Balloon Stalemate
July 26, 2010
I have ground to a bit of a crafting halt on the Balloon Nursery.
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Not really a good time to halt with only four weeks until the bubba is due but a halt nonetheless. I find that this happens to me when there’s something just not quite right about what I’m creating. Something in my subconscious is trying to tell me that another approach is needed. This leads to craftstipation.
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Finally over the weekend I figured out what it was. The socks. I had done a little sock prototype which worked out fine, the shape was good and it was so ridiculously easy. Still something stopped me from carrying on. While the sock idea is easy it just wasn’t allowing me to get the colours or style that I wanted together. While this might sound like a disaster it’s actually a big relief to realise what it is that has been bugging me. So now I’m back to feeling enthusiastic and have been planning the construction of balloons using fabric. This leads me onto one of my favourite things to do – choose the fabric.
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So far I’ve planned on using Cloud9 Blue Yonder and white linen for the quilt. With that as a base I’m looking at cherry reds to go with it. The other colour I’m tempted by is a yellow but I have a bit of a vision of red bunting so we’ll just have to see.
So now all I have to do is hope that this baby waits long enough for me to finish it!
Images: Bunting by GiggleBerry, Cloud9 Fabric at Duckcloth, Heather Baily Pocketbook, Pop Garden at Hawthorne Threads, Cosmo Red Stripes, Amy Butler Full Moon Dot and at Kelani Fabric
Lil’ bit of Sugar and a Moobear
June 19, 2009
DIY traditionally has been slightly naff. You know what it’s like, often the best intended DIY project ends up a little worse for wear (or is that just me?). Well not over at A little bit of Sugar. Lucy came up with the idea of tiling her custom made desk with vintage scrabble tiles and it looks absolutely amazing.
While I’m on the inspiring recycled objects front, Steph over at Moobear creates gorgeous t-shirts for kids featuring recycled fabric motifs. Her kids actually do the illustrations and she turns them into designs for t-shirts. How cool is that? My favourite is the bubble factory, who doesn’t need a little bubble manufacturing in their life? What a clever Bizness Babe she is.
Beautiful things
May 6, 2009
The Print & Pattern blog never fails to inspire me. Carrying on with my mobile obsession this month, I spotted this mobile on P&P by Leptipallion on Etsy. Beautiful!
Krafty Kool – Hand embroidered architecture
April 25, 2009
I’m on a bit of a London reminisce this week. Probably because it’s turned all grey and rainy out there and it reminds me of London weather – I lived there for four years and I still miss it.
Super Kool hand embroidered architecture by Charlene Mullen.
Oh the places you’ll sew!
March 11, 2009
I would have loved this when I was backpacking… stitch the route that you’ve traveled directly onto the post card. What a great idea. Found via dropular (my new favourite media bookmarking site) on uncommon goods.
Embroidered Text Messages
February 18, 2009
I’m starting a collection of modern takes on crafting. As much as I love cute craftiness for bubbas and kids the other half of me is really interested in where craftiness and the digital world or advertising meet. Embroidered text messages, by Ginger Anyhow, is an oldie but a goodie. Twenty messages tell a love story. She’s even go to the point of showing the reception and battery levels. Super cool.
Krafty Kool
February 6, 2009
It’s interesting that crafting is seen as so uncool and yet it’s starting to infiltrate things like advertising and even PS3 gaming. Usually it’s because a craft technique has been twisted or the subject matter is changed to something very urban or street rather than cutesy or cottage.
Here’s an example from Computerlove of quilling being used as typography – the simpler more contemporary items look quite cool whereas the traditional flowers on the bottom left fall into the “pretty” category for me and aren’t nearly as interesting.
Tuesday Trio – Warm and Woolly
June 3, 2008
It’s cold and rainy this week so while Oscar sleeps I’m oogling woolliness on the interweb…
- Very cool crochet bag by Hello Craft Lovers
Yummy retro flavour.
- Extermiknit!
A knitted Dalek. Genius! - Gorgeous Booties
Beautifully made by Honeyflake and there’s even a free pattern.
Tuesday trio… graphicy.
May 27, 2008
I spend a lot of time browsing crafty and graphic sites, so as I’ve got no bits of my own to share this week I thought I’d cheat and show you what I’m loving on the interweb instead.
Three is a bit of a magic number for me so here they are, my favourite trio for this Tuesday…
- Gorgeous type from Print & Pattern’s New York trip
Seriously, can that blog get any better? - Patch Set of fabric from Umbrella Prints
I especially love the hearts, the way the pattern sits so geometrically. - Bird wall decals by Elly Nelly
Simple and lovely… especially flying into the tree.
A little vintage inspiration…
April 8, 2008
I’m loving the vintage crockery that seems to be all over the net at the moment. The folksy patterns and colours scream 70s and remind me of cake making afternoons and visiting my nan when I was little.
White elephant are having a massive vintage pyrex sale over at etsy (courtesy of print & pattern), Skinny laMinx has gorgeous new tea towel designs from vintage mugs and Rosehip are doing wonderful prints on notebooks and cards.
Hello. My name is Claire. I have a sock toy addiction. It began two years ago when I was pregnant and nesting. At first I dismissed it. I hadn't sewn in years. "Craft Schmaft" I said. Well it seems this crafty thing is here to stay. This blog brings you the delights of making sock softies, fabric finds and crafty inspiration from round the interweb.
