Delayed posts is what happens when I don’t keep my bullet journal up to date. ? Anyways here’s what I got up to in April…
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Tidying up
A post about other people’s work. The pile of assorted paperwork was at risk of a landslide this morning so drastic measures (filing) was required.
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Jam jar tea lights
October’s residential homes project was to decorate jam jars to make tea light holders.
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Weaving – getting started
In my last post I explained how I ended up with a toy heddle loom which then I didn’t touch it for a year. ?
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Weaving – bitten by the bug
In May last year I took my daughter to a local Community Heritage Day Amongst the wide variety of skills to try were spinning and weaving. Now I don’t have room to start spinning my own yarn but weaving can be done on a small-scale (and could help use up my yarn stash) I’m not keen on the little loom frame kits you can get as I find using a needle to weave the threads very frustrating. I could remember having a toy loom as a child in the 70s which had a bar which I could turn which would lift and lower the threads so I could pass a shuttle through.…
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Collage work
The residential homes’ Art & Craft classes at this month is collage work.
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Bit of fundraising
This month I started running craft sessions at number of local care homes as a result I have 9 example pieces left over. So that I don’t end up over run with these every month, I’ve decided to sell them to raise money for the Masato Beanies homeless fund. For each one sold I will donate £1 to the fund and if I clear all 9 will round it up to £10.
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Felt work assorted
In order to give a range of examples for my craft classes this month I did a few other small projects in felt this week to give an alternative to the felt flower brooches
