The finished wreath

I have been asked to create something for a friends childs first birthday, she sent me some baby gro's so I got to work, now I knew she wanted a pastel colour effect, so didn't detract from the base colours of the fabrics,

Whilst I was hacking away at the items, I was praying that she would like the result as they won't look much good sewn back together again.

I came out with a wreath, a little one, roughly 3" across, I wound lace around the ring, then did what I needed to do with the fabric' bits, and then sewed a ribbon all around the remaining ring, embellished it and created a bow and hanger hoop for it... what do you think?

Mimi the Maxi Dress/Skirt Queen!!!!

mimi g.: DIY Tutorial: Maxi Skirt! Start to Finish Video

Go and view this clever ladies blog and tutorials, so inspiring, and so easy to make - as soon as you see what it involves that is! ;-)

I will still be posting the owl tutorial, just as soon as I've figured it out x

cotton owl too twit... lovely

Tell me he isn't gorgeous!

Owl Tutorial - Twit Twoooh

Yes that's right I will be making an Owl (actually I am in the process now), I am taking photographs, and have the software to apply the pattern to the tutorial onto this blog.

This Owl is designed to be used for 'Memory' toy manufacture.  Obviously not to sell, as this pattern is my own, unless via private agreement, with Royalties pending.

Fingers crossed it will turn out to be a delightful little critter, and the materials I have used are just a small T-shirt. It's not the most pretty T ever, in fact its a white one, with fabric pen doodles across it, but that makes it totally individual, I'll be trying a cotton fabric one too, just to test the theory.

Keep watching this space...

J x

FLutterbypatch

flutterbypatch.blogspot.com.es

Look at this lovely blogger's dollies... do try them, brilliant idea!

Patchwork Ribbon

What would you do?

Taking inspiration from the above, and using the 'scraps' I have in a bag, just waiting for such a project to poke its head out of the ether, I created my take...

The colours are as they came out of the bag, I didn't need to alter anything apart from their width. 

The backing is white bias tape, just the right width too as it happened!

It's an inch wide so probably not much good for making present bow's, but ideal to use as a bottle ribbon, or floral or even to go around a cake.

I am not sure if I will send mine to the web site above, I feel completely overwhelmed by their proficiency - me being a novice...

Let me know what you can do or have done x

Para-Cord Bracelettes or Shambala..?

C3 met today... all two of us, I won't count the baby because he just shouted for milky buttons.

We decided - or rather I decided, that we could move away from knitting head bands, and necklaces, oh and crowns (I did like knitting the crowns...) and we could make some real jewellery, Shamballa bracelet's to be exact.

I have already been pouring over the instructions and to be honest, was convinced that they looked too easy to be true, however, it was as easy as it looked, with little in the way of instruction, Siân too got the general gist of it and made her own. We were slightly hampered because I forgot some key ingredients. Nail varnish might seem an odd addition to the necklace/bracelet making kit, but it would have solved some irritations had I remembered to slide it into the bag.

We used little round stickers that were left over from college...

Using string, wooden beads, a pin and my bead mat, we set about knotting, twisting, turning and sliding - the result? Two slightly rough about the edges Shamballa bracelet's....

Farthest Bracelet was a remake at home suitable for a larger than average wrist

This is the first effort of mine, note the knotted area at the back made using knitting yarn.

When we got ourselves home, we made some more, using the rather large stash of beads and cord that I have accumulated through my Breast feeding necklace creating.  As we have practiced more, (only a few times honest), we can see our crafty work becoming neater, the selection of beads is also becoming braver too...

Funny thing happened though, as I was showing my OH our work, he spoke up about a 'Paracord' bracelet... How similar they looked in structure to the shamballa ones' we were making... So using the huge internet library at our fingertips, I searched, and checked and researched - the result is, Paracord bracelet's and Shamballa bracelet's are indeed the same thing.. the knotting structure is the same throughout both items. Of course your average Para would not be seen dead with sparkly gem's on his wrist (for fear of a good pasting by his troop), but it is an item that they do wear when made with paracord, a compact survival bracelet. 

Not only have I taught myself and my daughter to make them, I will be teaching my partner too :-) Fingers crossed we can share the tricks with some of the other members of the Community Crafty Circle - affectionatly know as C3.

Fingers crossed yet again that a direct link to the photobucket account that has all the bracelette on board will come ..... at the bottom of the page?

photobucket page (this will show the black and plastic bracelet)

PhotoBucket Album - Bagsocharm bits too.

Ah success...