WOYWW 412

Firstly an apology for not posting last week I did start but other things took over and before I knew it, it was weekend. Anyway I am here now so what is on my desk this morning.

Nothing very exciting I am still looking into Christmas ideas, yes I know but when you live in a place like I do you have to be really prepared, and if you know someone who is travelling by road from the UK to Spain you have to think ahead. 

Someone suggested dog bandanas would be a good seller as nearly ever Brit here has a dog and we have a very active animal rescue charity called Paws/Patas. I have plenty of suitable material but was a question of getting the measurements correct so with the help of Amazon and Google and lots of brown paper think I have a last come up with 4 sizes. Just didn't use the vinegar!!

Another suggestion was fold-up shopping bags so with the aid of one I had and brown paper again I came up with this red one made out of waterproof backed nylon. Should be strong enough.

I now have to go on the hunt for a shop that sells hardboard so I can cut the templates out much easier than paper. All my apron templates are hardboard that my late husband made for me. Will have to see how I fair with a jigsaw that should be fun but to find the hardboard first is the biggest hurdle here.

Just before I go must show you my amaryllis I won it in a raffle a few years ago and it has flowered every year but this year it has 8 flowers on it. I keep it outside all year round and only attend to it when the leaves need cutting back. Not bad eh?

Now to link up with our host for the WOYWW Julia at stamping-ground.blogspot.com

WOYWW 410

Ok buenas tardes or Good Evening, yes I am very late today have had a busy day and did not get time last time to do a post.

Well what a week I have had no phone or internet for a week but hopefully it is all repaired now  I have a new modem/router and new in house wiring. So the only source of communication was my mobile and I am not very good with mobiles, I either leave them at home, do not switch them on and have no battery charge. I managed for over half my life without a phone so why do I need one now, really I don't but other people seem to think I should be at the other end of one.

So to my desk or should I say desks, another table has been called into play this week and what do you see on there but Christmas material yes Christmas material. Well it is only 257 sleeps to Christmas!

Width ways 

Length ways

As I said last week we are beginning to prepare for the Dames Christmas fair, and looking into what materials etc we have. This is the best time of the year to do it as in a couple of months time it will be too hot to be moving boxes and rolls of material about.
So you see on the table  some knitting, aprons cut out, paper work for the Dames AGM next week that needs sorting, my knitting needle box and yet more Christmas material.

And on another table yet more Christmas material along with some every day aprons ready to sew.

So there you have my desks for this week, and of course on my computer desk as I type this is my faithful friend, QC the cat.

Sorry I couldn't comment on posts last week but hopefully this week I will manage it. Thank you for visiting.

Hope you all have a blessed Easter don't eat too much chocolate.

WOYWW 409

Not much exciting on my desk this morning. I have had a friend visiting this week, not seen her for over four years since she left here to live in the Gambia so we have so much to catch up on.

What you see is some experimenting Christmas items, this is a little apron to go on a wine bottle to catch the drips. I am going to put a label in the pocket to say something like the Cooks Wine and also make an adult apron in the same material and sell as a set. The knitting to the left is another drop stitch scarf but it hasn't grown much.

Sorry this is short but am now off to my sewing class and if I don't hurry will miss the bus, am trying to be healthy and not use the car, if I go on the bus I have to walk to catch it and also walk at the other end. How I miss walking with my dog.

Hope the following week is good for you all, nearly Easter, the early holidaymakers are here already.

Now to link with Julia and all the other deskers at stamping-ground.blogspot.com