Hobbies and Crafts

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Hello Ann.....l had'nt intended coming back really but my sisters (Susan) grandson is asking questions about family so l said l would help... The angel is fabric, is there somewhere l can send a pic? I was last to finish so finished it at home....lol..x
We're fine hope you both are. I will message the old thread later... x

Welcome back Jude good to see you on here. What was/is your angel made from?

And... how are you both. :-) :-)

I love mosaics, making drawstring lined bags for charity and/or gift bags. Learning how to Free Motion sew, but machine in for a service. Just made an Angel on an Angel making course, and just bought fabric to make another.Love playing with my cricut, and sizzix, cutting out fabric christmas bits and pieces...:)

x :-D

Training our working Cocker in readiness for the start of the shooting season! She always needs a refresher course this time of year! Nothing like a well trained dog, they're always welcome in any doggy home! Untrained ones are definitely not! ;-)

I really enjoy photography too and am having a new camera for Christmas! I agree with what you say, Black Knight and it also makes you much more observant of your surroundings and notice detail.

Photography is good for everybody.
You learn something new.
You get out & about.
You meet new friends with the same interest as you.
Still Life, Landscape, Street, Black & White or Portrait & more are all different types of photography.
You can learn as you go & the people you meet will also teach/help you.
You may even end up with some letters after your name.

I love words too Dermot, though I am a lazy writer and use words like nice (there's a word whose meaning has changed) to describe almost anything pleasant. My English teacher, still around in her mid-90s, would be horrified.

Have you read Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue"? If not try and borrow a copy as I am sure you would enjoy it.

'Words' are my insanity.

And to aid my endeavour, I have just received a present of a: 'Dictionary of Changes in Meaning' by Adrian Room highlighting the fact that English is an ever-changing language where, over the centuries, very many words have acquired a new sense or gained an unexpectedly different meaning.

Powerful & entertaining stuff! :-D

She is isn’t she?

I have seen Annx painting and they are really really good. She's such a clever girl.

I have just put some photos of lovely paintings done by Annx onto the craft blog. If anyone wants the address to see them please PM me.

Mel takes me back to when I used to make ducks out of pom poms to hang on prams. (a long time ago.)

Annx did you try the felting?

If you've done a lot of knitting you must have a lot of different coloured wools over. Why not try pom pom making. I have made fairies and little dolls with pegs and pom poms, hedgehogs and a fairy garland for a friend a big. I have all the sizes of the plastic makers and its so easy.

I do Photography. I knew nothing about it as I started out, but now I have entered competitions & won some, & some of my photos have been published in newspapers & magazines . If I can do it anybody can. :-D

Ann I have a horrible feeling I was going to put something of yours on the craft blog. I don't think I did and now can't find it. If you want to re-send it I will do it. :-)

Thank you AnninG.

Yes....... I do

Jewellery making......mostly beadwork.
Photography
Painting
Fused Glass

The fused glass is the most recent and I really enjoy it.

In the past I have done knitting (get too hot to wear woollies now!) and macrame.

What I want to try next is needle felting after seeing some lovely pictures done with it.

Hi

Yes group is doing very well. Had a show at the library last week of some of the work me and my ladies have done. Going to do another one from the 1st to the 22nd Dec. Of our christmas work.

Had some very good feed back on our work.. Had another 6 new people join this week.

I am up looking after my gand daughter this weekend. But havent been able to do any stitching as my hands have been very bad.

Speak again when i can.

Take care all.

Hazelx

Hi Hazel, you did very well setting up your cross stitch group, it has been going a while now hasn't it?
Littlelegs did you finish Bertie Bassett?

I do cross stitching when my hands let me. I run cross stitching group in my library every Wednesday afternoon.

But my main hobby is Family history. :-)