long' as you like. A pleasing patchwork will be created by varying these lengths. Order the strips as you like - remember that each will lose a minimum of about 1.5 cm from their length in seam allowances. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pin the first strip onto the second piece of interfacing - the fabric should overhang the interfacing by a seam allowance of 1 cm on three on three sides. Take the next strip in your sequence and lay it on top of the first strip, right sides together, and match the 'top' edge as shown:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using the fine sewing thread from the pack and back stitch or very small running stitches, stitch through the two printed fabrics and interfacing, as shown. Fold the second strip back over the interfacing, concealing the seam and press in place. Take the third strip in your sequence, repeating the process - this time stitching the third to the second strip through the interfacing. Fold back and press in place as below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continue in this way, adding further strips from your sequence, until the interfacing is entirely covered and there is an additional seam allowance of about 1 cm 'overhanging' the 'top edge'. Fold the seam allowances, treating the corners in the same way as for the lining and pin and tack as for the lining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Place the tacked lining panel behind the patch-worked panel, wrong sides together. Using the sewing cotton, with small stitches, over-sew the two panels together all the way round:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Remove the tacking stitches from both the lining and the outer panel. Re-fold the purse pocket and tack in place. Using the main sewing thread and blanket stitch, join one side of the purse. Continue up the side of the flap, along the front edge of the flap, down the other side and then stitch the remaining side seam. Neaten the top edge of the purse with blanket stitch in the same way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The items from the Inspiration pack were used to make this purse and a <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-simple-heart-motif-bookmark.html">bookmark</a> and <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-embroidered-flower-bowl-card.html">card </a>.</span></div>
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<br />Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-15178292027450817592016-04-24T11:32:00.001+01:002016-04-24T11:48:08.180+01:00How to Make - A simple Heart Motif Bookmark<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the first in a series of blog posts showing how to make items from new 'inspiration packs' to be listed in Lynwoodcrafts shops. This post shows you how to make this simple but effective bookmark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This pack features blue-toned fabrics and felt. Packs are available in a variety of colour themes. From the pack the following materials are needed for this bookmark. Felt, three printed fabrics, narrow ribbon, interfacing, main thread ( in this case - pale blue), contrasting threads ( for this pack these were navy blue and green). You will also need a needle, scissors and pins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using the heart template, supplied in the pack, cut four heart shapes from the printed fabrics - I have chosen to use three fabrics, cutting two hearts from one of them. Pin the hearts in a column down the centre of the felt bookmark arranging the prints in whichever order you prefer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have stitched each heart in place using a simple blanket stitch. Two of the hearts are stitched with the contrast threads and one is stitched in place with the main thread for the pack (pale blue in this case).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having stitched all four hearts in place, the ribbon tail is attached. Fold the narrow ribbon in half and attach to the back of the felt panel, using small slip stitches behind the bottom heart, taking care to stitch just through the felt and not letting the stitches go right through the heart on the right side of the bookmark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using the felt bookmark as a pattern cut a matching panel from the interfacing provided in the pack - this will form the 'lining' to neaten the reverse of the bookmark. ( Please note: if you wish to make the coin purse - see next blog post; take care to cut the interfacing so as to allow sufficient space for the two purse panels to also be cut from the interfacing - as shown below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The inspiration packs from Lynwoodcrafts are intended to provide colour themed fabrics, essentials and embellishments to use as you wish. I often get stitching inspiration from looking through drawers of fabric, baskets of ribbons, button tins ....... These packs are a way of sharing the benefits of my stash of materials with folk who might prefer tidier and more minimalistic houses than mine!! The packs are not kits, but I have decided to post instructions for three items - a coin or card purse, a greetings card and this bookmark - all of which can be made from each pack. Although the individual contents of each pack will vary, my shops will show detailed photos of the contents of each pack - you will receive exactly the contents you are shown for that pack. The materials from this pack which were used for the bookmark, card and purse are shown below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Click these links for blog instructions for the <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-patchwork-coin-or-card-purse.html">purse</a> and <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-embroidered-flower-bowl-card.html">greetings card</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pack also contained these additional fabrics, trimmings and embellishments. I wonder what you would make with them?</span></div>
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Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-91589368336589664542016-04-24T11:32:00.000+01:002016-04-24T11:52:49.994+01:00Inspiration Packs from Lynwoodcrafts<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> My stitching is continually inspired by my large collection of fabric, trimmings, buttons, threads and yarns. Collected over many years and some acquired from accumulated hoards of family members - magpie tendencies obviously run in the family. Collecting materials is addictive. I can't resist searching out local independent shops when visiting friends and family. I find increasing enjoyment in charity and antique/recycling stores. Then we have the occasional trip to car boot sales. I must also confess to to having an account for an on-line auction site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is time to share my stash!! I don't want to reduce the variety of my selection, but I have too much to store sensibly and most items are in a greater quantity than I can use in my life time. Most of the items which I make are quite small and don't require large quantities of supplies. It seems sensible to offer for sale some of my collection. I have been working to improve the 'Inspiration Packs' which I listed a while ago and which have been popular. There will be colour-themed packs of printed cottons and similar fabric weights with coordinating trimmings and embellishments. There will also be packs of wool and similar, heavier suiting and coat weight fabrics with coordinated extras. Packs which I particularly like will contain vintage fabrics and trimmings - both printed fabrics and up-cycled linen and cotton household fabrics, including patches of vintage hand embroidery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have made three items from the about-to-be-listed packs as an illustration of what of is possible:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These were made from a pack containing the following selection:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have written blog posts showing how to make the <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-simple-heart-motif-bookmark.html">bookmark</a>, <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-embroidered-flower-bowl-card.html">card</a> and <a href="http://lynwoodcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-make-patchwork-coin-or-card-purse.html">purse</a>.</span><br />
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They are grouped together, on my favourite cane chair in our conservatory - the chair being covered by three of my favourite vintage cloths, each edged with a lovely hand-crocheted lace - inspiration indeed!!<br />
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I thought something simple in shape and vaguely retro in design would be in keeping with these colours. I added some felt and some flocked furnishing fabric to my collection of materials:<br />
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I cut my favourite pouch-shaped purse pieces, including this time a flap lining, from the fabric. The felt was cut into bookmark panels and the corners rounded to make blanket stitching easier.<br />
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I began with some purses - two with a rose motif and two with roses:<br />
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Stitching the purses was a little wearing on my fingers so I moved on to the softer felt of the bookmarks. I began with the daisy motif and liked the result so much I decided to use this for all the bookmarks:<br />
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Having added matching ribbon tails these first six have been completed:<br />
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<br />Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-71371867973599921742015-07-22T11:57:00.001+01:002015-08-06T15:25:09.565+01:00County Durham - Barnard Castle<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am just back from a lovely ten days staying at a campsite at Barnard Castle, which proved to be an excellent spot from which to have many lovely days out - mainly wearing walking boots and carrying cameras. There was so much inspiration for so many stitcheries. The next few posts will be an attempt to share these with you. Jotted down somewhat quickly, I don't intend to agonise too much of the wording of these posts or there will be no stitching time left!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very pretty little town sits on a hilltop behind its ruined castle and spills down the hillside to the river crossing. Sitting slightly below the top of the hill, the huge castle is almost invisible from the main street, being 'hidden' behind the modest proportions of the Methodist Church. For us, there were two particularly notable shops - Wool Mouse (from which I purchased a hank of locally dyed wool and silk blend fine yarn in a lovely heather shade), and a fantastic proper 'old fashioned', in the best sense, hardware shop where we resisted the inevitable " for' 'andles " comment and marvelled at the enormous range of their stock whilst buying a fuel can. (Motorhome fuel gauge/range calculater being hugely optimistic up to the last gallon where both suddenly plumet to near zero - the only fuel station being at the top of the hill, the campsite being at the bottom .......... )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We walked to the town centre through a beautiful, largely un-managed woodland from the campsite. This photo doesn't do it justice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between us we managed not to keep a shot of the market hall - unless its on my son's phone - I'll ask when he gets back from cycling. Meanwhile, I'm off to try some stitch sketches.</span></div>
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Please excuse the inside of my light tent. This is half of a tea cosy cover from my vintage linen horde. It wasn't actually damaged in any way, so I felt a bit guilty cutting into it, but the old fashioned cosy (a padded but plain cosy - made pretty by the addition of an embroidered cover) doesn't seem a very practical item in my home. These cosies are a brilliant source of embroidery - they tend to be stitched on both sides.<br />
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Yesterday I listed a new type of bag in my Etsy shop (the flap cut from a vintage embroidered table runner):<br />
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This cosy has now provided the inspiration, and the flap, for a second:<br />
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The photo shows the main panels for this second bag. All (including the lining panels) are backed with fusible interfacing and the raw edges tacked under. A lining panel has been cut for the back of the bag consisting of a flap shape attached to the pouch shape of the body of the bag.The embroidered flap panel, and a blue toned outer back panel have been pinned to the lining panel as shown in the photo.The gusset is shown lining side outwards - it is pinned to an identical panel covered in the same blue toned floral fabric shown on the bag back panel. The lining panel for the front of the bag is shown. The bag front panel has been cut from a vintage cotton napkin chosen to match the colour of the tea cosy. Carefully choosing threads to match the colours of the cosy design as closely as possible, an embroidered design has been stitched around the base of the panel in the same style as that of the cosy.<br />
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The bag will now be assembled by hand. Each backed panel will be blanket stitched to the corresponding, backed, lining panel. The seams of the bag will then be formed by over-sewing through the blanket stitching.<br />
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It would be perfectly possible to draw a standard pattern and make a variety of these bags from new materials embroidered as I pleased. These bags are cut from patterns individually designed to make best use of each vintage embroidery. However, the inspiration derived from the varied vintage stitching is invaluable and I derive great pleasure from giving a new lease of life to someone's needlework. Fortunately, I have a very large stash of threads and fabrics and finding good matches is usually possible.<br />
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Hopefully, I should be able to show you the completed bag in a day or so!Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-55113264874949463692014-10-22T14:51:00.001+01:002014-10-22T14:51:32.021+01:00One listed - three to go!It has been a couple of weeks since my last post.<br />
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This blanket has been finished and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/207237213/crochet-blanket-afghan-throw-lap-blanket?ref=shop_home_active_1">listed</a>.<br />
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We spent a lovely week end staying in Bridgenorth and visiting the beautiful Bewdley and Stourport.<br />
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The above is the riverside at Bewdley. We still have much of the River Severn to explore, so many more week ends to look forward to.<br />
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I have made some progress on three throws/blankets - two crocheted/knitted and one stitched. This pastel one is turning out to be very pretty - I particularly like the aqua edging:<br />
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These knitted squares with crocheted edging are working out very well - I have many more crocheted flowers to make though!<br />
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There has only been a little progress on this patchwork throw - I need to find time for more stitching!<br />
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<br />Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-6022120266363208612014-10-03T13:33:00.001+01:002014-10-03T13:33:33.991+01:00Not a Patch ............ on my plan for today!! (Apart from some further additions to my crocheted blanket!)<br />
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I have a stitching schedule and I'm trying to stick to it! I have been quite good. Some new bookmarks were listed as planned and I am continuing to crochet squares for my next blanket.<br />
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This morning I was feeling a little sorry for myself after a trip to the dentist. I had some phone calls I should make but no one would have been able to understand my half-frozen speech and I just felt like spoiling myself with some creative fabric therapy! In truth, my dental discomfort only persisted for a very short time, but I recovered TOO LATE!! The fabric boxes and drawers were open and chaos had ensued - happily!<br />
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I think I showed you this photo a few days ago.<br />
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The central 'patch' is from a tray cloth and the other patches from a tablecloth. Very, very similar stitching, design and colours. I am not sure if there is a correct way to design a patchwork. This is the way I'm going about it - this time at least!<br />
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I have expanded the design by moving the 'North', 'South', 'East' and 'West' patches outwards by one column/row. I now have a basic design of 5x5 patches, as shown on this rough outline:<br />
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The patches with a yellow squiggle need to be stitched from scratch and I intend to incorporate a small central motif, with embroidered blue daisies stitched to match, in each (OOps! I ought to have highlighted the four corners of the design which also need to be embroidered by me).<br />
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The central patch will be used as it is but with a border of simple squares, patched by machine stitching. It will be about 10 inches square when finished, so this has set the dimensions for the rest of the quilt.<br />
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The patches which have been moved outwards in the design will incorporate the embroidery as a 'diamond' shape. They will be made into squares with the addition of corner triangles, and the patch will then be made up to 10 inches with a squared border.<br />
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The patches which will be embroidered by me will be hand-stitched using the traditional technique of folding fabric over paper templates, using traditional block patterns. I have started to collect together the fabrics which I might use - including these vintage Laura Ashley scraps:<br />
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These other fabrics are also possibilities:<br />
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I am aiming to produce a decorative coverlet or throw. The vintage embroidered panels will be supported by backing fabric and the stitching will be carefully checked and repaired if necessary - but they will, inevitably, be more delicate than new panels. Rather than quilt through a thick wool or polyester batting to produce a warm quilt, I think I shall provide 'body' for the throw by backing it with a layer of brushed flanelette sheeting.<br />
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I shall report on progress - although it will now be slotted in between other items on my schedule - I'm beginning to feel as though I'm playing truant. 'Creating' and 'Producing' are definitely not entirely the same thing I find!Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-91162106310046272192014-10-01T16:11:00.000+01:002014-10-01T16:46:45.907+01:00Tying up loose ends........ literally!<br />
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Having a schedule is all very well but keeping to it is rather a different matter. At least I have finished the loose ends on two items today.<br />
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Firstly this bowl from recycled T shirts. Posing first of all with a small crochet project - perfect for this - a work basket would be too large:<br />
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The base of the bowl is decorated, and neatened by a crocheted flower! The bowl will shortly be listed in my Folksy shop. </div>
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I have made a little more progress with my latest crocheted blanket - although I've not made as many squares as my schedule requires. </div>
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I am supposed to be focusing on re-stocking my embroidered items - with just a little crochet in between. At least I've finished this meadow bookmark, which will shortly be listed in my Etsy shop:</div>
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I almost forgot to mention that this pincushion has now been sold and is being packaged for posting:</div>
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Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-8867272534607572932014-09-30T14:16:00.000+01:002014-09-30T14:48:00.467+01:00New bookmarks and more!I am still enjoying the exploration of the possibilities of crochet motifs. The latest batch are worked in brightly coloured crochet cottons and will be used to decorate a number of items.<br />
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The first few have been used to embellish these bright felt bookmarks ( now listed in my Folksy and Etsy shops):<br />
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I love the bright colours and the finished items have an almost retro feel. I have enjoyed looking through the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/craftyfolkteam/favorites">items recently listed by the Craftyfolk team</a> at Etsy in order make a selection of other bright and retro finds to show you - I hope you like them (each photo is a clickable link!):<br />
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<br />Sue, Lynwoodcraftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959840274614874004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632572938869190987.post-21443263323834438762014-09-29T11:14:00.001+01:002014-09-29T11:14:13.595+01:00Purses and moreI am enjoying crochet so much that I thought I would explore the possibilities of producing some different items. What do you think of these purses?<br />
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I've really enjoyed making these. The shape is based on a pattern I made for some embroidered purses which I listed some while ago. It is a practical shape and seems to compliment the shape of the folded mandala design on the purse flap.</div>
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The small rosette in the centre of the first photo is worked in finer crochet cottons. I love the bright colours. This is a hint of things to come - perhaps key fobs, scissor fobs ....</div>
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Just click on the photo to see the blanket in my shop. I tend to think of this one as sun, sea and 'ice-cream' colours. I love it!<br />
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I have now started another - the same design but entirely different colours which give a totally different effect. Bright rosettes, surrounded by natural cream wool and completed by a merino blend yarn in two shades of brown (rust). In my mind, this one is in autumn colours with many bright splashes of colour.<br />
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