On Saturdays the girl has drama club so we bus down and whilst she has her club I enjoy 2 hours of me time which involves window shopping, real shopping, tea or coffee and a sit down in the library.
I love the library in Palmerston Road and I didn't think I was going to. It moved into the old Woolworth's shop and it has a cafe and it is loud. Not horrendously loud but a rather nice noise. It made me realise that people talking, sometimes a baby club singing, ladies having a chat in the cafe is all a perfectly acceptable background noise. In libraries where everything is dead quiet then someone speaking comes as a shock. But in a library where there is already a level of noise, it doesn't. So I can sit in a chair with a coffee and happily read my book.
This Saturday was the first Saturday of the month and it is when Love Southsea hold a market with a mixture of stalls including lots of handmade. It was also a Saturday when I was a bit skint so I will be popping along next time with more cash. However poor I was I still seemed to squeeze some money out of my purse for some fabric. And I did. I bought a few pieces including these three which I knew I was going to use in patchwork.
I have been doing some patchwork with a couple of children at work which made me realise how much I fancied having another go myself. I have never used a sewing machine for patchwork as I don't really know how. But I shall one day. Meanwhile I do enjoy hand sewing and patchwork is a great project to do in odd times and to take to the cafe with me next time I go.
I never knew until this weekend that this type of patchwork was called English paper piecing. It is the only patchwork I ever ever done and I think I was taught it as a child at school.
It is an addictive craft and I kept sewing until very late (plus I spent a while on Pinterest compiling a Patchwork Board).
So here is what I have finished at the end of Day One.
I love the library in Palmerston Road and I didn't think I was going to. It moved into the old Woolworth's shop and it has a cafe and it is loud. Not horrendously loud but a rather nice noise. It made me realise that people talking, sometimes a baby club singing, ladies having a chat in the cafe is all a perfectly acceptable background noise. In libraries where everything is dead quiet then someone speaking comes as a shock. But in a library where there is already a level of noise, it doesn't. So I can sit in a chair with a coffee and happily read my book.
This Saturday was the first Saturday of the month and it is when Love Southsea hold a market with a mixture of stalls including lots of handmade. It was also a Saturday when I was a bit skint so I will be popping along next time with more cash. However poor I was I still seemed to squeeze some money out of my purse for some fabric. And I did. I bought a few pieces including these three which I knew I was going to use in patchwork.
I have been doing some patchwork with a couple of children at work which made me realise how much I fancied having another go myself. I have never used a sewing machine for patchwork as I don't really know how. But I shall one day. Meanwhile I do enjoy hand sewing and patchwork is a great project to do in odd times and to take to the cafe with me next time I go.
I never knew until this weekend that this type of patchwork was called English paper piecing. It is the only patchwork I ever ever done and I think I was taught it as a child at school.
It is an addictive craft and I kept sewing until very late (plus I spent a while on Pinterest compiling a Patchwork Board).
So here is what I have finished at the end of Day One.
7 comments:
I love hexagons- I've been enjoying some patchwork recently and have some plans- it is so therapeutic! Have a good week
Thank you Dotty. It is very therapeutic and I am definitely hooked.
it's the only type I know too, you must be NEARLY as old as me then!
Nearly, but not quite, Heather!
Beautiful! I love the hexagons, you talented chica, it looks really lovely. x
REally lovely! you're the same as me managed to squeeze out just enough pennies for a little treat.
x
Thank you Nic. xx
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