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    How to Make a Burlap Fabric Bowl

    April 29, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Aย Burlap Fabric Bowl Tutorial A couple of weeks ago I wrote a tutorialย showing how to make a burlap picnic mat. Sometimes if you are eating outside, you need more than just a mat to eat off. You need bowls and things too! Taking enough foodย to feed 6 hungry…

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  • How to Plan a Sewing Project

    How to Plan a Sewing Project

    April 26, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Planย a Sewing Project If you have read any of my other blog posts, you will probably have realised that I rarely use a pattern to make things. I prefer to come up with something myself from scratch. That way I end up with something that is…

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    Burlap Bag Tutorial

    April 22, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    A Pretty Burlap Bag Tutorial I love burlap at the moment. There’s something so charming about its rusticness and I love using fabric made from natural fibres. There are so many beautiful, inspiring things on Pinterest where people have used burlap along with something else to make something…

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    How to Make a Ruffly Flower

    April 20, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Make a Ruffly Flower As I’ve mentioned using a ruffly flower several times over the last few weeks, I thought it might be a good idea to share with you how to make one! Making a ruffly flower isย great. Not only do they add a pretty…

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    What To Do When a Sewing Project Goes Wrong

    April 15, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    What To Do When A Sewing Project Goes Wrong No matter how long you have been sewing for, it happens to all of us. An error of judgement, a mistake when measuring, pieces cut incorrectly, an omnivorous sewing machine. A sewing project that goes wrong. I have made…

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    Picnic Placemat

    April 12, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Make a Picnic Place Mat When the weather is nice, my boys and I love to eat outside. Sometimes we like to go to a park, or to the beach. Sometimes we just sit at our picnic table in the back garden. A little problem with…

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Colour schemes for February ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค February always se Colour schemes for February ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค

February always seems like a green and white kind of month. Snowdrops, obviously, but also I'm surprised at how much green there is at the beginning of February. The lack of leaves make the greens of moss and lichen, and of evergreens, more noticeable. 

By the end of February, there'll be blossom, and maybe even a few leaves ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฎ

#creativelife #february #green #colourschemes #februarycolourpalette
So I gave in and got a gelli plate. I didn't befor So I gave in and got a gelli plate. I didn't before because I thought it was probably not the best idea to get myself into another thing that was  potentially addicting! But due to the kerfuffle in finishing the next unit of my textiles degree, I missed the deadline to start in February, so I start the next unit in March. And I still wanted to try it.

These are the best results from my first attempts. The first one is my favourite, which I made with a piece of hessian. The second one was also hessian, and the last 2 were bubble wrap. But even the ones that didn't turn out that well had interesting bits, and the others could probably be used for backgrounds or collage.

I'm going to carry on experimenting. If you've tried printing with a gelli plate and you have some suggestions, please let me know!

#wildblossomlife #creativelife #gelliprint #textures #lettinggoofperfectionism
Things have been busy. Textiles degree coursework Things have been busy. Textiles degree coursework and 4 separate lurgies since the beginning of December, including COVID. Now I am getting back to my wild blossom life ๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’–

#wildblossomlife #creativelife #january #slowingdownabit
Friday weirdness fix ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ˜‚ Things have been a bit qu Friday weirdness fix ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ˜‚

Things have been a bit quiet recently because I have been finishing off another huge unit for my textiles degree.

As I could have predicted, I got hideously behind and needed about 2 months when I only had a week!

Anyway, I managed to pull it out of the bag and got enough done and sorted out to hand in, and I only had a couple of minor meltdowns ๐Ÿ‘

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#textiles #textilesdegree #weaving #turquoiseandred
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