Tag: scraps
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A pretty box for my boxes
I have been enjoying collaging little boxes (usually from the pantry) but now I had created a situation where they were starting to annoy me. Then this morning I thought, yes, I will collage an old box and put the little boxes in the box. And here is the result. Starting with a picture of…
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Happy Mail / Junk Journal Pocket ~ Greens and Blues
I’m getting quite addicted to making these collaged window envelopes and little folders with secret pockets and places to write or tuck memories, poems, or special thoughts. Send to someone in the post to make someone happy! Or give as a special gift ~ tuck some money or a gift voucher into the pockets along…
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Love your life
Hi there! I thought being in lockdown (in NZ) for the past two weeks I would have done way more creatively, but to be honest, I’ve been too busy, especially with work! Anyway, a long Easter holiday weekend is perfect to have enough time to start to create. So I just made this up as…
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Knitted White Sheets
My dad got me a whole stack of dry-cleaned white sheets ex hotels. So I put my creative thinking cap on and decided to rip up strips to make into whatever I decided once knitted. And so, where we have a fresh white cushion cover. Now dad has made me these massive knitting needles (at…
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You are Loved
Hi there! The thing about the holidays is that you have the time to be creative, make a mess in your craft room, and leave it like that for a few days. Yesterday morning I dug out a tiny cross-stitch which I would have done about a year ago. I was going to frame it…
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Pansy Pick
Last day of my mini holiday (Queens Birthday weekend). I have quite a few cross stitches that are finished waiting for me to frame, or make into cushions, book covers … who knows, and so I got started on this little one and just love it. I think the mix of freemotion sewing, fabric and…
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Cows in the Field
A few weeks ago I scored three of these memorial tea towels for Horsham Downs school and I immediately set to work embellishing. Today I finished off all the free motion sewing (quilting) and I’m pretty pleased with the result. I will probably frame in a large frame with white edge and perhaps hang it…
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