I have a new blogging home at Jo Cavey Creates where I have moved a few of the posts from this site and will also be blogging about new and different things :)
Faberdashery
Crafting in the city
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Friday 6 March 2015
Bed-linen revamp
I had a beige set of bed linen passed on to me from my Grandma, which was really good quality, but didn't quite go with our bedroom interior.
So I dyed the whole set navy, fairly cheaply...
...and used some spare striped fabric I had lying around to liven up the plain navy...
...et voila - stripes are the future!
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Ombre star canvas
My sister has recently moved into her first owned flat in Kent, and so with the new year upon us I thought it would be a perfect time to make her a new home house-warming present!
I sneakily collected a selection of paint swatches from various DIY shops:
And used a favourite gadget from my Mum's craft collection...
...to cut out a colour-themed array of tiny stars, which I grouped in varying shades of blue:
I then measured out equal spacings on a 50x50cm canvas and began PVA gluing the stars on in rows, from lightest blues to darkest...
...and waited for the glue to dry.
In the drying stage the stars' edges curled up slightly, but I like this as it gives the picture a nice 3D effect. I hope my sister does too!
I sneakily collected a selection of paint swatches from various DIY shops:
And used a favourite gadget from my Mum's craft collection...
...to cut out a colour-themed array of tiny stars, which I grouped in varying shades of blue:
I then measured out equal spacings on a 50x50cm canvas and began PVA gluing the stars on in rows, from lightest blues to darkest...
...and waited for the glue to dry.
In the drying stage the stars' edges curled up slightly, but I like this as it gives the picture a nice 3D effect. I hope my sister does too!
Hallway transformation Part II
So this is where we left off the transformation of our flat hallway just before Christmas:
I nailed together and then painted the halved table in the same colour as the mirror (see that transformation here):
With the stripes finished on the wall, I screwed in the bobbin hooks...
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