Sunday, 17 November 2024
Inside The Old Rectory
Friday, 13 September 2024
Exclusive fashions.
Have a good weekend. Toodle pip. ilona
Saturday, 17 August 2024
Before and after
Saturday, 15 June 2024
Pick up the pieces with Ursula
Thanks to theboatgirl for passing on a link to an excellent blog which highlights the problems of discarded rubbish washed up on our beaches. I met Dave Shackleton at Ravenglass last week. Check out the story here.
On this Wordpress blog Ursulatroche there is information about an event taking place right now. If you are within 20 miles of Ravenglass why not go and have a day out there. The address is: Old Cross Cottage on Main Street, Ravenglass.
1: Trip to the Found Plastic Museum: – Ravenglass.
On the 15th June there’ll be an Open Day at the Found Plastic Museum in Ravenglass.
Saturday, 25 May 2024
Make a seat cushion.
Sometimes I get to relax on the easy chair. I have a few of these covers now. Most of them are made from cut up duvet's. They are useful to use on garden seats as well. No need to buy new.
Anyway. My builders have turned up. Looks like I won't be going far today. No doubt endless cups of tea will be needed, and yes, I have bought some teabags.
Toodle pip. ilona
Friday, 23 February 2024
It's curtains.
The first thing I see when I get up in the morning and go to the bathroom is the curtain at the top of the stairs. The sun comes up at the back and makes a beautiful kaleidoscope of colour.
Patchwork curtains are easy to make. Start with a centre piece, and keep going round and round adding more pieces until it reaches the size you want. Here is a blog post on how to get started on the patchwork. I used an old curtain liner to stitch onto. And here is another blog post about making up the curtain and the finished article. Perhaps you might like to have a go. Sewing machine needed.
Amazing, the sun is out, I wonder how long it might last. I did my shopping last night, so I am stocked up once more.
See ya soon. Toodle pip. ilona
Sunday, 23 April 2023
Catch up video.
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Hello Olesya
Good morning. It's Wednesday and the bin men have collected the red bin. No sun to be seen this morning, it's cloudy. Cats fed, coffee drunk.
This is for the sewers out there, recycling old clothes to be precise. I am a member of the group Waste not Want not, and Olesya (what a lovely name) often posts about her creations. Her clothes and accessories are a work of art for sure. She lives in Northamptonshire in the UK.
Thursday, 9 December 2021
New artwork and a coffee chat
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
The butterfly is saved
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Coffee chat. Look what I found.
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Number 7.
I'll catch up with you later. Toodle pip. ilona