Eager Beaver Bunting & a Button Hairclip.

I signed up for the Bunting Swap today.  I think I was excited, because I've already made my bunting!!!!!  I signed up to make 6.  

I wanted the colours, and patterns to work together in a funky way, and I wanted to use doilies.  

Originally I was going to do the traditional triangular bunting, but thought I'd mix it up a bit by basically cutting the bottom of the triangle off.  

I love they've turned out.

I also have attempted another funky hair clip.

I have started making another in black and white, and will probably keep on making other colours down the track.  I just love how they look!!!

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I popped onto Madeit this morning and was pleasantly suprised to see this!!!

My doily table runner has been handpicked to be on the front page today!!  It has lifted my sad, sorry and sick mood substantially!  Thanks Madeit!

Floral this, doily that.

Over the past few weeks I've been making bits and pieces at my own leisure.  It seems I have a little catching up to do on my blog since I have been unwell this past week!!  Around two months ago I had fun making a couple of pretty headbands for myself, which you can read about here and here. 

I love doilies, so thought it would be worth trying to create something for my hair using them.  This is what I came up with. 

I absolutely love it, but know doilies aren't for everyone.  Which is why I was SUPER surprised when I wore it to church one week and I lost count how many compliments I got about it.  I was super excited!  This of course got me thinking about the possibilities of doily headbands.  Here is what I've come up with so far.

I'm working towards popping them in my shop in the next day or so.

And while we're on the subject of doilies...  remember this table runner?

It's making it's way into the shop too!!  I'm excited!!

And last but not least.  My new favourite fabric flower!  I have been making a couple more out of gorgeous vintage fabrics and am undecided whether to make these two hair clips or brooches.  What do you think?

This one I made into a brooch and absolutely adore.  It's made from a gorgeous soft grey velvet and musk pink corduroy.  I LOVE it!!  I'll be popping it into the shop soon also.

So what have you all been up to this past week?  I am on holidays next week and SO looking forward to being able to spend more time in my 'quaint' craft room!  Hope everyone is avoiding the horrible colds, flu's and tummy bugs going around, and staying WARM!!!  Brrrr!!!

The big Five-O amongst other ramblings.

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Well I'm almost at 50 folks.  Only two more to go.  Pretty exciting actually.

Did you know I actually don't own a sewing machine?  The one I use belongs to my mum.  She bought it when she was 18.  Bernie has been going strong all these years.  Bernie usually lives at my house, and has some quite some time.  Recently Mum asked if she could "borrow" her sewing machine.  I said no, I was in the middle of something, and she sheepishly said ok.  Then I thought what an awful daughter I was denying access to something that actually belongs to her, so I took it over and we have now been apart for a week (it feels like a month).

So my creativity has halted to some degree.  I suddenly feel like I can't do ANYTHING without a sewing machine.  (and Beverley doesn't help by always telling me to make bunting haha)....

BUT I have an idea.  It was about the 20th idea I had tonight (the first 19 ideas required a sewing machine).  You know that box I made for my niece?  The one I hate.  The one I told you about and showed you and you all thought I was crazy for thinking it was feral?

(this is the box incase you're not up to date)

Well I have another idea.  I don't know if it's going to work, but I'm giving it a bash and I'm excited.






It requires sandpaper, glue, an old music book from the Op Shop, white spray paint, black ink, and a clear plastic knob that I will find at Bunnings (or else I might cry) and some elbow grease.  That ugly box has a new life ahead of it and I hope like hell that it works.

Isn't that music and picture awesome?  Reminds me of my old piano learning days.  Tomorrow this book will be in pieces!

 And I'm suddenly wondering if these awesome paper doiley's might come in handy for the box.  I'll just have to have a play around.

Here's to better luck this time around!!
 
And right about now I want to do a linky party thing where people show me their failures and how they fixed them, but that's just way too advanced for me right now.  I only just got a sign off name so one step at a time Christy!


Here are a few other things I picked up the other day.

I bought these pins cause everyone seemed to have them.  I didn't understand WHY until tonight when I took them out of this tub and put them in my pin cushion.  They are MEGA long!  Awesomeness!

I'm excited to give binding making a go.  I've done it once before using he pin on the ironing board method which was mega fiddly.  This should be fun!

And these are the ingredients of something I've been wanting to make for ages.  I don't even know if its going to work because that is strap fabric, and I need a more fabric blend, not synthetic but I'm going to give it a burl anyway.  I am going to make my own belt.  I HATE leather belts with buckles.  They stretch and then there is a giant buckle portruding through my shirt.  I want a flat belt that stays firm and keeps my darn pants up!

What are you working on at the moment?

Until tomorrow!

What i've been up to lately...

To be honest I haven't had time to do anything much lately in my Craft Room. She, she being my Craft Room, has been cold, empty and lonely for quite some time. Don't you love over-scheduling?? :)

I have a few projects to show you from earlier in the month that I haven't had time to blog about yet.

Firstly, Lil Blue Boo recently had an Ugly Knit Upcycle competition. I didn't have much time to come up with something super fantastic, but did manage to whip up a skirt out of an old tank/singlet my sister gave me. It never did fit my properly and I hated the crocheting up the top (I like crocheting as a general rule, but this one just didn't fry my burger).

So it went from this...

...to this!!

(closeup of the fabric rosettes at the bottom of the skirt)


It is nothing fantastic but it was fun to make. I don't expect to win, the competition is far too stiff... geez I hate clever people :P

Also, I saw this fantastic idea whilst blog surfing a looooong time ago. I printed out the picture and put it into my "idea's folder" thinking one day I might take a stab at it. Well about two weeks ago I was quenching my Op Shop thirst/obsession and found a giant bin FULL of doily's. I sorted through the entire box, and bought every single one I liked, in all different shapes and sizes. There was all the bedding and such next to where I was looking through the box, and a lady was sorting through it, and she turned to me and said "so you like your doily's do you?" I laughed and explained what their purpose was. I don't think she believed me cause she gave me a funny look.

Anywhoooo.. I made it!! I took a different approach on how to attach them all together - I sewed them on the machine. I wanted it to be long lasting and sturdy. I love it. My husband thinks otherwise. What do you think??


I like it and it's a keeper. If you want one let me know, I've still got plenty of doily's!! (especially considering I bought MORE today hehe)

Well that's all I have time for now folks.. I'm only about 4 blog posts behind. Maybe I'll catch up in my 'free time'.