I have managed to get my cushions and painted furniture into a lovely shop in La Souterraine, Petite Bazaar run by a lovely lady called Caroline. It’s an excellent chance for me, as the residents do love to buy antiques and handmade crafts. I love sewing, but having a shop to sell through and commissions… Continue reading Cuddle a cushion
It’s been a wonderful last 10 months with the Tea Lounge. It was successful. People loved the cakes, the food, the long opening hours from midday to eleven in the evening and that we were open every day. But we still had pressing long term projects. Tony music and myself, art and writing. My children’s… Continue reading New beginnings
Moving crates and boxes of fabrics into the Factory sewing rooms, found these wonderful old linen sacks and strips. Not only are the textures wonderful, but so too the painstaking work to repatch and darn the holes or tears. The patches to me create a new design. I don’t see them as repairs of damage,… Continue reading Make do and mend
Is it the height of vanity to take a selfie or is it because the rain clouds have gone at last and Mr Sunshine has crept into every nook and crany and made us sun drunk and wanting to share my sunny feeling? I packed up all the winter woolies into boxes and took them… Continue reading Sew we are sewing.
A French Creative Life 