An order for four 4:3 aprons in ochre denim, blue denim and one blue denim with red straps (to go with the charcoal denim with red straps they ordered last week). The aprons are for for an art conservators studio in central London.


An order for four 4:3 aprons in ochre denim, blue denim and one blue denim with red straps (to go with the charcoal denim with red straps they ordered last week). The aprons are for for an art conservators studio in central London.


I am featured on the Meet The Maker blog at the MADE + GOOD website today!

madeandgood.com/blogs/news/maker-interview-lisa-bennett
Big thank you to my friend Fran for gifting me an overlocker! Today I spent a few hours setting it up…I needed the magnifying glass to peer into the machine’s innerds, trying to thread it. I was very impressed with the instruction book and colour coded threading diagram inside the machine itself… now looking forward to some fun with thread colour combinations…


Folksy have included two of my aprons on their ‘Valentine Ideas for Him’ gift guide!
https://folksy.com/themes/valentine-ideas-for-him

Today was a bit momentus, I changed the shop name from A Dog Like Sparky to ‘IN THE MAKING – aprons’. I’ve been pondering it for a while. The shop range has changed, focussing almost entirely on women/men creatives rather than children. Things came to a head when an apron/linens business lifted my entire tagline word for word, for their new denim apron’s Christmas social media campaign, then a magazine used my ‘Aprons for Makers’ title for a Christmas apron feature (really girly ones!). A change was needed, a shorter shop name that gives you an idea what I do!
It’s amazing how many changes have to be made across the Folksy and Etsy shops and social media…things that have been built up gradually over the last 4 years.

One of my aprons (ochre No8) was featured on the Folksy blog yesterday! It is a ‘Gifts for Men’ feature selected by Andrew Cunningham East Design. A photo of the brown No10 woodwork apron ais a also in the ad!

Working on a new apron. It started as a doodle, on the morning of my open studio day when it was a bit quiet.
Since then I’ve drafted a pattern, made a toile (calico mock-up) and made lots of making notes and changes.
I bought some dark navy, crisp cotton twill in Rolls & Rems Lewisham last week, which I need to do a wash test on (to calculate shrinkage and colour loss) before I make a sample apron….




The back of me twice in this film, see below, (and my arm/hand putting pencils in a woodwork apron). See website homepage southeastmakersclub.co.uk or click image below.

No 4.3 crossback apron – Charcoal denim with red canvas straps.

The charcoal denim has a nice silvery grey reverse side.


New glasses!