ted and agnes

Sunday show and tell

Baking done for the week, Archers caught up on and so I thought I'd do a spot of blogging...I have finally completed several of my projects this week and so I am posting a few pics for you to have a gander at if you so choose!!

I would just like to say that I don't have any intentions of turning this into a baby blog but obviously in preparation for the little one I am beavering away on various things. I am trying my best not to have to buy anything for baby in a bid to be as eco as poss, live by the principles of reducing, reusing & recycling etc that I firmly believe we all need to adopt to protect our childrens future, being inspired by several fab blogs like becoming domestic & down to earth and so far so good...plus freecycle has yet again been brilliant.

The first project completed is a baby bouncer that had already had use for 2 generations in one family and is now off to a new home. The cover had seen better days so a new one was whizzed up with some fabric from the stash.

We tried it out on baby Hector when we looked after him earlier in the week ...he seemed to like it but I think he was a little overwhelmed by the attention from Jake and Tom not quite understanding that 4mth old babies aren't really into star wars yet!

Next to be finished are a couple of crocheted cot blankets....

 

Lastly a quilt in progress, I am just handstitching at the moment so when that is complete I will bind & finish the edges...

The nursery is progressing slowly (actually a big fib beacuse I haven't done anything in there except make a bigger mess sorting my fabric stash) but I am holding out until 18th June for my next scan when we will hopefully find out whether its a girl/boy. So then thing will busy up until I am too heffalumpus to move!

My next project are some wool nappy wraps. I have been kindly given lots of washable nappies, I plan to make some also and have found this great site selling fabric for that purpose and would prefer not to use any plastics for the wraps. SInce I had used traditional terries & the Kooshies with the two boys I had not heard of using wool (in the dark days before the www) before but it came highly recommended by a lady that had given me some nappies earlier in the week. So on doing a little research found a few sites with patterns to knit so I will be giving these a go and will post info links later if anyone is interested.

lovin’ freecycling….

I love freecycle ……. today I have collected 2 children's chairs, the wooden chair & the fantastic map chest in the picture above from a likeminded couple who are emigrating to New Zealand. The map chest had a quick rub down with some sandpaper and it can stay where it is for now, I shall leave the old wooden chair as it is. The children's chairs are crying out for a lick of farrow & ball, but sadly they are rather low on my list of priorities at the moment. (Promise some pictures when completed)….

The whole idea of savings someone else's junk from the tip is rather exciting. You never know what's going to be up for grabs or if you were quick enough off the mark to get it and then there are the logistics of collecting certain items and whether we brought the right vehicle. I usually send my husband who is very patient with my excitement for others peoples junk. It also fits nicely in with the eco/thrift/need 'new' things ethos that I try to live by. Our most exciting collection was a marvellous bedknobs & broomsticks king-size bed for my eldest son's room (with a virtually brand new mattress). They lady who so kindly gave it to us was really sad to see it go but her husband couldn't sleep on it as it was too soft. As well as receiving we also feel it's really important to pass stuff on as well. Things that I have hoarded far too long & recently a flat screen TV that we could easily have sold but gave away to bring about some balance to the whole affair. Sadly there are a lot of people who just want to snaffle everything up to sell it on and make a few bucks but you quickly get wise to those kind of replies and it becomes easy to spot the genuine ones.

I was going to put the map chest in my studio but it fits quite well in this end of the kitchen and will be a great place to hoard also sorts of precious things.