We saw a lovely knitted shrug in Sunspun. Of course, I'm more a fan o' the hook & decided I'd have a crack at my own.
I've been doing a bit of sampling with the hook but before I wasted time on the crochet version I refashioned from an Op Shopped/thrifted Pashmina type thing to make sure I had the measurements right.
Very much in the same vein as the slashed number.
I had planned to use the circles as a neck treatment but it seemed a bit too much.
& of course it can still be worn as intended.
& then figure out how to make it with what I have on hand.
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I picked up a setting of 6 (very ugly) placemats from the Op Shop/Thrift store during the week. The upside of them being so ugly is that they were cheap as chips.
Now I've made reversible covers for them. I did a bit of free motion text last year & frankly found it took me longer than embroidery by hand. I'd decided 'twas best left to the experts.
But as this "design" is pretty simple I had another go & I'm thrilled to say the least! If you've no idea where to begin with this sort of thing you should pop in here.
One side for fun & the other a bit more fancy. Best of all they can just be slung in the washing machine when they get a bit grubby.
I think these would make meal time fun for kids if you had a novelty print on one side & the plate on the other. Easier on the eye than anything you can buy at Kmart.
If you don't have any luck at the Op Shop I think that Bunnings &/or Spotlight sell MDF circles about the same size.
just the right size for a small bottom.
We've got a bit of a love of stools at our place. Often the three kids & I are found sitting perched on little stools in front of the gas fire.
This little toad stool is constructed from a tin can, a round placement & the foam from the other day as well as a little extra stuffing. The can has been weighted to keep it stable.
For the price of a few screws & a couple of hours of your time you could make one of these yourself.
A lovely gift idea I think.
There's a lot I should/would/could be doing at the moment. I've got a fair bit on my plate but true to form I'm working on something new (& a bit cute). If it works I'll be making them for Christmas presents for small folk.
This foam was picked up at reverse art a few weeks back. I've hacked into it & this is what remains.
OK, so I didn't anticipate such a favourable reaction to yesterday's shelves...thank you so much.
Now I'm going to look like a big fat show off & for that I apologise.
On Saturday the HAC girls & I were chatting about making stuff & cool crafty tools & Justine & Cindy were talking about a lazy susan cutting mat that a friend (edit: ack...apparently it was Kate's - clearly my mind had already wandered) had. I think there may have been a casual "challenge" thrown in for good measure...red rag to a bull.
So on Sunday morning I made the lazy susan using bits & pieces we had lying around the house... old placemat, laminex top (I think from an elfa storage system), old container lids, my trusty baby bosch, a couple of screws, bearings & this divine fabric from the lovely Clutterpunk to give the whole thing a lovely crafty feel.
It measures 450mm x 300mm so it's big enough to hold the next size cutting mat as well & best of all you can use your multi tasker on the table top & then you have a lazy susan ironing board.
No more deep squat & turns for me...I prefer not to mix my craft & exercise.
OR fitting a square peg in a round hole.
I had originally purchased only 1 tube to make a toy box for the smallest...it kicked around the floor of the craft room for a while & I'd done nothing with it.
All the while I'd been enjoying posts from this tumblr.
http://bookshelves.tumblr.com/
...then I got to thinking how they'd be wonderful as a bookshelf & that's what I've done. I've left the tubes natural & just given them a bit of a sand to remove the rough edges but I think it would look lovely covered in vintage wallpaper.
The tubes are held together using the webbing I picked up at Reverse Art Truck. I've just cut to size to make straps with velcro fastenings.
The real beauty of this "shelf" is it's versatility. You could put them together in any configuration you like & possibly incorporate other pieces of furniture to make interesting shapes.
Once we are in the new place I plan to hang a couple of them on the wall.
Don't you think they would look fabulous painted white & jam packed full of brightly coloured yarn?
You must have a look at this amazing set also constructed from sono tubes (with how to).
Edit 27 September :: I just visited Style Spion (one of the sites that links to this post) & followed links to much flasher & more designery type shelves similar to these. You can see them here & here. Just goes to show...nothing is original & girls who just like to make stuff can have designer type ideas too.
More from reverse art truck. I love that place.
How good? Metres & metres of webbing.
The Brown Owls girls stitched up a storm last night. We added embroidered detail to those notebooks from yesterday OR made a "soap saver" (thanks Ashley) tea bag.
We applied the embroidered patch with varnish & then coated the top too.
They make a great little gift & Flossy P - they do look good covered in fabric or with paper/card detail too.
I didn't get to the making up of my stamping efforts from yesterday because I did this instead.
For ...
Maya
With...
Hope you have fun.
How To Simple Stamp For Fabric PrintingView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
To view this tutorial at full screen just click the little screen icon above.
I have a PDF version of this how to for lacing card style printing on fabric which can be downloaded here.
I'm starting to think about Christmas...Yikes!
Early I know - but I really don't want to be making gifts on Christmas Eve this year!
I've made myself a little stamp. It's leather stitched (laced really) & then printed onto calico. I've printed 20 little "Tea" stamps.
I'll be working on the making up tomorrow.