Jubilee bunting for Her Majesty

Now I am not exactly what you'd call a royalist. However I have much respect for her majesty. As we're now at the diamond Jubilee it stands to reason that my sons will see another monach fairly early in their lifetimes. Our country has been ruled for 60 years by the queen. Many living british citizens have never known any difference. She seems to add a real stability to us all and garners incredible respec
t. So we decided to have a children's jubilee party.
And what says Jubilee more than bunting? The bunting turned out to be surprisingly easy to make and I had 10 meters in no time.

How to make a fabric peacock

When looking for a new project I tend to ask myself what the biggest challenges are, and then try to overcome them. In fact I think that the majority of my enjoyment comes from problem solving. So after finishing the bird pattern, I asked myself "what is the most difficult bird to make". In my view, that seems to be a peacock.

So I searched online for fabric peacocks. I managed to find a couple with their tails down, but none with their tails up. A challenge was afoot!

Combining various techniques that I've developed from my flower making, this is the finished thing.

What do you think?

Now the real challenge is to get the peacocks seen. Searching google keywords, it turns out very few people are asking "how to make fabric peacocks?".

So I guess I'll have to try and promote it myself. Not quite sure how?

Pimp my walker/ zimmer frame

A friend asked me to make a nice bag for a zimmer frame/ walker. The owner needed to have somewhere to keep her purse, glasses and magazine. I had the measurements of the space and the metal tubes so I chose denim (which is more durable) and then added some different fabrics to freshen up the design. The buttons are covered in the lining fabric but the are purely decorative.

This is what I came up with:

The pieces that attach the bag to the frame are made using velcro as it gives a very strong hold and I felt it would be easier for older hands to use than fiddly buttons. If I'd had the zimmer/walker to fit it to I would've made it slightly smaller and rounded off the top corners but I didn't realise quite how it was going to fit.

I was informed that Winifred was very chuffed with her new bag, and the pockets do the required thing! It is nice to have something original to customise your wheels!

At first I wasn't sure how to make a walker bag/ zimmer bag. But it turned out to be very simple. But the person using it will probably want the bag to face the other way, so do be sure to make your pockets big enough to cope with being sloped slightly inward, or add a fastening.