I haven't had a working sewing machine for years, but I have two thermal curtain linings to turn in at the sides, hem, and sewing tape onto which would take ages and ages of TV-watching to get sewn. I also need to clear up. I have a meeting in the dining room on 4 June, the boiler being replaced in the bedroom on 7 & 8 June, and the wood burning stove being checked and the chimney swept in the sitting room on the 7 June. Two curtains and two thermal linings are taking a lot of room on the spare room bed which I need for stuff from the bedroom so the plumber can move!
So today I bought a small (fuchsia-coloured!) sewing machine for £59 from John Lewis.
I only trimmed the late summer canes of the autumn raspberries to get an early crop, and picked my first this morning!
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Thermal lined curtains and the worm and the caterpillar
I replaced my old door with a solid wood one. I wish I hadn't. The panels have split leaving space you can see daylight through! My handyman said he could fill the gaps, but it could be as little as a fortnight before the wood moves and I have the same problem.
So delighted when Transition Leytonstone put on a workshop for putting thermal linings in curtains. This afternoon I made a separate lining (that you hook on to the curtain). As the old curtain I use as a door curtain had only a thing strip allowing only one row of hooks, I have started putting curtain tape on that.
We were using old hand sewing machines that Roger from Forest Recycling Project renovates. It reminded me of my childhood where when my mother was sewing sheets sides to middle, I would be turning the handle while my mother guided the sheets.
I also brought blackout, thermal linings for the spare bedroom curtains.
This morning when I emptied an old pot into a raised bed so I could fill it with fresh soil and plant a tomato in it. I found it the soil a worm in a knot. I carefully untangled it and put it on some damp soil. It was very flabby so I hope it had enough strength the feed.
I told this story to Jan Ashford who was leading the curtain lining workshop. She said she once had some empty window boxes on her windowsill fill with water. She found a little caterpillar marooned in the window box, so she rescued it to put it on the nearest plant, a russian vine. The little thing was so hungry it started eating before it left her finger!
So delighted when Transition Leytonstone put on a workshop for putting thermal linings in curtains. This afternoon I made a separate lining (that you hook on to the curtain). As the old curtain I use as a door curtain had only a thing strip allowing only one row of hooks, I have started putting curtain tape on that.
We were using old hand sewing machines that Roger from Forest Recycling Project renovates. It reminded me of my childhood where when my mother was sewing sheets sides to middle, I would be turning the handle while my mother guided the sheets.
I also brought blackout, thermal linings for the spare bedroom curtains.
This morning when I emptied an old pot into a raised bed so I could fill it with fresh soil and plant a tomato in it. I found it the soil a worm in a knot. I carefully untangled it and put it on some damp soil. It was very flabby so I hope it had enough strength the feed.
I told this story to Jan Ashford who was leading the curtain lining workshop. She said she once had some empty window boxes on her windowsill fill with water. She found a little caterpillar marooned in the window box, so she rescued it to put it on the nearest plant, a russian vine. The little thing was so hungry it started eating before it left her finger!
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