TinkeringTimes

doing nothing

Since babe is due in 1 week exactly I have stopped doing very much at all - it's too hot and I'm too large to really make much of an effort! So I've been browsing my favourite shops online as it's about all I can do (and I wanted some inspiration for sewing a laundry bag for the little fella). Here's a round of up of my recent top finds...


Sale at *The Pier* - it hasn't started in the real live actual shops yet so you get to beat the crowds and have a sneak preview.

*Pedlars* are making lightboxes to your own customised spec - am sure you could probably make your own but if not...

*Bunting* is back - I keep seeing it everywhere... but can't quite bring myself to subscribe to it, though I like the idea of it. However *Garden Trading* is worth a look for all sorts of other loveliness too. 


You can now buy *Cath Kidston's* oilcloth by the metre, online. Maybe I'm really slow and you always could but I only just found out... 

And finally for now - this storage trolley that I've had my eye on for about 4 years now is still available at *Baileys* and I still haven't found the right excuse to order it... yet...

lady of leisure

Day 2 as a lady of leisure - i.e. after finishing work and before the baby arrives...
It's been lovely spending time sewing without feeling guily about other things I should be doing!

So today I whipped up a cusion cover from this gorgeous vintage fabric I've had stored away for a few months. It's a cotton / linen mix and has such a lovely density to it.

In the shop

And reading this book mum brought over for me - it's an easy read but so full of character and touches lots of things relevant to me right now. A touching, colourful and charming tale of two strong women, a rainy grey city, family ties and a passion for cloth, family history, vintage clothing and fabrics and the lives and loves around them. Definitely worth picking up...

And a guy I knew at school came by to talk about the UK DIY crafts scene which was a joy - to find someone as obsessed by it as me, but also someone male who's interested in it - few and far between!

He has some fantastic ideas about support for the UK scene which I'll be saying more about as the year unfolds hopefully - but as a one-off for now he's running a crafting stall /event / installation at the Interesting 2007 conference and has taken a stash of purses and birdy brooches from me to include in the goings on, so if you're there keep an eye out for a few of these and grab yourself a bargain...

Kind of busy for a lady of leisure then! Though there was also some sitting out in the sunshine eating ice-pops...