Miss Bertie Makes Stuff: Making and doing

A break from good intentions. I have so many and clearly achieve relatively few, certainly not enough to sustain a blog. But I do 'make and do'.

Sometimes I'm not very focused. I've been told that I have Islands of Chaos but I prefer Pockets of Creativity. I am a creative butterfly spending a little time on many things until they're complete, occasionally years (see The 5 Year Coat). For some people that may seem like a nightmarish way to work, and the super organised studios of friends and people in magazines seem to support that. For years I felt like an untidy, disorganised pariah who never finished anything, and people would say that when I had my own place I would realise how messy I am and change my ways.

Now in my second LWH I have realised that I'm not, I already knew, and I haven't felt the need to.

Being in my own house means that I can have knitting by my arm chair, dressmaking on the plan chest, a To-Be-Done box for each area I'm interested in, and a bed surrounded, and sometimes covered, by other little bits and pieces that are on the go. I know that I get things out and don't put them away again, so occasionally I have an Extreme Tidy Up. It may look like chaos but I generally know where everything is and I swear that any burglar peeping through my windows would be deterred, and perhaps even give up a life of crime, just by viewing the interior.

Here are a few things I've done since I began blogging but have never posted.

The Knitting Roll for LSF
Everything the knitter of distinction needs, in one place.

The knitting roll was made from an old brushed cotton nighty, calico and leftovers. It has a space for 2 pairs of each size of needle including Very Big Needles (L), crochet hooks, pins, scissors, tape measure and sewing needles.
It took blooming ages to make.
One day I will make one for myself.
One day.

Purses

I needed a new purse so I made one.

Then I made a few more.

Mostly from old jeans, off cuts, lovely bits of fabric, reclaimed zips, buttons, self-covered buttons and ribbons. So far I have sold two, which isn't going to make me a millionaire anytime soon but has been nice none the less.