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Making a Padded Headboard

December 2, 2017March 9, 2019Leave a comment

I thought I'd have a go at making my own padded headboard and it was surprisingly easy.

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Decluttering for me is both a practical and mental exercise. Usually if my space is tidy my mind is tidy. But my mind has been very cluttered this year and no amount of tidying out my cupboards seems to be able to organise it so today we took a day trip to the beach in Hastings. We arrived early in the morning and headed straight for the pier (which is a bit boring to be honest) before finding a lovely little cafe serving vegan and gluten free flapjack and decaf coffee (you can take the girl out of London...). We walked the length of the sea front, past the amusements and fairground attractions and took the funicular up to the hilltop nature reserve to take in the view. A spot of window shopping then fish and chips (or scampi in my case) on the beach before heading home tired, slightly sunburnt and calm. See my stories for more pictures. How did you spend your Sunday?

I’m way behind with the two sewing challenges I’m following but since I’m on holiday and Instagram shows everything out of order I don’t think it matters. This is for @newcrafthouse’s #sewyourselfsustainable Most Worn Make: I’ve worn these Sew Over It Carrie trousers and another pair, both made of viscose twill, until they’re starting to wear out. Most people make them in a lighter fabric but I’ve found a viscose twill really cosy for in between weather. In fact, I’ll be putting them on to fly home later this evening!

This is my current sewing space and it’s served me well but I’m very excited about the one I will have in our next house (🤞🏻this doesn’t jinx it and the sale and purchase continues to go well). The new house has a light and spacious studio in the garden but we have so many ideas about what to do in it. We are thinking of zoning it for our various different hobbies. Meanwhile for #sewyourselfsustainable we are making pledges today. Mine is quite simple: don’t buy any more fabric or clothes until I’ve sewed my stash and made my way through my alteration pile. When I do need more look at charity shops and perhaps plan a fabric swish!

There are two insta sewing challenges in September (so that’s two things I’ll probably fail at!). @sewisfaction’s prompt is I Sew Because and @newcrafthouse’s is Introduce Yourself so I’ll do both: I’m Hannah and I sew so that I can make clothes that fit me. I haven’t been able to wear a jumpsuit since I was 9 years old because they are just not made for my height. A narrow waist to wide hip measurement means trousers have always been a right pain too. Another reason is that I like to make things with my hands and feel all itchy if I don’t have a project on the go. Ideally I’d be doing up houses for a living but I ended up in publishing instead (which I love so don’t worry colleagues!). Instead I concentrate on my own home and when I’m finished I use sewing as my creative outlet. I’m about to move house so sewing clothes may take a back seat for a while. Also, the new house has a studio so I am planning a new venture!

I never got around to posting photos of the jumpsuit mash up I made for the @newcrafthouse Summer Party. I don’t think I quite met the brief of the Italian Riviera but I really wanted to make something out of this beautiful fabric and couldn’t get a jumpsuit using the top of @ninaleelondon Kew Dress and the bottom of @sewoveritlondon Camille Jumpsuit. I had to do a fair bit of alteration of the top - a FBA and lengthened (but lengthened a little too much at the back). The trousers are also still a bit short in the crotch (second time I’ve made them) and the whole thing is a bit tight if I’m honest. Still, I’m going to the gym once a week and swimming at least once more so hoping I’ll fit in a bit better in a few weeks!

The wasps’ nest is gone! We initially took matters into our own hands with a can of wasp nest killer which seemed to kill most of it. However when M tried to remove it, a cloud of wasps emerged and he got scared and called a man in. Actually the man just sprayed another can of killer on it and told us to remove it in three hours which M did and now it’s gone! I don’t know why it made me so stressed. Before I saw it I didn’t really care but as soon as I say the size of it I felt really sick. Couldn’t really have left it for the people who have bought the flat! Swipe right if you dare. (It was in the meter cabinet next to the table in this pic.)

Have I told you how much I loved the Olafur Eliasson exhibition @Tate Modern? There are very few exhibitions that remind me why I did an art degree but this was one of them. So clever and inspiring, I immediately wanted to go home and make something full of colour and light. It took me ages to get this shot because of all the children enjoying running around this exhibit. Hopefully they will grow up thinking art is fun rather than that they’ve been dragged to galleries.

Thank you @lillybellejewelryco for this beautiful pair of earrings which I was lucky enough to win in the #fashionfeelsfabulous hashtag a couple of weeks ago. I also won a cool scissors mug - swipe to see! Thanks @thestitchedit, @victorialucilleanne And @untitledthoughts for organising the challenge. May we all feel fabulous every day!

I’m filling the time while solicitors chase each other around by thinking about decorating our new house. When I chose the kitchen for our current flat I couldn’t get the colour orange out of my head. I also wanted it light and bright so gloss white and acrylic splashbacks were the obvious choice. Next time though I want something warmer so I’m thinking wood. I keep seeing loads of kitchens with dark blue kitchens and wooden worktops which are lovely but I want something a little bit different but that suits a 1930s house. Swipe for some ideas I’m thinking about.

A very creased picture of this beautiful silky fabric which I’ve had on my stash for a while. It didn’t have a particular destination until @newcrafthouse announced their summer party theme this year is Italian Riviera and - although I’m a little hazy on exactly what that means - I decided this floaty fabric had the lounging-on-a-yacht quality I was looking for. I couldn’t get a wide legged jumpsuit out of my mind so am mashing up the @sewoveritlondon Camille trousers with the @ninaleelondon Kew Dress top. I reckon I’ve got about three hours more work in it so I should just about be ready to go to the ball tomorrow night. Who else is going? @weak_ankles #newcrafthouseparty #fabricstash #italianrivierastyle #soicamillejumpsuit #ninaleekewdress #sewingismysuperpower #sewcialists #sewistsofinstagram #sewersofinstagram #imakemyownclothes #handmadewardrobe

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