Quite a while back, I did a blog tutorial for how to make a very simple hanging succulent garden, using the bare basics of a macramé-style structure. It did the job, but last week I decided it was time to finally learn some proper macramé knots. This online tutorial taught me the Larkshead (or half-hitch) knot, …
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Making Friday 28 March
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Making Friday 15 March
What a treat! After a good couple of months of being a slave to my To Do list, Friday was blissfully under-scheduled, so I dusted off my sewing machine, and starting making stuff JUST FOR FUN, cos it’s Making Friday! Sometimes it takes a while to ease into the joys of making, so I started …
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Making Friday: 8 Feb 2013
This was a brief and mucky experiment with a large piece of card, some inappropriate printing ink (fabric paint, actually), a roller and a stencil cut from brown paper. All round, the materials chosen were poor, but I had the urge and was willing to risk a mess, which is very much in the spirit of …
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Making Friday (at a push)
Oh dear. Despite my best intentions for 2013, my Making Friday discipline has not been faring well so, and what I have to offer in this post really is at a bit of a push. Nonetheless, we do what we can with what we have, so here I present my measly Making Friday results from …
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Making Friday: Ellie, meet ellie
In between packing boxes, approving strikeoffs, planning next year and drinking cups of tea, I had lots of fun with ink, brushes and paper this Making Friday, with a portrait of the little ebony elephant I found at Milnerton Market two weeks ago. I also made some little framed things for my stand at the …
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Making Friday: Something for nothing
Throwing away scraps of my fabric always tugs at my thrifty heartstrings, giving me pangs of guilt, so when I saw a basket full to brimming with long offcuts of my new Rough Diamond print, I grabbed a fistful. So pretty! Without a plan, I stitched them together, and now… well, I still have no …
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Making Friday: Done and dusted
This time of year is quite relentless, as production steps up in anticipation of the end of year frenzy. So I’ve not had much focus when it comes to my Making Friday sessions for a while. Yesterday I managed to make something in a real quicksticks fashion that was fun to do just because I …
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Making Friday: mid-July
My Making Friday last week turned into a bit of an epic one. I was sick of chasing deadlines, and had a great idea for a new shop window, so last Friday… and Saturdy… AND Monday… became all about sewing, pinning and pinking a bunch of giant stuffed succulents, and decorating my shop window with …
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Making Friday 29 June
I’ve been freezing my fingers off today, applying ceramic transfers to mugs. While happily occupied, I thought it would be fun to show other people how to do this some time, and really, I have far too many transfers to ever get through myself. That’s why next Thursday evening, between 5 and 7pm, it’ll be …
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