Mitz

Forgotton where to rotate the pics !!

I bought this in Brighton at the MITZ shop. Its made of M&Ms packets woven together by women workers at MITZ in Mexico. The women earn a living wage, give a percentage to a school to keep it going to educate the poorer children. Their own children get an education as well.
I bought it for my daughter forgetting that she is vegan.....it has leather straps.... SO I will just have to use it myself !!!! Well I can't let it go to waste, can I ??

Brighton

In the "lanes" shopping area of Brighton was this clothing shop. The windows, including the ones in the upper floors were FILLED with old hand sewing machines. Such an incredible sight, worth going just to see them !!

 The Royal Pavillion needs another trip to take it in. The onion domes have been painted with preservative so the wonderful verdigris clolour has gone. Shame.

Eastbourne beach

At intervals along the beach are areas of dark grey, made up of these shells. In amongst them is a lot of thin ones with holes in. I have an idea to use these in a small wall hanging but it involves felt and the suitcase with the fleece in is inaccessable at the moment.....

Just had a battle with computer to put these pictures on. I wanted the top picture at the bottom but the computer wouldn't let me. When I add a picture it appears on top of the previous one....so I thought....I would put the top pic in first so that the other on would appear on the top. Thats what normally happens. The computer it seems knew I was going to do that and refused to play ball. I deleted it to start again but it still did it. GERR

Eastbourne beach

No sand here, just large pebbles, remarkably all similar size and shape.  Each year the sea washes the stones down the beach and out to sea. Each year the sea is dredged for the pebbles which are redeposited on the beach. They are dumped at the top end of the beach but until the sea washes some down there is  high shelf and a big drop.

rust play 2

Lyn gave me an old sweets tin with hair grips, old fashioned clip rollars and these crocodile "marcel" wave clips in. These had got damp and were rusting away.....So I clamped the crocodile clips to some material,wet it with salted water, rolled it up and put elastic bands around it and dropped it into a plastic container....Too inpatient to leave them any length of time I unravelled them after a few hours with great results. I have one more which I am leaving 24hrs......well maybe.....

freeform everything

Another piece I found whilst rummaging, it should have a similar piece to go with it. Bits of knitting, crochet and felted jumper pieces mixed up together. I just had fun with no real idea of the finished piece in mind which is might explain why I never finished it  ! !

needle felt

I have been recovering from the effect of radio therapy for the last couple of months. The fatigue meant that I had little interest in doing anything crafty or looking at the books I'd been lent. I intended sorting out my studio but all I did was make a bigger mess. On the plus side I found this, the first piece of needlefelting I did some years ago. I remember being quite pleased with it for a first attempt.