Rufford Branch Canal + Jodie Coat Prototype
Welcome to the Leeds Liverpool canal. This is Rufford Branch’s dry dock at the junction of the Leeds Liverpool canal looking left
and looking right. Map here. It was finished in 1781 so the cottages around the dry dock date from around then.
This bridge is the junction with the Leeds Liverpool canal.
It was steeper than it looked from the side!
It was a misty Winter morning, not fog on my lens.
View towards Rufford from the bridge. If you want to see the walk all the way to Tarleton in Summer, there are photos here.
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After the purgatory of the latest assignment I gave myself the weekend off for a guilt free session in the craft room. It was the 1st I have managed all year!
This is a special coat for Jodie’s Cyprus Dog Rehoming charity (they also help UK dogs). I took their logo from here and blew it up to the right size. I only altered the bottom slightly so the white could stay in one piece. It was a bit of a faff as I was using up the left over waterproofing so I had to make the outer in 2 sections with a french seam along the spine. As the outer was nylon, I couldn’t get the heat and bonded lettering to stick very well (without melting the nylon- YUK!) so it was all machine sewn. The lining was from purple cotton in stash. With the scraps I made bunting so I can now give myself a big tick for using up every bit of the waterproofing.
I am now on the look out for cheap purple cotton drill (thick cotton) so I can make smaller coats for the charity which the letters will stick to. If anyone comes across any do give me the heads up. I have tried the local shops but the nearest I could find was royal blue.
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This Week’s Events
Nikki Tervo’s Quilting Mouse “Sewing Machine” was all I was managing in the run up to the latest assignment.
There was the distraction of a taxi catching fire in front of the house. 2 fire crews attended and dealt with it within half an hour. The taxi started to have smoke coming from the engine area as it was driving past. The driver brought it to a stop and immediately got out. The passenger got out of the back a second later as the flames shot out of the front.The flames were over the height of a single storey, and occasionally debris flew out of it. No one was hurt thankfully but the heat was intense.
I was beginning to think I would need my own “Rocking Chair” and the snarky part of me wanted a shotgun for it and a porch as I may have been just a tiny bit tetchy with getting the assignment finished on time.
Anyway it is all done now and the next one isn’t until 2nd April.
Lovely Husband and I went for a walk today. I know I’m not the only one who could do with some warmer weather so I thought I would share some evidence of Spring.
Yep the White Witch is being defeated! Just look at those drifts of snowdrops!
Lush Spring greens again after the monochrome of Winter.
The odd daffodil was even in bud. Yep Spring is on its way.
So “Tea Pot and Cup” is just the thing to celebrate with. I can recommend rose petal tea.
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Thank you all for bearing with me while I finish this course. I can’t wait for normal life to resume in June. Then we shall see about how to celebrate here.
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