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    How to Crochet a Mug Cosy

    January 17, 2015October 16, 2017 Living a Creative Life
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    Another week, another mug cosy! This time it’s a crocheted mug cosy, featuring a basket weave pattern. It’s made by starting of with a circle of chains, but switches to rows to accommodateย the handle of the mug. Please be aware that I have used British crocheting terms! I…

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    10 Crafty Ways to Beat Post Christmas Blues

    January 14, 2015March 19, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Everything feels so flat after Christmas. The tree leaves a big spaceย in the front room and I miss the twinkly lights. It’s still cold and the days are still so short. Spring feels a long way off. However there are lots of things we can do to make…

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    A Crocheted Flower Tutorial

    January 11, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life

    Here is an easy little crocheted flower tutorial to brighten up up a cold, dark winter’s day. Better still, you can download it here as a pdf!ย Crocheted Flower with Pointed Petals The petals are made by crocheting 1 dc, 2 tr and 1 dc. The points are achieved…

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    How to Make a Kindle Pillow

    January 8, 2015June 27, 2017 Living a Creative Life
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    One of the things I love about my kindle is how I am no longer put off reading books because of their size. Some books at ย just to heavy to read in bed! Reading them on the kindle means that even an encyclopedia only weighs as much as…

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    How to Make a Quilted Mug Cosy

    January 5, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Last week it felt like it had been such a long time since I’d sewn anything I was desperate to dust of my sewing machine and make something. I had some smaller pieces of fabric left over from other ย projects and as I rarely seem to finish a…

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    10 Christmas Craft Tutorials

    December 12, 2014December 11, 2021 Living a Creative Life
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    Christmas is a great time for making stuff. Now we’re only 2 weeks away and I keep finding more stuff I want to make and there just isn’t time! Here is a round upย of 10 Christmas craft tutorials. Some of them are my ideas, most of them are…

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Colour schemes for February ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค February alw 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 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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