Making your own clothes without a pattern can be a lot of fun. It always feels amazing to wear something that you have designed yourself and that fits as well as having chosen the fabric and made it up it yourself. This is something I have done a number of times and I have posted about my creations on here! Cherry Blossom Dress Cross Over Dress Spring Green Wrap Dress If you are considering having a go at making your own clothes ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Fridge Notice Board
This was my fridge. Every time the boys came home from school or an activity with a letter, it went on the fridge. Every time we got a notice about bin collections or a dentist appointment or a money off voucher, it went on the fridge. The fridge is a good place to put stuff because my boys drink gallons of milk and we drink gallons of tea, so somebody is always going to the fridge. Unfortunately, some of the magnets are not very strong ... Read the Post...
Making Artists’ Trading Cards
Over the last few days I have been using my watching-tv-hands-needing-something-to-do-time to make some artists' trading cards. These are for a swap being organised by Vicky at Lucy Blossom Crafts. As I have never made ATCs before, and being anxious to get it right, I checked the internet to find out exactly what I was supposed to do. It would seem that pretty much anything goes! The only rules are that they must be about the size of a ... Read the Post...
A Felted Fenland Landscape
One of the reasons I wanted to take up wet felting was because I felt (haha!) that the fenland landscape round here would lend itself well to the process. Because it is so flat around here, you can see for miles, and the fields give a kind of striped effect. As the process of wet felting involves layering the wool up and down and side to side, the side to side layer would allow me to create that stripy effect easily. I tried with with a ... Read the Post...
