Sure it was jewellery in the Martha Stewart magazine, and not picklocks and skeleton keys?!

(Sorry, couldn't resist... it's like Delia Smith being bound over to keep the peace for drunken hollering at a football match.... oh wait... that happened too!).

I've had a busy year sewing for various events - Limpit was a handmaiden at a handfasting and I made her dress, my costume, another concert gown, silk waistcoats etc...

I've also made various bits of equipment and orthopaedic aids for my mate who broke his ankle badly. It started with cut down trousers with velcro sides and progressed to strange shaped foam wedges for his physiotherapy and a little waist pouch (think market trader) for carrying things around his house. Now I'm working on some decent carrybags for our camping equipment (getting a bit sick of taking the cooker out of a toilet roll bag) and playing with flame orange ripstop.

Christmas cards will soon be available and I'll try to put a link up to a photo site if anyone shows any interest. I've still got a fair amount of stock from last year, and we're about to start making this year's batch in a variety of crafty ways. It seems the best sellers were the easiest to make so I'll go for another batch of them. As for last year, I got nearly £50 over my costs for the ones I sold at work and at Limpit's bazaar.

LTS