Had a great time in the V&A, even though I was only in there for about 2 and a half hours, very intense! I directed my efforts at the sections I was really interested in, so mainly upstairs, shame that the jewellery and ceramics sections are currently shut, but I guess you cannot have everything […]
no I do not, I try not to use them lightly either! Today I had a list of things to write about on the blog, but they now have to come later! Because of this! Oh yes! She is divine! and I have called her Raspberry, but they may get shortened to Berry! she is […]
a new piece of felt, and a name that I’m not sure about! I’m trying out ideas, but I want to this work as a whole piece, rather than end up turned into other things like more recent pieces of felt I have made. As I said yesterday I’m now planning for what I need […]
No photos today, pretty dull here, weather wise of course! The kids are back at school, and so now I have to begin to think about all the other things, including Hampshire Artists 2007. An e-mail arrived yesterday about it, so I’ve been thinking about that and I think we shall do it, even though […]
A proper post at last! I have been unable to make any felt over Christmas, so I have been working on the pieces I made prior to the festive period, seen here. I worked on the second and third pieces, the third became the Christmas present for my parents in law, and I mainly beaded […]
I know, I know, this is slightly late!!! However, here is the mince pies recipe, including my pastry recipe. So firstly, here is my pastry recipe! 1lb plain flour 4oz Trex (which I think is a type of Shortening ) 4oz Hard Margarine 1 egg yolk 2 fl.oz cold water 2oz caster sugar for sweet […]
I’ve busted my wife’s site. In trying to fix a problem I went and did something silly. Please check back soon and it will be fixed (or I will probably be chucked out on the street). John
AN UPDATE – I HAVE REMOVED THE TWO IMAGES THAT GO WITH THIS POST IN HOPE THAT IT MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH MY BLOG, LETS HOPE IT DOES IT!! Yes! If you are looking for that last minute gift, look no further than the Raspberry shop! If I put anything else in there I […]
Good grief, I have been having a nightmare with making new felt for corsages. I have had a couple of requests, all for the pink ones I made a while ago. Now at that point I was using a different wool roving, not sure where from, but it felted really nicely, with no bother! Well […]
This past weekend I worked on 3 new pieces of felt. I laid them all up at the same time, felted the first and then waited another 24 hours before I did the last two. Working like this I was able to get a feeling of how some of the new materials I have been […]
