Christmas is coming...

      Don't you just love people like me...but if I have to start thinking of Christmas now then I think it is only fair that I share...

Ok-only the one picture of Molly building a snowman last year...

 

        I thought I would be honest and show you where I work, not the nice and tidy workstations that you generally see-my genuine work in progress 'Den'. It may look a little un-organised but I know where everything is...well almost...

 





 

       There was no way I was going to show you how many boxes of fabric I have...but needless to say enough to open up my own haberdashery department. Every now and again I have to go through to remind myself of what I have and it is like a journey down memory lane.

 

      Fabric from Soho Silks in London, or remnants from Abingdon, Oxfordshire and the longest time-which I think is now antique (its over twenty years) a piece of fine pin stripe wool from Edinburgh...

 

      Well as I said in the beginning, Christmas is not too far away so back to my making..







 

 

Memory Lane...

Life is full of surprises and non more than my old teaching ground! My first lecturing job was at Cleveland College of Art & Design at Burlum Road in Middlesbrough-it was a great venue-a flash back to how art colleges used to be in the 70's(not that I can remember them-just what I have read about!) So when we heard it was to close you can imagine how upsetting it was.
So when I went to visit the old haunt-imagine my surprise when I found this in its place...


 

 

It certainly has been cleaned up! The windows above was one of the art rooms the office I worked from with Amanda Smith is the small window above the bins!

 

 

 

 

 

So my old haunt is a great little tea room and very nice apartments. The owner of the Tea Room very kindly showed me around-I tried to place the different rooms and areas but it had changed so so much-and for the better! There was only one down side...

 

 

This beautiful press was left behind and is now used as a centre piece to the entrance to the Tea Room-very sad as it used to work but it is all rusted now.

 

If you are ever over Middlesbrough way then call into to this little gem of a Tea Room-great cakes, fabulous service and a room full of memories!



 

 

 

 

 



Oh my goodness..September already...

...is anyone else out there totally surprised it is September!

Two years ago I left my job as a lecturer but I still see September as the start of the year...strange that I do not seem to able to shake that feeling!
I still like the excitement that it brings-we have had an amazing summer and you can feel the change in the air...slightly darker...slightly cooler...and that smell...cant describe it but I always say I can smell the seasons change...

 

Dare I mention the C word...