I started quilting this in February after finding clothes items made with sumptuous Asian fabric in a charity box, adding fabric from my own stash. Result, this small bag, quilting, patchwork, adding a covered button, handle and magnetic clasp. . . . . The clasps were bought at 'Mrs. Johnson's Emporium', Blackpool - a sewing/knitting/ haberdashery shop near South Shore. A lovely old fashioned shop with old-world interior shelving and knitted mice in the window. The clasps were in a large jar and the half dozen I bought transferred to a small paper bag. The assistant said, " We're going back to the old ways and getting rid of all those small plastic bags and containers". .. 'Hurray!' I said. . . . I couldn't resist, this royal blue which had been a small top. It wasn't until I started to unpick seams at home I noticed a tiny pocket that had a beautiful blue shiny piece of matching jewellery inside. I wonder if anyone realised it had been left there. Another bag make, adding a thin velvet ribbon to hide the seam at the bottom, sewing the sparkly jewel to the closing flap. As the stormy winter weather had returned, retreating indoors, more sewing: Tabards for a friend no photos as they are basically squares of material - maybe later if she lets me photograph her wearing them. ..and, another bag using up some left over fabric; I've used the same pattern in various sizes for years, small bags, peg bags, large totes. This child's bag, Ocean design, spotted red lining, handle and covered button and a looped tie. I enjoyed making this one; the Ocean fabric is very summery, and the red with white spots gives an all year round appeal.
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I'd almost forgotten! The mildest, hottest February recorded in the U.K. Just had to get out, switch off for a couple of days. At the time seemed hard to do, with so much that could be done at home. Instead, thirty five miles done the road, a couple of very enjoyable days in Southport. Just a few miles south a visit to Formby Point, National Trust nature reserve for Red Squirrels. . . Quite surreal unseasonably hot, blue skies, a pine wood next to the beach, being February, almost devoid of greenery. The frightening apocalyptic shades of climate change. Even so, the red squirrels were a welcome distraction, and there were one or two redcurrant bushes, a bright yellow gorse bush, and a wonderful wood carving on a fallen log.
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