'Crafting with La Cootard' Weekend

Great to see some of you at the 'Crafting with La Cootard' weekend extravaganza ..I hope that you enjoyed making your items.  Most of you managed to make something that bore a vague resemblance to the 'show pieces' but  there were one or two notable exceptions. Though tempting I will not stoop so low as to name and shame here - but if you are now looking at a misshapen 'purse' with a zip that doesn't zip (thereby undermining the entire zippage principle) then IT MIGHT BE YOU!!!

I am sorry that some of you did not quite grasp the essentials of purse making (what a waste of EXPENSIVE glue that was....).  If you are now lacking your finger prints you only have yourself to blame - I TOLD YOU NOT TO PUT  GLUEY FINGERS TOGETHER.

Watching the re-runs of 'The Great British Sewing Bee' was a little painful ('It could have been ME') but as the needs of the guests come first.....and some of you INSISTED (badgering is not a pleasant trait Punter X) we all had to endure.

 Well done to P-M for 'attempting' piping - I am not piper myself but FOR GOODNESS SAKE PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT!!!  Mind you I could not say anything at the time...'She who pays the piper...' etc, etc...

Still, I managed to ignore most of the attendees and carried on making my own thing in a corner.  What do you expect for £9.99....my COMPLETE attention...that would cost an extra £4.99 AT LEAST.

NO photos of the event itself or other makes.  Sorry that some all items just did not pass muster

Let us call it tough love and leave it at that...

 However I did manage to take lots of photos of the one thing that I made....funny that

As per tradition we did our usual conga to the sea front - P-M leading the way of course (some people...).  I know that a few of you were begging (unseemly behaviour to be honest) to be in the photos but  if you are past your sell by date then admit to it and LET IT GO!

The vuvuzelas (smuggled in by YOU KNOW WHO) were a bit much for 8.30 in the morning and I will sadly be enforcing a full scale ban for next year.  I have had complaints from the  Neighbourhood Watch committee and they are threatening to strike me off the 'Pooper Scooper' task force if it continues. No 82 is keeping a log....

Due to 'popular' request I dug out the umbrella that I had 'refashioned' last year using the same material  used for the bag  (who can forget THAT event....sadly seared in to my memory bank for all the wrong reasons..).

You may recall the 'chair makeover' from a year or two back (following the 'Car Booting with La Cootard' event)  - again using the same fabric as the bag.

 If I cover a three piece suite with the same fabric and run up a suit I could camouflage right into the background.... with my rucksack on my back..Val-deri, Val-dera, Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha........ha

See you next year!

(Two days that I will never get back....)

PS A sadly serious Pinterest request....again.....I think that I have made it clear that I like my photos to stay here thank you)