30 hats and some completed projects

I have completed the 2 project I started last week. The linen basket was a pain to paint as the paint gets stuck between the weave, no matter how hard I scrubbed it in! - now I realise why so many people on the Internet recommend spray painting!.

The other project for the week was this little sewing box and I am really please with the result.


The knob is glass and was what attracted me to it in the first place.

I may have had one too many glasses of wine when I took this picture!

This is the next project and I have decided not to paint it, but just recover it. I was forced to order some fabric from CK to go with the soft green :-). So far I have removed the cover and managed to save the plaited braid and have washed the box and it is covered with bicarb to remover the nasty niffs!

I made 30 baby hats yesterday all from 8 old spaghetti strap tops. A local lady travels to India ever year with colleagues from the Royal Berks Hospital. This group of talented surgeons have been improving the lives of children in India for a number of years and my Mum knits hats for them to take out. Now as I can not knit I came up with this idea they are simple to sew and much quicker than knitting, they are also easier to transport out there.

A simple knot on the top finishes them off, but I leave them un knotted as they take up less room.

TTFN

MM xx