Saturday Sewing

I haven't finished the Conservatory/Utility room yet, I am still sore after my trip into London to the hospital on Thursday, but what I did manage to get done the other day means I was able to do some sewing today. 

I cleared this table that had become completely cluttered, pulled it out and washed the windows, frames, sills and floor.

I covered the table with a wipe clean cloth I had that I cut down.

I cleared out the drawers, folded fabric and reorganised a couple of them.

This is just a tiny fraction of fabric that I had that was just waiting to be folded and stored.

A drawer with some useful bits and pieces.

Table reorganised, sewing machines cleaned and put back on them.  I will sew here until such time that I have the Studio back operational.

A few books that are currently out from their usual book shelving.

So back to today!  It was pretty miserable outside so I thought I would do some sewing.

I copied out and cut the pattern pieces, and got the fabric for a pair of boy (doll) knickerbockers.

The still need buckles on the legs, if I can find some, and a button on the waistband.  I am not happy with the stitching on the 'fly' so might undo it and stitch with a colour that blends in more.  I'm not sure they are going to fit the doll that they are intended for and unfortunately I can't try them for size as I don't have the doll in question!  Hopefully they will look better on than they do in this photo. They were rather fiddly to make.

Matched up some fabrics and zips

To make two little zipper pouches/cosmetic or whatever you want to use them for bags.  

Last night I started sewing my hexagon flowers together.

I am just sewing them together randomly, as I grab a new flower each time.

This afternoon I went down the garden to pick the apples before we lose anymore.

They look especially good this year and rather delicious!

A Good Weekend Spent in the Garden.

The weather has been especially kind to us this last week - although not before time!  The weekend was spent in the garden...I have been planning out a border for the side of the garden.  I forgot to take a 'before' photo...but have taken one just after I started laying it out.

I want this area along the fence line to look a little more defined...we were originally going to put in wooden half round edgings, but the problem with that is the wood rots...and then on Thursday I saw an edging a friend had done in her garden - digging bricks in and making a 'mowing strip' edge.  I started laying the bricks out yesterday and then finished today.  I had to carry four bricks at a time in a bag through the garage and conservatory from the front of the house to the back...I think I did 20 trips in all!

The edge is currently two bricks high as I wanted to see what it looks like.  I still has to be 'dug' in so that it is level with the lawn, although I quite like this effect.

I raked up the leaves and did some general tidying up.

I levelled the bird bath.

I also removed a tree/shrub that was growing right behind our maple. 

 I really don't like having to cut down trees, I find it very difficult to do -  but it was too big to dig up and move and was starting to encroach too much.  We really should have moved it much sooner and then we wouldn't have had to cut it down.  A lesson learned!

 The result is that it already looks a little lighter and clearer. 

 Just waiting for my husband to dig out the roots now. 

Again I forgot to take a 'before' photo.

I put up two bird boxes as well.

Hopefully these will be used come spring time.

Lastly I planted the buddleia 

Some apples growing on our small apple tree - not quite ready yet.

Some roses still putting on a pretty display.

Some of the apple harvest from our larger tree.   

I will probably part stew these and freeze them so I can make apple crumble and other deserts in the winter months.

A good weekend indeed.  Still a lot of work to do, but progress being mad.