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  • How to Make a Fabric Diary Cover

    February 2, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Even though I have called this post How to Make a Fabric Diary Cover, you could make one to cover a journal or to pretty up a plain notebook. I made this fabricΒ for my Moleskine diary. The diary itself is fine, lots of space to write my lists,…

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    How to stop a dress form from falling over

    January 29, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called How to Alter a Dress Form. I have had my dress form, Betty, for a few years and she was too big. As I couldn’t use she was clutter that I just don’t have the room for, so…

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    How to Make a Storage Bag With Pockets

    January 19, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Make a Storage Bag With Pockets is the 3rd in a series of posts I’m writing about Β easy storage ideas you can make yourself. All of these projects I have made using fabric I had already, so as well as being useful, they didn’t cost anything…

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    How to Alter a Dress Form

    January 15, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Having a dress form or tailors’ dummy can make making your own clothes so much easier. It’s very difficult pinning things to your back and then drawing on yourself with a pen! It’s equally difficult trying to pin a hem and check that it’s straight. They’re not so…

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    How to Make Nesting Fabric Storage Boxes

    January 12, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    These nesting fabric storage boxes are the second in a series of posts about making quick and easy storage solutions! They are perfect for rehoming mess after Christmas, but useful at other times as well when you just need somewhere to put stuff! You might also like to…

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  • How to Make Handmade Clothes Look Professional

    January 8, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    There are a number of things we can all remember to do to make our handmade clothes look professional. It’s a lot of fun to make your own clothes. I’ve been making clothes for myself since I was 10, and I love it! I can choose a style…

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Autumn is painting this tree red πŸπŸ’– What co Autumn is painting this tree red πŸπŸ’–

What colours are you noticing at the moment?

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#wildblossomlife #october #autumncolours #slowdownandlook
Some creative invitations for autumn πŸπŸŒ°πŸ‚ Some creative invitations for autumn πŸπŸŒ°πŸ‚

In case you have no idea what I am talking about, creative invitations are little prompts designed to encourage joyful, creative exploration without pressure or expectation. There is no right or wrong way and no obligation to produce anything finished or perfect πŸ’–

Here are some for autumn:

🍁 Make leaf rubbings. It's not just for children! Experiment with chalk and crayon, and different colours, single leaves and overlapping.

🍁 Collect autumn colours. You might like to match them with thread, fabric, paint or pencils.

🍁 Make a little abstract picture in autumn colours using your favourite stitches. I like French knots! πŸͺ‘ What about you?

🍁 Take a moment when outside. What can you see, hear and smell?

If you are wondering about the photos, they are of the Peter Scott walk that follows the shore of the wash from Sutton Bridge round to Kings Lynn πŸ’–

#wildblossomlife #creativelife #creativeinvitations #autumn #inspiredbynature
I'm knitting socks again so it must be autumn! I I'm knitting socks again so it must be autumn! 

I find there are particular things I like to do depending on the season. Knitting socks is lovely, but I don't want to knit in the summer. I prefer the more woolly crafts when it's colder. In the summer I prefer sewing and embroidery. Sometimes I break my own rules, because why not?!

Do you have seasonal preferences when it comes to the things you like to make? Let me know in the comments πŸ’–πŸπŸ‚πŸ§ΆπŸ§΅

#wildblossomlife #creativelife #knittingsocks #autumncrafts #slowingdownabit
Early autumn has its own colours, before October a Early autumn has its own colours, before October and November being deeper browns, oranges and reds. 

At the moment, there is still quite a lot of green, even though it's muted, mixed with brown and yellow of leaves starting to turn and the berries in the hedgerows.

Apples are one of those things that really say September. I was admiring the apples on my neighbour's tree, not just because they looked delicious but also because the colours were so pretty.

What I thought was red was actually pink, which faded beautifully into yellow and green.

So I made a colour scheme for September, based on the colours of those apples. I have a version that includes hex codes for digital projects, and you can download it for free from my website. The link is in my bio πŸŽπŸπŸ’–

#apples #septembercolourscheme #applescolourpalette #creativelife #findinginspirationinnature #wildblossomlife
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