tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36033217523161693662024-03-15T03:46:41.017+11:00365 Reasons not to die with a full craft cupboardErnie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.comBlogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-53638417889502870512013-03-22T16:26:00.002+11:002013-03-22T16:26:24.998+11:00I'm over on my new blog now!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thanks for dropping by. I'm over <a href="http://avintagecraftyadventure.blogspot.com.au/">here</a> now at <a href="http://avintagecraftyadventure.blogspot.com.au/">A vintage crafty adventure</a>. My first <a href="http://avintagecraftyadventure.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/a-pile-of-vintage-linen.html">post</a> is now up.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-7848065126682421002013-03-20T14:12:00.000+11:002013-03-20T14:12:34.202+11:00Day 366 - A 365 patchwork table wearing leg warmers.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here it is, my last project, with the other one of my free nest tables. It is a tribute to my 365 project, and comes with woolly legs, for the chilly Bendigo winters.<br />
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What an awesome thing to have done. I have loved doing it, learning new skills, trying things I never would have tried, and getting a huge buzz from completing things I never imagined making.<br />
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My new blog is here. <a href="http://avintagecraftyadventure.blogspot.com.au/">http://avintagecraftyadventure.blogspot.com.au/</a> Not set up yet but hopefully I will get a chance to do that over the next couple of days. You can keep following my ramblings if you want to.<br />
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Thanks to everyone who has supported me over the past year and kept me going. Special mention to Joyce, I've loved your comments and appreciation.<br />
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I'm off to have a cuppa now, with Little A at kinder for 2 hours, I get a tiny bit of time a week where no one is talking to me. Now that's what I call bliss! x<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-75824141260692210222013-03-19T12:15:00.003+11:002013-03-19T12:15:58.390+11:00Day 365 - Girly Jeans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the last day in my 365 project I thought it only fitting to make something for my biggest fan and supporter throughout the project, and in fact throughout my crafting times in recent years, my 6 year old daughter Juliet.<br />
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My Juliet has never been a jeans girl. She has chosen her own clothes most decidedly since well before her 2nd birthday, and she has always loved layers, and skirts and leggings. She loves dresses now too.<br />
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I friend of mine gave us some pairs of jeans that belonged to her daughter, so I thought I would 'girly' them up a bit to see if I could get her to wear jeans every now and then. She loves them, so we'll see what happens. A little bit of pink goes a long, long way.<br />
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Nothing to do with the jeans but man she's cute.<br />
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Loving herself sick!<br />
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I have to admit that day 365 is quite a downer. I feel like there should be fireworks going off, or something exciting to celebrate, but there isn't. I want to keep going, but I don't. It's like the end of a uni year but I'm not going out after my exams are finished.<br />
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I'll be back tomorrow with my last post, and, hopefully one last project for this blog. Yes, that's 366 reasons. </div>
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Today I've taken an ancient cardigan, and added a little bit of colour.<br />
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I used embroidery thread, six strands, and made large french knots by twisting the thread around the needle five times. I joined a few knots together so that they look like flowers.<br />
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I did all this with a tired 3.5 year old on my knee holding onto one arm. :-)<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-61269688996603604262013-03-17T19:15:00.003+11:002013-03-17T19:15:37.072+11:00Day 363 - Pants that ROAR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Back in 2010 I bought this book <a href="http://www.readings.com.au/product/9781740666305/pip-lincolne-meet-me-at-mike-s">Meet me at Mikes</a>. It has lots of simple projects in it and it got me back into sewing which I really hadn't done much of since I was a teenager.<br />
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I ended up making heaps of pairs of these baby yoga pants, a super simple pattern in the book.<br />
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Here are some of the ones I made for Little A back then.<br />
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Today I made some of these for Mr D, with some fabric I found at the op shop for $1. It's a cute and vibrant fleecy lined fabric that will be fantastic for when it gets cooler.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-35434123007086448122013-03-16T17:21:00.002+11:002013-03-16T17:21:29.411+11:00Day 362 - Felt and fabric ipod pouch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Liam went bowling with 2 of his mates for his birthday today so I had to make a cake. He wanted a footy oval. We stumbled upon these Aussie rules footballers at an op shop at the beach the other day. Score! I had to paint some little stripes on the jumpers. Go Tigers!<br />
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I cut the cake into an oval shape and the rest is seen below.<br />
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The spoilt one was also lucky enough to get an ipod for his birthday. Today I made him a simple pouch for it, sewing together felt and fabric, then adding a button for a clasp chosen by Liam.<br />
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One of his mates is staying the night tonight. Aidan is sleeping over in Juliet's room. Wish us luck!!<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-43684412262171521872013-03-15T16:08:00.001+11:002013-03-15T16:08:54.011+11:00Day 361 - Hot air balloons with messages inside<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is another anniversary present for my hubby for our 10th wedding anniversary. I had the idea of making some hot air balloons with messages in them a while ago, but wasn't sure how I would do it. Then a couple of weeks ago these string lanterns stopped working, and it occurred to me today that they would be perfect for making mini hot air balloons. There are even ten of them, for the 10 notes I had planned.<br />
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I got the lanterns, some cardboard icecream cups, and some string I recycled from packaging.<br />
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I tied strings to the bottom of the lanterns.<br />
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Then I punched a hole in each side of the icecream cups, threaded the string through and secured the string with a bead on the inside of the cups.<br />
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Then I wrote some notes.<br />
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Rolled them up and tied them with string.<br />
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And buried the notes in shredded paper, recycled, from a birthday gift.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-69812384088269498222013-03-14T18:36:00.002+11:002013-03-14T18:36:48.959+11:00Day 360 - Child's bedroom canvasses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Back from camping but so exhausted and feeling a bit down as I always do after quality family time away. The time away camping was good healing time, did some grieving for my Nan and some reminiscing, started to feel better, then had a down day again today.<br />
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Liam had a wonderful birthday yesterday, and I took him to see Chitty chitty bang bang in Melbourne on the way home. He was still on a high this morning.<br />
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I can't believe that little man is 8 years old already. The years just fly by. I miss those baby years, although I do love the little man he is now.<br />
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Some memories below, and a few snaps of camping and beach fun.<br />
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Here are some canvasses with felt, paint, some stitching and a few other bits and pieces. I made them. Only five days to go....Have no idea what I'm making. Can't think past today at the moment.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-35095452832642536652013-03-13T18:48:00.001+11:002013-03-13T18:48:04.933+11:00Day 359 - Needle felted alien birthday card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mum and I did a needle felting workshop for her birthday a few years ago. I made this cute bear, but haven't done any more needle felting since then.</div>
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I decided to do a little mini project of speed needle felting for Liam's birthday. My big boy is 8 today. How time flies. I would like to try a bigger project soon. This was a rushed campsite alien with small children looking over my shoulder. They were impressed!</div>
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Today I made a simple shaker toy for Mr D using a slurpee sipper we got at the kite festival on Sunday.<br />
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Beautiful day down at the beach today and a lovely little bit of the morning doing some leaf rubbings with the kids using my old crayons from the 1980's. I loved this box of 64 crayons with their wonderfully exciting names like mahogany and periwinkle. Endless possibilities.<br />
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Mr D is what I call a wanderer. He just spends his days running around exploring every corner of the world he can possibly find. I spend a lot of time looking at the view in the following pictures and running after it. It's a cute view, but it sure can be exhausting. And when there are cars around it can be a little stressful at the campsite. Here's my campsite solution, using some op shopped sheets and tomato stakes and held together with tacks.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-64368901669706212532013-03-09T17:46:00.001+11:002013-03-09T17:56:26.088+11:00Day 355 - Campsite prints from found plants<p>Doing some painting at the campsite with my Little A and we decided to do some printing with a few bits and pieces we found on the ground. A gumnut, some leaves and some bark. We made these into a flower.</p>
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<p>We are now camping for a few days at the beach. Stay tuned for beach craft and phone blogging. </p>
<p>Exhausted now. Night all. Or it might be morning where you are. Happy Friday!</p>
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I'm using book pages again today to decorate Mr D's room now that he has his own pad.<br />
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I had some old frames and a cute little book I got for 50c. It doesn't even have a publication date or author but I love the illustrations.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-3378830585058465812013-03-06T16:47:00.000+11:002013-03-06T16:47:35.285+11:00Day 352 - Curtains for the bunk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The boys changed rooms on the weekend with Dylan having his own room now and the older two sharing. We set up the old bunks that used to belong to my brothers which has been very exciting.<br />
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Here are Aidan's new bunk curtains for when he needs 'privacy' :-) .<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-18106128750520937722013-03-05T19:26:00.001+11:002013-03-05T19:26:08.431+11:00Day 351 - A little shelf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My Nan died in the early hours of this morning. 93 years old, with 5 children, 25 grandchildren, 50 great grand children and 4 great, great grandchildren. She immigrated to Australia in 1927 from Ireland with her family on the long boat trip.<br />
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I drove to Melbourne this morning to spend the day at her house with family members. She was very fortunate to be able to live on her own and take care of herself until two weeks ago when she had both a stroke and a heart attack. She was also very lucky to have a life so rich in love and be surrounded by loving family members in her last days. She will be missed dearly, but what a beautiful life.<br />
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Never one for material possessions, she knew the true value of family, and her house was always a meeting place for my cousins and I, and also for the families of her brother's and sisters. We will miss her as a link that bound us, and as a constant figure in our lives. Goodbye my Nan, love you long time, love you always, and glad to know you are at peace.<br />
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A memorial tree we planted for her in our garden, a flowering gum.<br />
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At our wedding.<br />
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Nanny and I many years ago.<br />
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With my cousins today seeing how many we could fit into her outside toilet. She would never have allowed it :-).<br />
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I made a little nook in my craft room. Using some brackets and a book for the shelf, and lining a recycled toy box with some yellow felt.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-90709691079990610402013-03-04T13:47:00.000+11:002013-03-04T13:47:10.338+11:00Day 350 - Repurpose an old table to new foot stool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I inherited 2 of old nesting tables that have been sitting in the shed for a couple of years. As of today, one is now a cute foot stool.<br />
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Used a square piece of cardboard to draw patchwork squares on fabric scraps and cut out squares of fabric.</div>
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Lay them out the way I thought they looked nice.<br />
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Sew them into three strips and then sew the three strips together to make one panel.<br />
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Found this old sheepskin seat cover for padding on the top of the table. If I was more organised I would have used wadding or foam, but this is what I found today in my house.<br />
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Stretch the fabric over the table, with the sheepskin underneath, and hammer in some tacks to secure it.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-67884769102904962122013-03-03T17:54:00.002+11:002013-03-03T17:54:33.712+11:00Day 349 - Japanese Kokeshi Dolls <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Juliet and I went to a workshop at the Bendigo Art Gallery during the school holidays. We learnt how to make dolls from toilet rolls based on traditional Japanese Kokeshi dolls.<br />
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Here's what we got up to.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-79693959401192123402013-03-02T16:33:00.002+11:002013-03-02T16:33:46.159+11:00Day 348 - Vintage plate cup cake stand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning I did some lovely leisurely op shopping on my own. Bliss! Needless to say it was difficult to return home. Although once home I was inundated with cuddles. And of course I managed to bring home lots of op shopped books for the kids, which made me even more popular.<br />
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I found these lovely plates. The larger one is hand painted.<br />
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Here I am with my drill. This is my first time using an electric drill. Quite chuffed I was! (A practice plate in this picture).<br />
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I bought this screw set on ebay for a few dollars. And here is my adorable new cupcake stand.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-2463824269196735542013-03-01T17:09:00.001+11:002013-03-01T17:22:39.667+11:00Day 347 - Adventures with wee ones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week has been a strange one. Some sad news for me, but also some miraculous rain. After 7 months without it, the sky finally opened up, and how excited we all were about it. Since we survive on tank water only, we are well aware of water conservation and just a couple of weeks ago needed to get some water trucked into our property to fill our tanks. The rain brought with it a beautiful sound on our tin roof, the smell of the damp Aussie bush, and best of all, muddy puddles to splash in.<br />
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Here's some of the fun we've been up to.<br />
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Aidan and I decided to make this little house and garden for the fairies and woodland folk who live up the back of our property. You can spot them if you look carefully enough.<br />
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The 2 little boys and I went to Melbourne yesterday to visit my Nan who is unfortunately quite ill in hospital. While we were there it seemed a sin not to visit an op shop, and Aidan chose these adorable bubba cino (espresso) cups which we got for $4. How cute are they? He does love his cinos.<br />
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This inspired me to create a home corner in the lounge room for a bit, with old sheets, pillow cases, ribbons and lace, boxes etc. It was a definite hit!<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-87659229967040261472013-02-28T18:06:00.000+11:002013-02-28T18:06:38.005+11:00Day 346 - Chalkboard wine glasses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Something for the adults this time. :-) I've run out of chalkboard paint so I guess this will be my last chalkboard post for a while.<br />
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As you can see, Mum needs the larger wine glass....<br />
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I have a special refashion today. Special to me. This is a dress that used to belong to my grandma. In fact she loved sewing and it looks like she made this for herself. She died about 18 months ago but a few months before that she moved into an aged care facility and she gave me some of her clothes. She was a couple of sizes larger than me so this is the first time I've tried a refashion of one of her dresses. Her eyesight being a bit poor there were a few stains on the front so the first task was a wash. :-) This in itself gave me a smile at her memory.<br />
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First step was to cut off the sleeves, and then take both sides of the dress in by about an inch.<br />
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Then I added a couple of rows of shirring elastic to the shoulders at the front. This elastic was also gifted from my gram, and this was my first time trying shirring. It was really easy, and I will definitely be doing it again soon.<br />
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Then I found an old belt meant for another vintage dress that I never wear the belt with, and wrapped it with red lace (also from gram). My Gram was quite flamboyant at times so I felt the dress should have a bit more colour in her honour.<br />
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To match the belt I used a red felt brooch which I made very early on in my 365 craft project. I actually pulled apart the brooch and then sewed the front section of it onto the dress by hand, with 2 strands of green embroidery thread.<br />
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Here's the finished dress.<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-63403886663879386602013-02-26T13:43:00.001+11:002013-02-26T13:43:31.474+11:00Day 344 - DIY lace earring storage solution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every since Juliet and James made me copious amounts of earrings for my birthday I have had a storage crisis with my jewellery. It's all cheap stuff and is spread everywhere and can never be found when I want to wear it.<br />
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I decided to create this today in my walk in robe. I just attached some lace and ric rac to the wall with drawing pins and the little holes in the lace are prefect for getting the earrings in and out easily. Pretty happy with myself really, this is very practical and pretty too. Looking for stuff all the times drives me completely mad!<br />
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Improving my life one step at a time. ;-)<br />
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Ernie's Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942735819548850598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603321752316169366.post-66246248950429733102013-02-25T12:19:00.002+11:002013-02-25T12:19:54.692+11:00Day 343 - A chalk board wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Judging from the amount of chalk dust that now covers my entire house, the chalkboards from yesterday were an 'epic success'. Liam has been using his endlessly to draw minecraft worlds, his latest obsession.<br />
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I thought why not just do a whole wall? Well, part of one anyway. I had the prefect spot where Mr D decided to draw on the wall during the week with a whiteboard marker, and not all of it came off with sugar soap. As you can see the whiteboard where I write everyone's weekly schedule has been hijacked, so I'm hoping this can be just used by me now.<br />
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