WOYWW 299 (8)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday. You can find out all about it and join in the fun by clicking here.

My desk this week -

Pile of outer fabrics for charity bead bags I'm still working on.  Pack of four cheap canvasses on frames.  Planning to make some fabric art with them.  More bags to make, apple and ginger jam planned in the next couple of days, and another batch of delicious Bearscuits in the mix too.  Will show them off next week.

Have a great week all!  xx

WOYWW 298 (7)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday! This is where we take a weekly peek at other crafters desks and floors to see what they've been getting up to.  You can join in here.

My desk this week -

1.  Cup of hot chocolate - check.  That's all that matters right now, I'm freezing!  Okay then.  Three more three wise men pictures to go in the scrapbook.  A scraperfoil of a pig that you can barely see in the front.  I went to the Range on Sunday with my mum and picked him up for a quid, and the scraper tool is evident that it cost a quid.  The sharp bit at the end hasn't been anchored properly within the plastic handle and so moves whenever pressure is applied.  Doh.

There is a black fabric marker which I've been using on a bleach stain on a black item of OH's clothing.  While it doesn't get rid of the bleach, it does bring the stark orangeness down to a vague stain.  The leopard tissue paper was used to make a birthday card at the weekend.  The cat bickies are for Taz.

I now know how to make the charity bags (thanks to Janet's FairyThoughts) and will include a finished picture of them on next week's blog.  I may have made ALL the wiggly bags slightly short, so will be making them larger and there is a small matter of getting on with the shirt I started in the new year for the Sewing Bee competition we're holding at work.

I hope you all have a lovely,productive week.  Now where's that hot chocolate (before lent kicks in!)? xxx

WOYWW 297 (6)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk, where courtesy of our hostess, Julia, we take a peek at crafting desks and floors from around the world.  You can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

I spent the earlier part of my week off making wiggly bags for a children's cancer charity.  They are all in the orange bag awaiting Velcro to be sewn on them.  I have temporarily failed at making the lined drawstring bead pouches for them as I have been unable to understand the instructions.  I've never been good at flatpacking!  I am hoping the samples are still at work so I can borrow one to study.  I did find a video of how to make such bags on Youtube, but it's not quite the same design and I want to get it right.

There's a bunch of old postcards from Granny's and I don't know what to do with them.  They are not of any sentimental of financial value, most are in sets, but none are full sets.  I was thinking of taking Postcrossing up again, but I just don't know.  I did it for 5 years once, so I could get pictures back to decorate my wall with, but I don't want to do that now, so it seems a bit silly to send one out to get one I won't use.  Do any of you know any charities that look for people to write postcards to those in need?  I can't think of anything else.

I've bought out some of my nicer cross stitch books out as I have decided to knock a few up and see if I can't sell them on Ebay with a Buy It Now price on it.

I'm back to work this week, so who knows what there will be time for.  I'm also going to start walking the four miles in to work every day (no more bus money!!) again, so I'm sure I shall be quite tired, but will carry on with the charity bags:)

Have a great week everyone.  Take care.  x

WOYWW 296 (5)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wedneday, where we take a peek at craft desks from around the world.  You can join in the fun by clicking here.

My desk...

 This week, I have mostly been making Wiggly bags for a local children's cancer charity.  The bags hold Hickman lines and IVs and keep them clean and out of the way by hanging around the recipient's neck from a ribbon strap.  I'm on annual leave and got rather carried away - I've nearly made 40 of them.  I haven't even started the bead bags I'm making for them yet.  It's a great way for me to use up all my scraps that have been sitting around bugging me.

This one is waiting for its ribbon to be machine stitched on.

Not sure what else is on craft-wise this week.  All I want to do is loaf about.  Housework, decorating and cooking doesn't sound like much fun!

I'll do my best to get back to you if you leave a comment.  See you all next week:) x