WHO PUT THE COLOURS IN THE RAINBOW?
Thanks for all the lovely comments last week, it really cheered me up after I waved Julia off that morning wishing we'd had more time together - better than nothing I know but we had too much to say in too little time, lol!
After not completing much at all in the last post, today is completely different - I've been having mad making sessions and my workdesk has been covered in more fabric than a Savile Row tailor *happy dance*
This was a new ebay purchase, I'm doing more bags etc to sell in the cafe - I had a good time picking out linings for it, rock 'n roll huh?
Lots waiting to be ironed....
Colours everywhere!
A pile of cases and purses waiting to be poppered! The weather hasn't been too great so it was the perfect excuse to play in the JanCave - I had another bout of vertigo as well and sitting still concentrating on sewing helps with the dizziness and takes my mind off it.
There's also been some downstairs crafting (Twiglet, stop sniggering!!)
Knitting ribbed beanies in chunky wool so they grow quickly, they're for Hats for the Homeless. I can do one in an evening as they're very straightforward, I always do ribbed hats because they are stretchy and can fit most heads well. The Fifty Maps books was a prezzy from Julia and is incredibly interesting (I am a Map nerd!)
That's it for today, short and sweet. Hope you're keeping safe and well, have a cracking week xxx
22 comments:
Sorry you've been suffering with vertigo, hope it has passed. you've certainly been very productive, and I really love the knitted beanies too! Happy WOYWW Helen #?
Sorry to hear about the vertigo and how it soon passes. Love the downstairs crafting but your upstairs fun really made me smile....all those gorgeous fabrics and what a lot of good you do with them all....you really are a gem.
Hugs,
Annie x #7
Hi Jan, sorry you’ve had vertigo again. Don’t the sideways exercises help? (As opposed to the downstairs crafting) snigger snigger! Lovely pile of bags etc) Your hats for the homeless are look very warm.
Take care and happy WOYWW
Hugs
Lynnecrafts 13
Oh so glad you you managed a bit of downstairs crafting - its amazing how creative you can be with a bit of wool and a few trimmings!! Joking aside - those hats will be much appreciated and I love that tealy/jade colour. All those gorgeous fabrics - what a delight to work with. I hope your vertigo gets better soon Jan - its a misery. The bush has certainly been well watered and is looking perky!! xx Jo
A lovely colour fest, Jan, and what glorious poppies! Love that fabric. Thank you for visiting my blog, and I'm glad you liked my butterfly project. Regarding the giveaway, I think they should be kept as a set to get the full versatility of the collection - I hadn't thought to split them. What a shame you haven't got a die cutting machine!
Happy WOYWW,
Shoshi x #9
Oh no, more vertigo. Was it all the talking did one side of your head in? I loved seeing you, yes too short, but in light of dates, we might squash a longer trip in sooner than we thought! What’s seldom is wonderful. *cough*.
Loving all the fabrics today, that orangey red with the yellow flowers is just gorgeously cheerful. I think you’re double kind doing the ribbed beanie pattern, those of us who aren’t pin heads applaud you.
Sorry about the vertigo, not much fun I should think but glad you have something to do to take your mind off it,
Love all the colours and the purses well done you,
Take care and stay safe ..
lilian b #16
Couldn't you just drive into all that lovely colour!? Love everything you're making, you turn scraps of nothingess in to something so special and lovely! I have poppers, I have some sqares of fabric, I even have my mum's machine...
Keep Crafting! Have a great week, stay safe. Happy WOYWW? ((Lyn))#16
That poppy material is fabulous. You keep so busy! Have a great week Angela #10
I live with another map nerd and part of his pressie this Christmas will be a map book. I like maps too but I tear them up for crafting (ok only old ones lol).
Love the poppy fabric, how bright is that - should sell well, especially as Remembrance Sunday is coming up. All that sewing - wow, you are a gem and Burry Port is lucky to have you as one of its residents these days.
Sorry to hear the vertigo has been bad, have you had your heart and eyes/ears checked lately? Can't think of anything else it could be.
Love the hats you are knitting, you really are an absolute gem with all that you do.
Hugs, Neet xx
Sorry to hear about the vertigo-I am occasionally bothered too. You are a powerhouse with all that sewing-well done. 💕
I so love your fabric collection and the results of your work too. Hope the dizziness doesn't spoil your fun. You asked me about the metallic cord on the cards. To be honest I just attach it with a dab of glue and then layer things on top to secure it so nothing very clever I'm afraid. Wishing you a very happy woyww, Angela x12x
Sorry to hear about your vertigo - that really is nasty. I hope it goes soon. Love the pile of colourful fabrics all made into useful items. Happy WOYWW. Take care and stay safe. With love & God Bless, Caro xxx (#14)
Oh those fabrics, wish I could find similar. Where do you send your hats for the homeless to. Ani.
Oooh such pretty colors of fabrics Jan, I love the texture on the hat under construction too :) ~Stacy #21
As this post is so inspiring I feel like I need to be looking at my yarn stash again and maybe dragging out my little circular knitting machine. It would be a great way to both eat thru much of my stash AND make something useful. Having said that, it doesn't do ribbing - it isn't hard to make the hat then ADD ribbing as hand knitting, but ribbing all along? not so much. Loving all the fabric - what an eBay haul!
Happy WOYWW, all jabbed!
Mary Anne (2)
Love all those piles of fabric - that poppy one is brillinat!
Happy WOYWW!
Susan #5
Sorry you've been suffering with vertigo! Hope you feel better now?
I can't believe my eyes - you are so busy, like a bee.
So much fabric - love the one with poppies.So many cases and purses and I think I can see bag handles too.
Stay well my dear idol in sawing.
Eva from Austria
Hi Jan, Sorry to hyear about the vertigo. I've recently got over a bout that lasted two days shy of four weeks.
Loving the fabrics. How kind you are to do the things for the shop and the hats for the homeless.
Happy WOYWW
Sue
I hope you get to feeling better soon. Sending healing prayers your way.
www.rsrue.blogspot.com
Wow looks like you are very busy with all the sewing! Love the colour of your beanies too. So sorry, RL got in the way, and I am terribly late. Happy belated WOYWW! Elle #11, EOTC
Hi Jan, you asked about my Low Carb diet, I'm doing OK, but losing very slowly. Last time I did Low Carb I was in my 50's, and I lost a LOT of weight. It seems much harder now, and I only have 25 more pounds to lose, so there's that as well. But I've done Low Carb, Calorie Counting, and Weight Watchers, and I like Low Carb the best. It's the tastiest! I really don't miss the bread or sugar. I can actually make a low-carb yeast bread machine bread! I don't do "strict Keto", but I follow a woman who started "Dirty, Lazy Keto". It's essentially doing keto her way, by breaking a bunch of rules! She has a bunch of cookbooks out, and she's on You Tube (DLK). She's down to earth, funny, and gives great advice. No "keto police" here (they are the ones always pointing out "that's not keto!")! I almost didn't do low carb/keto when I got a book on it - it was nuts. Only eat grass fed beef, organic veggies, a certain type of wine that I've never heard of, all these supplements - luckily the bookstore let me return it and I discovered DLK - about the opposite of the book I had bought! Have a great day!
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