This is a Christmas yo-yo, it’s flouncy, it has sparkle and will make the fairy on top of the tree just a little envious. Plus, it’s fun to make and there is loads of scope for adding beads, sequins and maybe even a little glitter if that’s what makes you happy. This takes just a [...]
It may be a bit grand to call this a tutorial, perhaps it’s more of a suggestion, a way of prettying up your zip containing creations and adding your unique creativity. It’s an embellishment idea for a beaded zipper pull. I like making pouches, wristlets, purselets, zippys or whatever else you’d like to call them [...]
Sorry that this has taken soooo long but here it is: This is really a little origami with fabric, and it works out equally well in paper…. cards… maybe? Requirements: I made my brooch using all the same fabric, but it can look equally pretty if you make the large petals in one fabric and [...]
Thank you for the lovely comments on the yo-yo tutorial. This post is about yo-yo’s too but heart shaped ones this time. Well, it is getting close to St Valentine’s Day. All yo-yo’s are basically gathered rosettes of fabric which can be made to take on different shapes dependant upon the starting shape of the [...]
Happy New Year to you all and I hope you enjoyed Christmas and that Santa was kind. I quite enjoyed the cold, frosty weather over Christmas but I’m thoroughly fed up with the -6 and -7 0C tempertures and the snow of the last few days. Living on a hill has taken on a whole [...]
This has been a week with little to recommend it because I’ve been nose deep in accounts…..Loathsome. Now, I know some people absolutely thrive on their little calculators and abacuses (or should it abacui ?), but really – I just don’t. They are a necessary evil but that’s it. I’m happy to wander through life [...]
As you probably already know magnetic snaps come in different sizes and are available in different metal finishes. They are not recommended for use on anything which will come into contact with computers, laptops or audio equipment because of the possibility of upsetting or even scrambling/destroying hard disks and other delicate computer electronics. On non-techy [...]
Whilst sorting out clothes that no longer fit, have disintegrated and otherwise just need to go (and make room in bulging cupboards for stuff we do need). I was surprised how much denim there was in the pile. Some were just grown out of, others were barely hanging together, no longer fit even for gardening [...]
Forgive me, bit I’m just a little fixated on buttons at the moment, don’t be concerned – I’m sure I won’t come to any harm but I do absolutely have to share. It is completly possible to create beautiful unique buttons by isolating just a part of a pattern motif of the fabric – but [...]
Fabric covered buttons I love buttons. Any buttons! They’re useful and pretty ….. what more could you ask for? You can buy/beg or otherwise get hold of some beautiful buttons these days. Sometimes though the best button is the button you created yourself! Cover them with your favourite fabric, either solid colour or patterned, embroidered, [...]
