half term round up

half term is never easy...

juggling the kids...

squeezing in work...

and not forgetting this half term the daily visits to see dad who is in week 5 of being in hospital.

it really hasn't been the best of weeks, but looking back on it, despite all that, it has been pretty full and productive.

clockwise from top left the week included...

1. completing day 1 of training for the 24 hour walk i'll be doing in may...

2. printing the new designs...

3. finishing my honey loop cowl...

4. finally sending off bee blocks and siggies...

5. packaging up the new lampshade kits...

6. customary half term venture into town to meet dad for lunch...

7. starting (and almost finishing, Liz) a long over due custom order.

8. oakshott lampshade sample

not a bad week all said and done.

Time for a change

I think you'll agree that this doorstop I made quite a few years ago is looking a bit tired. It props open the bathroom door and peering at it is the only thing that ruins my relaxing experience. It was in need of a massive make over.


All I had to do was to rummage through my ever increasing pile of fabrics and decide what would appeal. Alot were dismissed out of hand for being too lightweight. This was initially a problem since I generally buy more lightweight fabrics for the kind of projects I do (mental note: buy more heavy weight fabrics).

And then this fab Designer's Guild fabric leapt out at me. It was one of the ones I'd picked up from the bargain bucket. At the time I wasn't entirely sure what I would do with it. I just loved the bright pattern. But not only was it heavier then I ordinarily use, the pattern was much larger. But I had to buy it and I'm so glad I did. (Quite frankly, at £5 for the metre, it was never going to be left behind)


I think you'll agree that it's certainly an improvement.