Denim Wall Tidy

Sue was inspired and brought in a Denim Tidy she made for her

grand son. She has made a lots of Denim bags 

and had a collection of pocket left over, 

so this was an ideal way of using them up.

Instead of folds for each pocket, Sue explained

you put in two tiny darts, this allows the pockets to stay open

and they are able to hold things.

It was so funny, as she showed us she explained

 she had whipped the tidy off her

grand son's wall and neatly placed all the contents across his 

bed so she could bring it to class to 'Show and Tell'.

Now he is 12,  hopefully there wasn't anything too

embarrassing for a grandma to find!

She assured us not.

When she got back, he was quite ok with her showing us and

they put everything back in.

What a great idea for a tidy! 

Lace Wall Tidy

I was asked by a friend to design a pocket holder based on 

a shoe holder she had been given at Christmas.

She has it by the side of her chair to hold the 

necessities of daily life in. 

It was made of different plastics and soon began

to wear and tear.

I took up the challenge and had seen one on the internet

somewhere? Made of cream material and lace.

I had been given some upholstery fabric and I have

lots of old family lace and I thought this was

the ideal opportunity to use it. 

Mine, would also then hold all the lovely lace 

I wanted to use in the future.

I finished both and delivered them,

she was thrilled and immediately 

reached over and pulled her plastic one off the wall,

contents, nail and all!

Really, some people can't wait!

 I had taken a nail, hook and hammer just in case!

Good job!

After I hung up the tidy we put in all her

goodies and medications into the relevant pockets.

One of her carers came in and was really

inspired. 

What we both like is she is no longer looking at what

medically sustains her but a pretty and inspiring hanging tidy.

I have noticed on my last visit her chair area has really 

changed and she and he carers can find everything.

I am so pleased.

Since showing it at classes, many have taken the pattern.

I drew mine on some lining paper to work out

all the folds and edges.

See more of my lace makes on my portfolio site

Art2Inspire