For health reasons which are far too boring to go into, I am currently selling twenty-one pairs of shoes. I am saving up to buy a pair of custom-fitted orthotic insoles, which basically restricts me to flat, boring, sensible shoes for evermore.
Of course, I am now seeing nothing but fabulous shoes, everywhere I turn! This [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Painted Shoes.
Posted in inspiration, shoes, tagged inspiration, shoes on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bishopston fabrics are here!
Posted in fabric, tagged fabric on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The fabrics that I ordered from Bishopston Trading back in October have now arrived!
The enormous parcel was delivered on Friday, but I needed a bit of help to lift and unwrap it, so I had to wait a full twenty-four hours before I could look inside…
Aren’t they beautiful?
You can see all of the fabrics in [...]
Doing My Homework.
Posted in FAQ, tagged FAQ on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I received an email from Kirsty, who’s studying Fashion and Textile Technology. She asked whether I would mind answering some questions about using recycled textiles, for a project that she’s doing.
here are her questions, and my answers…
1. Where do you source your fabrics from?
For recycled fabrics I usually go to Ebay, and to [...]
I’m on BBC Four!
Posted in culture, tagged telly on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to Phil and Pat, who have kindly left me a comment to let me know that I am on the BBC Four home page!
I don’t know how long the link will be there, but in the “Overheard on the Web” section (bottom right), next to a youthful picture of Cliff Richard, is a [...]
Jeans and T-shirt tote bag
Posted in bags, tagged bags on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This tote bag is a one-off design that I made for my sister.
She originally presented me with a pair of her husband’s old jeans and asked me to make them into a skirt. Unfortunately the reason that her husband was throwing out these jeans was a huge rip across the behind, and it was strategically [...]
Pop Britannia
Posted in culture, tagged telly on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I watched Pop Britannia on BBC Four, and my brain has been feeling a little bit wobbly ever since.
I have found a thing that I’ve been missing for almost fifteen years, and now I need to work out the best way to get it back into my life again.
Watching that programme was like [...]
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