The Cottage Smallholder

Clippy Mats 

Please can any one help me with 'how to' how do I make fabric, clippy mats or wallhangings?

I know that you're a 'crafty lot' and thought they would make a lovely change to the usual mats that I am forever purchasing, could I make them into cushions, ruffled cushion cover would be lovely, if I knew how to use my sewing machine.........

I would love a new hobby, just wish I was adept and professional like Fiona and so many of you are.

Look Forward to hearing from you, thanks,

Odelle x 

You all came to my aid again, I will try the link you posted for me on the braided rugs, don't know where I got 'clippy rugs' from?.....Perhaps I was thinking of them being made from pieces of material, it was my Great Aunt who used to tell me about the rugs, shall look at Kirsty video also, it's all so interesting to me as well as food of course!

Thanks again, Odelle.

OdelleS said:

Yes, I agree, BBC have some really good programmes on like Edwardian Farm.

I love to watch all these 'factual' types, I'm so annoyed at myself for missing the full series. Enjoy watching and learning, makes me realise how lucky we are with our labour saving devices. It's a shame that old traditions do 'die out', however, things do seem to come full circle again as fashions come and go as with myself wanting to learn how to make rag rugs, if my hands will cope with it!

I enjoyed watching 'Turn Back Time: The High Street', which really brings it home as to why we should support our local small business' that are sadly only a few left in today's high streets such a shame.

When I look at old photographs of Stockton-on-tees High Street, to the mess it is now it's such a shame when we see the beautiful buildings we've lost and the 'shambles' which used to specialise in traditional butchers, delicatessens and a myriad of other stalls, in favour of the now mass produced, packaged goods. A sad sign of the times, we used to be famous for the largest market in the High Street, now it seems to be  a mish mash of all sorts, not the fish, tripe, farmers market type stalls, every thing from haberdashery to freshly caught Whitby crabs. 

I shall get off my 'soap-box' now, I do get carried away!  I'm moaning on a PC and shall have a look at your blog, I guess I want to move with the times, yet preserve the things that matter to me.......'double standards'?......Some things should be preserved if you see what I mean?

bobquail said: i've been watching that Edwardian Farm programme - it's really interesting. I also liked the Victorian Farm they did last year. It's the sort of programme the BBC seems really good at.

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Shereen said:

It might also be worth looking at the BBC iPlayer for the episode of Edwardian Farm where Ruth made a rag rug using hessian backing and fabric cut into loads of narrow strips.

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Hi Shereen,
 

I could kick myself, I started to tape Edwardian Farm as I knew it would be 'just up my street' (what I would like), managed to miss the beginning of the first episode, never put 'keep on it', and missed it again as some-one took the series link off, although no-one has owned up to it!....  either the machine has developed a personality of it's own or I'm going potty, the second option could be debatable! Ha,ha,ha........

It's good that I can look on BBC iplayer for the episode as that's just what I would love to be able to do. 

Thank you Shereen,

Odelle.