Make Do And Mend, I'm challenging myself to a mend, make and sew challenge. My grandmother taught me how to darn and how those simple stitches could be used for all sorts of things like socks, jumpers and even sheets. The first project has been my pink sheets, these sheets are really thick and are to nice to turn into cleaning rags. The fix- thread is Gutermann 100% cotton and I'm using my old wooden darning mushroom, after the sheet was washed the stitches blended in a little more than the photo shows, score out of ten for neatness 61/2 my Grandmother's stitches would not have shown at all!
I've been spending some time turning the junk room into a crafty computer room. There's still a lot to do and still unpacked boxes from the move. I've set up a temporary sewing table in front of the window, Furgus likes to have afternoon naps there and does not like the sound of the sewing machine. All of my fabric, yarn, fleece and sewing stash has been sorted and I'm in the process of putting it all in plastic boxes. The Idea I had is to buy two matching pine cupboards/wardrobes one for yarn things the other for sewing things, plastic will have to do for now.
