Today I am posting a very easy to project that you can make during lock down. All you need are plastic bags, scissors, cardboard or a 'pom pom maker' and string. I am not suggesting for one moment that you waste usable plastic bags, but once they are no longer viable they can be cut… Continue reading Recycle plastic bags to make pompoms
This is a super easy project to do do with young children in lockdown. Home made lollies are fun, easy to make, and healthy too. I made these with my three year old grandson last year. Rex supplied the adorable bunny lolly mould. All you need are oranges, a lemon squeezer, the moulds and a… Continue reading Making lollies in lockdown
Having recently posted about using pillowcases to make bags for NHS dirty uniforms, I have been making more and more, and as with anything one does repetitively, I have found different ways to improve the design and speed of making. Being in lockdown I reorganised my bed linen and decided to re-use the sheets with… Continue reading Recycle sheets to make, dirty uniform, laundry bags for NHS and Care Workers
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
