Sketches and Snippets

What creative pastime have you always wanted to try? Whether it's drawing, photography, embroidery, designing your own clothes, planting a flower bed, designing cards, making patchwork quilts - whatever it might be...the best time to begin is today! If you want to form a creative habit but haven't got around to it yet, it's likely you are putting obstacles in the way. I've certainly done that before. Although I studied art for 4 years, leaving art college with an honours degree in painting, and eventually becoming a self-employed, designer/maker, I deeply regretted neglecting drawing and painting over the years. Every...

Hello, how are you? Some good news here, the shop is now open for orders again! UK orders only at the moment, because of the huge delivery delays internationally, but I promise as soon as it's possible, I'll be sending out parcels to you worldwide again. The other good news is that UK postage remains FREE! DELIVERY Orders are posted either at the post box at the end of my street or from the Post Office, in the next town. To begin with I'll only be making one weekly trip to the Post Office, which is most likely be a Monday. ...

What day is it? Not something I have the firmest grip on at best of times but now, without a 'weekend' the days are beginning to feel the same. Last week I was full of plans of everything I wanted to achieve; knitting gloves, painting pictures, sewing facemasks, learning how to create PDFs, creating jewellery designs for a new collection, and practicing working with copper wire, were at the top of the list, all vying for my attention. Instead, I ended up on an anxiety-fuelled house cleaning and cooking spree, with the odd 30 minutes of gardening thrown in to...

Hello everyone, what strange times we are living in - it's not like anything I've known in my lifetime. I know that I'm not alone in feeling anxious and uncertain about the future and the changes that are already happening so quickly all around us.  Sadly, due to the Coronavirus situation, I've made the difficult decision to close the online shop, temporarily. It's been a very hard decision to make because being self-employed, I rely on sales of my work as my only income. I'm lucky that I'm not on my own and my partner is very supportive. I'm conscious...

So, on the final day of the month, it's time for a review of my experience of Me Made May. To recap here's the pledge I made:

I, Julia Laing, sign up as a participant of Me Made May 2019. 
I endeavour to: prioritise wearing me made clothes and accessories, mend and improve all my existing clothes, so every item in my wardrobe is wearable and make at least one new outfit, using materials I already own, in May 2019.