Glitter Easter Eggs
Looking for some easy inexpensive craft ideas? Right now, we are loving repurposed and recycled DIY projects made with plastic bottles. With so many fabulous ideas for recycling plastic bottles, you'll think twice before throwing them away again! The list of possibilities is endless! I'm sharing just a few of those ideas with you today.
Often you see very generic pictures of craftsmen, which are flat and quite basic, but Andrew Montgomery has been able to take fantastic photographs of makers in his 'Artisan' series.
Turkish Clog Maker. Tire, Izmir, Turkey *** © Nur Uretmen
Ballerinas and dancers always exude a sense of elegance, grace, beauty and control, something that I would love to introduce to my home. If you feel the same as I do then you’ll just love
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Ni peinture, ni sculpture, les Herbettes sont des créations végétales artistiques uniques et intemporelles... L’œuvre finale est reproduite en tirage limité grâce au procédé de Digigraphie®.
25 Amazing Thrift Store Furniture Makeovers It’s SPRING!! And that means it’s time for cleaning out cramped closets, wiping down dirty windows sills fro
'reflections on light’ is part of marset's series of conversations with architects, designers and artists who work with and think about light every day.
The National Gallery of Victoria commissions a unique body of work from Daylesford ceramicist Bridget Bodenham.
I am making slow but steady progress on my UFOs without adding too many more to the bottom of the list. This quilt was at the top. I am embarrassed to admit that DH and I chose these fabrics in 2010 The top has been pieced for some time - edited to add that the squares finish at 6" and I ordered wool batting last year and then spent some time on my hands and knees: In December, I set to quilting it. The NFR (National Finals Rodeo) allowed me to make good progress on it. 10 nights of championship rodeo and DH's quilt was quilted! My only regret is that I didn't make it bigger. I seem to do that a lot...talk about making bigger quilts. It finishes at 70 x 70. I hemmed and hawed over a quilting design, but DH asked for simple. No swirls or doo-dads. No brands or western motifs. Simple. Unassuming. I asked several times while I was working on it and the answer was always the same. As I was finishing up the squares and about to move onto the triangles on the edge, I realized I was going to run out of the yarn I'd been using. A quick search online told me that it had been discontinued so I called the store in Brady where I originally purchased it probably 3 years ago, maybe more. They had expanded and opened another store in Fredricksburg and moved all of their wool, and much of their yarn there. Phone call #2 brought success. Yes, they had the yarn and they were kind enough to send it to me. I also needed some wool for the binding. I gave DH the quilt at Christmas, but it lacked the binding so I stopped into the shop when I was driving through a few weeks ago and chose wool for the binding. They have a wonderful selection of wool and I will admit to hovering over the bolts and contemplating another wool quilt. However, common sense quickly prevailed. It gets cold in New Mexico, but unless we move to Alaska or Tibet, I'm fairly certain we won't be needing a stack of wool quilts. Once I was back home, stitching commenced, but the double fold binding I always make was just too thick so un-stitching took place. I had already hand stitched down one side. I kept asking DH what he thought and he didn't want me to have to un-stitch it all, but we both thought the binding was awfully thick so I took it all off and trimmed down the binding. Now that its finished, I'm glad I did. Much better. DH loves it. When I had added the last stitch, clipped the thread, and presented it to him, he commented, "Just in time for our first 80 degree day!" Rascal.
Adorn your Christmas tree with this adorable Hot Cocoa Ornament. If you don't know what to do with felt then these easy DIY ornaments are perfect! Learn how to make felt ornaments with this cute sewing pattern.
We visit the studio of Sydney ceramicist Tara Burke.
Portrait de proche-aidant pour la Fondation FMSQ
I promised a tutorial for the string blocks and I had second thoughts.....why try to improve on my original source. The very best pla...
מה עושים עם גיטרה כשכבר אי אפשר לנגן עליה? מי ממחזר בכלל כלי נגינה? במשך שנתיים הגיטרה ישבה בלי שימוש בגלל נזק בלתי הפיך אך מאוד מינורי מבחינה אסטתית, אז הפכתי אותה לרהיט שימושי. יותר אסטתי משימושי, אבל שימושי.
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Sweet little scottie dogs, as scrappy as can be. Quick and fun and easy quilt, make it and you'll see! The sample quilt was made with all my favorite 1930's fabrics, but SCOTTIES would be adorable in any color palette. SCOTTIES will bring back all those memories of yesteryear, full of love and fun. SCOTTIES quilt measures 49" square. Pattern is fat quarter friendly, too! No part of this pattern may be copied or reproduced in any form without written consent. The only way to download digital files from Etsy is through a web browser. You cannot download digital files through the Etsy app.
If you read my last post, you know I spent a frenzied afternoon creating blocks and multiple quilt ideas from my overflowing stash bin. I thought I would share my progress. Here is the finished top on the first of the three scrap quilts! While digging in some drawers looking for another piece of fabric, I came across this sage green linen that I have been toting around for at least 10 years and knew it would be the perfect sashing for these scrap blocks. I wanted something subtle and calming. I think it works really well with the many colors and prints in these scrappy blocks. Now to get it quilted (always a hurdle for me!) It is ready to go as I was able to rustle up a piece of fabric for the back so the entire quilt evolved from scraps and my stash. Gotta love that! Looking at my camera, I realized I am really into a "gradation" groove. Here are the blocks I planned for this month's group sew project. Hey...which is another great scrap project too! Thanks for stopping by. We finally got some rain here in western Oregon so I was unable to get photos of my Star Surround top today. It turned out so fabulous, I want to get some great photos to share. So you should be seeing those soon! Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation, Thursday Threads at 627handworks and Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.
Okay, so I've missed the Christmas episode, and too late for the New Years Eve one as well! It's been a while...again!! So I will start by wishing you all happy, creative, adventurous new year :) I think it's going to be a particularly good one for all of us :) ...not into making resolutions, but like many I tend to reflect on the year gone by... remembering the good and a little of the not so good. But then I move on... to think about the year ahead. The possibilities are endless, only limited by imagination and choice, and there is always, always choice. One of the choices I made this past year was to go to France for a little holiday. Perhaps what made it all the more exciting was that it was totally unplanned. I had a choice... to go or not to go (long story) and literally overnight I went! Three of the most ''alive'' weeks of my life. Amazing in every single sense. I will most definitely be returning to that part of the world... Another choice I made, on my return, was to join instagram. Such an incredibly inspiring forum. As some of you will know, I don't really go many places without my camera. Very much a complete amateur but I do love taking photos of pretty things :) If you want to be inspired by beautiful images and incredibly creative people, then go check out instagram. Perhaps one of the reasons,I think, why I am here a little less often. Ooops :) Big stitchy choice I made, was to do more of it !! Loving the feel of needle and thread in hand again. A little of what I've been doing ... ...been working on a series of the little mannequins... have got one to go. Then to put it all together :) And of course, there is the garden... it's hard not to be inspired by the beauty of flowers. So it is New Years Day. I will be spending a good part of it in the garden. In the sunshine, amongst the flowers :) The year that has been, has been :) It was a learning year, this one. A little tough at times, still, but there were also times of phenomenal happiness and pride. And these made it all okay :) So incredibly proud of my son, and proud of what I have achieved at work this past year. I am looking forward to this year, the choices to come. Have a happy day :) Jenny
Images of various potters & sculptors : I've admired the works of the following ceramicists and sculptors, so it was refreshing to research this post and get to see what they actually looked like. I think images of artists have more impact when you see them in their studio environment. latest page → Stig Lindberg - Gustavberg, Sweden Stig Lindberg was one of the leading designers of household items that were accessible to almost everyone in Sweden. His career lasted from about 1937 to 1980 during a 'golden age' for Swedish industrial arts. Toshiko Takaezu Yoshida in studio (Ogaya,
Denim is simply everywhere. That's a fact. And giving denim a second life, or reinventing it to have a unique beautiful twist is all the trend. Get crafty and embellish your existing denim or pick up
