The Safety Glasses

I learnt the unfortunate way the importance of safety goggles even when doing simple 

tasks whilst using a staple gun. The metal chamber back fired and the spring loaded

mechanism launched itself strait into my eye.  Although I lost three days of my life

to sleeping, I did not loose my sight. LESSON LEARNT! So please make sure when 

using equipment that is potentially dangerous, read all labels, instructions, etc and follow them. 

The Seed Garden

 On bad days when I struggle to make anything remotely decent and all i seem to be doing is wasting good fabric; I have temporarily learnt to toss in the towel. Instead, I focus my attentions on doing other things that allow me thinking space until my inspiration returns. This way I still feel productive but avoid ripping out my hair. (painting furniture, drawing, collage, planning, reading, organising, taking photographs and indoor gardening) 

The Coin Purse

Once upon a time, when I first got my very own sewing machine, I went doo-lally

making little zipped pouches. Since then I have developed and refined the aesthetics 

and have gone crazy making small purses for coins or "my lipstick" or if it fits in a

purse I'll label it with the text idea.