June 8th, 2012
We inherited a really lovely co-sleeper crib from our friends Maris and Sue. We had to buy a new mattress for it, but it did come with a cot bumper that went round the three edges of the crib. This had a beige cover which was a little frayed at the edges and had missing ribbons so we couldn’t really tie it in place very well. So I decided to make a new cover for it – not sure how I came up with the idea of making the a new cover – maybe it came to me on one of my many sleepless nights whilst breastfeeding, but the source of the material might seem a bit odd – tea towels.
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September 21st, 2010
A while ago [a long while ago] I bought a load of old/vintage fabrics from charity shops with the idea of making large floor cushion / bean bags. You can see the prototype I made here. I never got round to making them – work and diy etc got in the way. So when I saw this tutorial on Design*Sponge I got totally inspired to get the sewing machine out again.
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September 14th, 2010
Have you got an old t-shirt that you’re about to throw out – stop! Have a look at this great online tutorial and see if you can turn your drab old t-shirt into something funky and new.
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July 2nd, 2010
As you all know I’ve been busy making lots of stuff for my up and coming craft fair and one thing I’ve been using a lot is my sewing machine to run up lots of paper garlands. Well it’s a very very old machine (older than me) and the speed on it has always been temperamental in that it either zooms away manically or marches on with a steady pace – there seems to be very little control over this with the foot pedal anymore.
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Friday Finds
June 30th, 2010
I’m going to be setting up a Milomade stall at Summer in the Loft on the 10th/11th July – details on the homepage – and I’m very busy getting stock ready for that. Every surface, including the floor is covered with work in progress or work waiting to be packed or finished work waiting to be boxed up. This time around I’m concentrating on my craft collection and making a lot of stationery, lots of badges, some really funky new button necklaces and of course my button flower brooches which are a main favourite.
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