Day 273-production line continues

Sorry to be boring... but my christmas decoration production line will have to count for yesterday's black out and today's craft! See the every growing collection below

craft out

xxoo

Day 272 - Power out = No craft.

Hello, Andee here posting from my phone. Unfortunately the storms have managed to knock our power out, so looks like Bron won't be able to post tonight. We're going to use it as an opportunity to have an early night and Bron will be back to post some more craft tomorrow! Goodnight and craft out.

Day 271 leopard and its spots

Wednesday, raining, time for some leopard print to spice up the week!

I have copied the shape of one of my fav skirts (a stripey stretch number below)

and cut it out of some leopard stretch (from the swatch cards from resource rescue)

 overlock side seams and then stitch the hem

 attach the waistband

love a bit of leopard!!

 even had enough left over for a matching headband

 RAAAAHHHHH!!!

 Craft out

xxoo

Day 270-Mac cover is complete!

Tonight I finished off my mac cover, I decided to just make it a sleeve instead of a satchel

ready to stitch on the velcro

 velcro pinned

 shape cut

 stitched together and bagged out, laptop is snug and safe inside

95 days left!!

craft out

xxoo

Day 269-apple mac book pro cover

Tonight I have decided to be practical and get started on a padded sleeve for my new laptop.
I was planning to finish it tonight too, but I need to "sleep on it" (not literally on the laptop itself) I am just not sure if I want to make it a laptop sleeve with a velcro tab? or a satchel bag??
see the process so far below...

padded fabric from resource rescue

check the size of my laptop and cut

 I thought it would be cute to cut the apple logo out of felt and stitch it on the front

I cut out a piece of red felt the same size and overlocked the edges together, that way the inside is nice a soft too (plus the red looks cool)

 then I remembered I had a bag strap I had never used laying around and thought maybe I should make it into a satchel? instead of just a sleeve??

 hmmm what do you think? I think its time for bed and I will decide tomorrow....

apple out

xxoo

Day 268-puddings, glue and MDF

Today I slept in, read lots of a good book in the sun, drove to "bunnings" (a giant chain hardware store) and purchased some huge sheets of MDF for an exciting project I am planning next weekend....shhhh its a secret!
Then tonight headed out to dinner with friends and finally, "of course" made some craft...

 Tonight's craft, "the pudd"

 I have almost glued last night's project all together (just the 2 ribbons at the top are pinned on)

 yay I love it!

 the newest edition to the chrissy decoration collection

craft out

xxoo

day 267-birds and clouds

Today I have spent much of the day driving around my local suburbs sticking up posters for my upcoming "upcycle your wardrobe" workshop.
Then this afternoon I whipped up this cute little babies mobile from felt and ribbons...

chirp chirp out

xxoo

Day 266-newspaper photoshoot and chissy decoration mass production

Today I headed to the fern tree gully arts centre (this is where I will be teaching the "up cycle your wardrobe" workshops). The local newspaper met me there to do a photoshoot for an article to promote the workshop (see below the set up I put together for the photoshoot)

 its such a great space

i love the bushy outlook from the fern tree gully arts centre where i will be teaching workshops

 My mass production line of chrissy decorations for the knox carols and artist market

This is "WELL AND TRUELY" today's craft project

craft out

happy friday

xxoo

Day 265-WOW 100 DAYS TO GO!

Hello crafty folks! can you believe it, only 100 days to go! 

Tonight I made a cute little dolly 

I made this one (below) earlier in the year,

and I decided to make a few more in different colours (I thought they might be another good addition to my christmas stall)

 production line

 the longest part is hand sewing the eyes and mouth

 right sides together, stitch on the machine, leave one small hole and turn it inside out, stuff with stuffing

(she looks funny with no hair)

 now for the hair and the bow

I am off to bed, now 12.39am, need to get up early for a big craft day tomorrow

I have a photoshoot with the local paper to talk about my upcoming craft workshops, yay!

craft out

xxoo

Day 264-scrap to scarf

Last week when I was visiting resource rescue I picked a pile of fabric swatch samples, beautiful fashion prints and detailed textures. The only problem is most of the swatches are small pieces, so now I need to think up lots of projects using small pieces... any suggestions are welcome!

a pile of swatches

 Ive decided to use this piece today

 overlocking it, right sides together, length-wise, then turning it back out the right way

 then overlocking the ends together, right sides together again

and I am left with a little hole for hand stitching (I hate that last little section! is there a better way to do this? any advice?)

 once around

 twice around

 how about the headband-scarf combo?

hello sailor!

craft out

xxoo

Day 263-old scraps of leather transformed

I had some off cuts of leather laying around and decided to get crafty...

I pinned the pieces together and stitched them up to create these crafty cuffs! 

 then i jazzed them up with some old clip on earrings

craft out!

xxoo

Day 262-paper bird garland

Today I spent the day in bed with a headache, so tonight's craft is just a quick one.
Remember a while back I cut out a paper heart garland and stitched it on the machine to a piece of ribbon??
well i have made another of these, expect this time with birds...

sketch your birdy 

 cut out in a variety of colours (x2 for each so you can sew them together and then fold them apart)

 a close up

stitch down the middle of the ribbon and then fold open

the birdy's and the heart's, 

an easy an fun craft to do with kids or friends

and look great to brighten up kids rooms (or yours...)

craft out

xxoo