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Category Archives: making things
Baby tipi, and another guest post
I really wanted to put a willow den in our back garden for Leon to play in. Unfortunately, that was scuppered by the realisation that there’s a sewage pipe running underground through the middle of the garden. You’re not supposed … Continue reading
Posted in diy, guest posts, making things, parenting, the garden project
Tagged baby tipi, diy, guest posts, making things, mindfulness, parenting, play, the garden project
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Knitting merrily along
I’ve just realised that while I blog occasionally about sewing, I virtually never blog about knitting, despite the fact that I always have at least one (usually more) projects on the go. Leon wearing his jacket Recently finished projects: a … Continue reading
Posted in craft, knitting, making things
Tagged craft, knitting, leon, making things, projects
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Sewing beyond my means: halfway through
Back in November, I decided to have a go at a quilt-as-you-go patchwork version of Amy Butler’s Weekender Bag. Since then I’ve been steadily ploughing onwards a bit at a time, and now I’ve finished the piecing, and am halfway … Continue reading
Travel busy bag for a 10 month old
We travel by train quite a bit, and Leon is getting beyond the age where just waving my keys in front of him will distract him. Today I constructed a travel busy bag for him, with ideas from a couple … Continue reading
Posted in kids, making things, sewing, travel
Tagged busy bag, kids, leon, making things, sewing, travel
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Sewing beyond my means…
Or at least beyond my likely abilities. But what the hell! It’s more fun that way. There’s a sew-along on a forum I’m on of this quilt-as-you-go version of the Amy Butler Weekender Bag. Which I gather is famously Very … Continue reading
From skirt to (baby) trousers
Another round of decluttering recently unearthed a skirt that I made for myself many years ago, but have never actually worn. After seeing two posts about upcycled baby trousers, one from a T-shirt and one from trousers, I thought I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged leon, making things, recycle, sewing
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Making things: a place for things and a place for making
I have a couple of woodwork projects on my making-things list, but haven’t been making much progress with them. I realised the other day that part of the problem was the lack of space in the garage to start on … Continue reading
Making a laptop caddy
In our household we have a tendency to leave laptops lying around the living room. It occurred to me, as L began rolling and trying really hard to crawl (he is currently managing whole millimetres at a time, often backwards), … Continue reading
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Tagged carpentry, diy, making things, reuse reduce recycle, wood
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Experiments in free(ish) jelly
It’s been a fantastic year for berries, so I decided the time had come to experiment with rosehip and hawthorn jellies. Finding a sufficiency of rosehips and haws to cook up was straightforward; half an hour in the local park … Continue reading
Posted in food, foraging, jam, jelly, making things, recipes
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