Hay fever. Yep it is right at the top of the list because it is horrid. As a sufferer I often have bad hay fever for most of the year, but this year is the worst I can ever recall, and I think I need to speak to my doctor about some prescription medication since none of the over the counter stuff is working.
The worst thing about Hay fever isn't the constant drippy nose, sneezing or watering eyes it is the fatigue. It really does wear me out ... and just when I have two whole days of time to sew!
I have some Christmas gifts to make, and some samples to get going with for my shop. I'm longing to get into my sewing room, but instead am sitting beside a box of tissues (which just make it worse, but I'm all out of handkerchiefs).
I was searching for more detailed video's on those amazing tucks and pleats.
I found another three that looked really good. Now I am thinking what I would make with these techniques. Some projects that came to mind were cushion covers, bags, and used carefully as a feature on clothes.
If you saw my last post you would have seen the video I found on You Tube showing these amazing pleated patterns.
I've been searching for some videos showing how some of them were done and found this great video from Brazil. No idea how to speak Brazillian, but the video seems quilte clear.
Monday 12 November 2012
I have no idea what this cleaver person is saying, but I am so inspired by the "patterns" formed from some sort of pleating effect.
Do you remember when you were young and it was impossible to think of what to buy for friends and family for Christmas? I always found it especially hard to buy for people that could just buy what they wanted, and seemed to have everything! I think I have reached that age myself, and so have a new appreciation of what to give to "those" people.
This year I have made a list of gifts that I can make myself. It is always easier to do this for female friends and family, but I'm sure I can do similar for my male friends/family.
My parents are coming for a visit (from NZ) this evening, so yesterday after work I quickly made the three coverd coathangers I want to give to my mum. I love to use them myself in my closet, so I think that they will be a great gift. I want to do some embroidered ones too for other friends/family, and am looking forward to getting back to the machine to do them also.
I have almost finished the aprons I'm making for my eldest child, Cara, who is a Steiner teacher and lives in London. She brough some lovely table cloths when we were in Venice earlier this year, and so I know she will probably wear them at work. They are a lovely vintage style and I've made them in lovely fabric. I have only about 1/2 hrs work left on them, and then I can make up her Christmas parcel and get it in the post.
I was so inspired by this great video on You-Tube! I'd love to have one of the Handi Quilters at my home, and while a frame is so tempting, I think I will settle for a Sweet 16. It is a great option for space poor quilters, since it only takes up a 1 metre square, and can be folded up and stored away if necessary.
One of our renovation projects is to rearrange some bedrooms and shift Jim's home office. The result will mean I can relocate my sewing studio to the back of the house, and I have big plans to have it fitted out with some great storage, a design wall and lots more. I will make sure that a new Sweet 16 can have a home in the room! Meantime, enjoy this great video!
