With Covid 19 and lockdown, comes less air pollution, more evidence of wildlife and birds, less cars on the roads and planes in the sky. This has made many of us think about how we want to live in the future. To be honest it was already happening. The horrors of plastic pollution in our… Continue reading Sustainable Furniture from Recycled Rubbish
Last night I was contacted by an ICU nurse, from a large London Hospital, to ask if I could make some draw string bags. These are for her colleagues to put their dirty uniforms into after a hospital shift. The scrubs get washed in the hospitals, but the normal uniforms are taken home to be… Continue reading Making bags from pillowcases for dirty hospital uniforms
Since, like the rest of the world, I have been in lock down I have had some time to do research into face mask making, to protect from Covid 19. I was going to create my own pattern but as there are so many mask patterns and videos on line, I decided not to reinvent… Continue reading Make a Face Mask to help protect against Covid 19
The blue eggs are created by using red cabbage, the brown are made from onion skins These eggs are dyed using just onion skins and red cabbage. It is so simple to do and very effective. ingredients You will need Eggs with white shells. Asian shops are a good source of white hen's eggs and… Continue reading Want an easy craft project? Why not decorate eggs for Easter.
Useful Presents Make Waxed Cloth Food Wraps and give them away as presents. Do away with all that plastic cling film and make something that really works By Juliet Bawden Photographed by Antonia Attwood MA RCA This project is very easy to do, it smells delicious and it works. I had been reading about food wrap… Continue reading Waxed Cloth Food Wrap
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