Child's PJ trousers

Here is another make I produced under Jo's guidance at French Knots Craft Studio.



We drew the pattern for one leg by following the outline of existing PJ trousers. I increased the length a bit. It's important to stretch the elastic band at this stage or there won't be enough room for the waistband to go past a rotund bottom.

I placed the pattern on the folded fabric by the crease and cut, adding seam allowance. Old bedsheets - good re-use! I sewed the tummy-to-bum seam first (French seam), then each leg (French seam again), then each hem, then the channel for the elastic band.

Re-use by the sea: Lindisfarne sheds and sea-glass jewellery

We had a lovely in Holy Island on Lindisfarne during the school holidays. I wish to celebrate this magnificent re-use of material: turning herring fishing boats into beautiful sheds.

Another impressive example of re-use is sea glass jewellery. I bought a beautiful pair of earrings made by Joan Laverick of Authentic Sea Glass, Durham. She searches the beach near Seaham in North-East England to find Victorian glass that has been tumbled and polished by the sea into beautiful gems, which she turned into delicate jewellery.