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green upcycling 23 Apr 2009 | 08:40 pm
Marvelous! look at this! A successful upcycling project. Take 1 wool sweater and put in washing machine on 60 degree wash. Cut off neck line, sleeves and rib band. How to make mitts: Make a hem at ...
Zuzu's cardigan 13 Apr 2009 | 09:43 pm
A lightning knit! Hand knitted in new Rowan Classic Cash cotton 4ply, pale yellow Eyelet detailing, raglan sleeves, picot edging, vintage buttons. Mum Abi and Zuzu herself both seemed very pleased....
Spring Fling! 17 Mar 2009 | 10:58 pm
Mostly thinking about selling work today. As opposed to making it which I seem to do most of the time. This is the next opportunity... Please do bring along friends and family. As well as my work t...
obsessive colour categorisation 7 Mar 2009 | 12:59 am
After looking at Hen house organisation I felt inspired to do the same. A hint of sunshine made me feel like looking at more spring and summer colours. so... pinks! ...yellows! ...blues! these thre...
second use projects 3 Mar 2009 | 03:04 am
i used to be a t-shirt! this was a fabulous idea! very much a prototype but its great and works! i cut around the body of the t shirt continuously all the way over any seams. balled up it weighed 10...
needle cases 24 Feb 2009 | 08:16 am
inside the needle case so these are what i've made today. six needle cases. i love them. all are made from the same piece of upcycled fabric of a floral print in 100% cotton. hand crocheted fastener...
upcycled projects 19 Feb 2009 | 02:04 am
brown/teal small shoulder bag green/pink jewellery wrap buff/cream jewellery wrap (detail) upcycled projects All these projects and more are available to view on flickr. some similar things availa...
blogging set up 14 Feb 2009 | 02:05 am
I have spent most of today trying to organise my 'favourites' section on the lap top. some of the things i connected to are from ages ago and are no longer interesting. Some things I have found are li...
blog virgin 11 Feb 2009 | 02:19 am
oh wow! i am blogging! the first one i've done. Thought it was about time, lots of things i need to share with you all. 1. my stuff i've been making. 2. stuff i've been making and you can look to buy ...
