Transform a pair of vintage linen placemats into a retro style bag with bamboo handles. Only minimal sewing is required in this vintage style refashion. I come across so many beautiful vintage linens in my op-shopping (thrifting) adventures, but I rarely seem to use them for their original purpose. These linen placemats with their geometric retro design, I’m particularly taken…
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One curbside find + an idea + three days of stitching = my favourite upcycled furniture project ever. This unwanted cane weave chair was given a colourful update with some simple cross stitch. There is something so satisfying about finding a discarded object, giving it some special attention and turning it into something covetable. Apart from my time, this project…
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It’s officially Spring in Melbourne, which for me means hayfever! I suffer terribly and always have tissues handy at all times. Rather than having ugly boxes all over the house, I thought making a cute tissue holder from a vintage hankie would be a fun (and very meta) idea. Inspired by those cute pocket size tissue pouches, but much larger…
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Emma has been fascinated with all things tiny of late, so I thought it was time that all her little toys had somewhere to live. A shoe box is the ideal size for a doll house, and more importantly, it’s a great way to reuse items that would normally be discarded. Her favourite crafting activities are pasting and stickers, so…
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Fathers Day is just around the corner and we have put together a few of our favourite project ideas: ✎ Draw your Dad on gift tags to add that personal touch to Dad’s present. You can get these face shaped gift tags from BLANK or even cut out your own. Dad will love a notepad for his desk that is…
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I have really been enjoying flexing my creative photoshop muscles of late. Attending a class several months ago really gave me a solid grounding to start from, and I feel like my skills are improving everyday. I have a huge collection of images accumulated from the thousands of photos I shoot of products and tutorials, and with my newly acquired…
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The last in the series of Needle Felted Fruit for pretend play. I’ve shown you how to make a Needle Felted Kiwi Fruit where you also learned how to blend fibers with a carding brush, and a Needle Felted Strawberry. Today we will use a slightly different method and materials to create this pear and save on wool roving. Curious?…
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Last week I showed you how to make a Needle Felted Kiwi fruit for fun pretend food play. This week you can add to your felt fruit collection with this cute little strawberry. Make one or a whole punnet of felted strawberries in assorted hues. These little Strawberries are very easy to make and a good place to start if…
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