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Wednesday, 7 October 2015

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 331

Well here is my first WOYWW post having been encouraged by Christine AKA bishopsmate. I do not have a work-desk as such because I have several areas in the house that I use depending on what I am doing. Today I am in the back room (dining room on special occasions) where I usually do machine sewing and yes it is its usual mess.



Since I am having a machine day I usually try and fit in several things that may just need finishing off. I have finally made my ragrug square into a cushion and just finished the covers for 3 hand-bound books using the old postage stamp albums. The older stamps I collected and this was then taken over for a while by my daughters but they were never as interested as I was. 


This page is for Hungary but some of the countries no longer have the same names. The stamps are applied using free-machine embroidery. This machine is over 20 years old but still does the job. My friend Steph is coming a bit later this afternoon to use it to write a label for her granddaughters quilt. That technology was cutting edge 20 years ago.

Looking forward to seeing what other folk have on their workdesk.

Jackie

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  1. RosA7 October 2015 at 03:56

    That's interesting, what you have done with the stamps. I did free motion machine embroidery many, many years ago. I always enjoyed it, but there are not enough hours in the day now :)
    Welcome to woyww ... it can be a bit addictive :)
    RosA # 32

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  2. Julia Dunnit7 October 2015 at 04:02

    Welcome to WOYWW Jackie! Lovely to see your back room view today. I Love the rag rug square, I don't have much experience with that, but am guessing it takes far more rag than one would expect! Beautifully bright. The postage stamp pages are priceless, what a great idea. I love the idea that you have stamps from countries that no longer exist...living through real history!

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    1. Inside the artists shed7 October 2015 at 04:15

      Had that square sitting in my loft for 15 years! But I volunteer doing Arts and Craft at the local hospice on Tuesdays and decided to do rag rugging. I knew I still had all the stuff and they can do it with crochet hooks for proddy or pencils for clippy. We made brooches. Anyway thay square has finally made it into a cushion. Yay x

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  3. Neet7 October 2015 at 04:13

    Hope you stay with us on WOYWW - you will make lots and lots of friendships if you do.
    Nice to see someone is busy - my you have a lot going on and all interesting stuff too. Love the stamp books - great idea.
    Hugs, Neet 5 xx

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  4. Annie7 October 2015 at 04:33

    Welcome to the group.....I am so curious to know if you have attached real stamps to fabric with your machine and exactly what you're going to do with them once finished.
    Hugs,
    Annie x #6

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    1. Inside the artists shed7 October 2015 at 04:45

      Yep the stamps are appliquéd onto the fabric - I use a small square of bondaweb under each stamp so that they don't move before sewing them down. These will make 3 handmade book covers - you can just see the book frame and the sewn pages at the back of the table where I dumped them out of the way. Thanks for asking x

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  5. Zsuzsa Karoly-Smith7 October 2015 at 08:02

    Hi Jackie! Welcome to WOYWW! Did I get it right that you stitch the stamps onto your album covers? How fascinating! Incidentally, I'm originally from Hungary. Isn't that a lucky coincidence? Love your ragrug square as well. Thanks for popping over to my blog earlier. Happy Wednesday! zsuzsa @ InkyDinkyDoodle #30

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    1. Inside the artists shed7 October 2015 at 10:03

      My pleasure. I have some really lovely Hungarian stamps but I am still in the too nice to use stage with them.

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  6. Twiglet7 October 2015 at 08:44

    Great that you have joined in with WOYWW - I love fabrics and it's always good to see another fabric crafter. Your stamp idea is brilliant. x Jo

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  7. Christine7 October 2015 at 12:05

    Welcome! Welcome! So glad that you made it!!
    The stamp book looks as good as you had hoped.
    Have a good week
    Christine
    Bishopsmate #22

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  8. Felix the Crafty Cat7 October 2015 at 15:02

    Hi Jackie and welcome, love what you've done with the stamps, brilliant idea. Have a lovely woyww and happy crafting, Angela x 19

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  9. Lunch Lady Jan7 October 2015 at 15:52

    Woohoo, another Fabric Fiend joins the fray!! Am loving your beautiful bright work there...I think you have more patience than me by the intricacy of your sewing :-)
    Hugs, LLJ 10 xx

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    1. Inside the artists shed7 October 2015 at 23:38

      I see your machine is younger than my old girl - and cleaner. I must wipe mine over you would think a mechanic had been using it

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  10. Sofie V7 October 2015 at 21:58

    These lots going on on your work desk!

    Greetings, Sofie #51
    http://sofies-succulent-beads.blogspot.be/

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    1. Inside the artists shed8 October 2015 at 00:53

      I see you also like lots going on at the same time - We obviously don't like to be sitting doing nothing x

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