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  • Rope rainbow hairclip hanger
    crafting,  upcycling

    Rope Rainbow Hair Clip Storage

    February 23, 2021 / 0 Comments

    After seeing a hair clip rainbow from the fantastic Nerdy Knits, I wanted to have a go at making something for my little one’s growing collection of hair clips and hair bands. After a lengthy discussion involving mermaids and unicorns, we landed on a rainbow hair clip storage solution. You will need: Macrame rope (I used 10mm thick) Wool in your choice of colours Ribbon for hanging Fabric Button Needle and thread Hot glue gun (or use the needle and thread to attach) I used the same method to make the rainbow as in my Rope Rainbow post, except I used three lengths and cut the rope long so there…

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    Gemma Clatworthy

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    Crochet temperature blanket

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020

    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020
  • meeple curtains with yellow, red, green and blue meeples
    crafting,  upcycling

    Fabric Paint Meeple Curtains

    January 30, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Another lockdown, another lockdown project! This time, I wanted to brighten up our games room by zshushing up some plain curtains with brightly coloured meeples. Read on to find out how I created these fabric paint meeple curtains with a homemade stamp. You will need: craft foam cardboard pva glue scissors or scalpel to cut out the foam masking tape fabric paint paint brush or roller to spread the paint curtains / material To create the stamp, I (full disclosure – my husband did this bit as he’s a lot better with the scalpel than I am!) cut a large meeple shape out of the craft foam and then stuck…

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    Honey Bee embroidery

    Makebox – Bee Kind embroidery Review

    August 31, 2020
    fabric christmas tree wall hanging

    Upcycled fabric Christmas tree wall hanging

    December 2, 2020
    upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020
  • red and white rope candy canes
    crafting

    Rope Candy Canes

    December 10, 2020 / 0 Comments

    These rope candy canes are super simple to make and feature macrame rope and wool, so you can use up your yarn stash. You will need: Macrame rope (I went for 10mm thick to get chunky candy canes) Wool (I went for double knit red and white from my existing stash) Floristry wire Cut a length of rope as large as you want your candy cane, I did this by eye and these are roughly 17cm long. Wrap the rope with floristry wire, leaving 1cm at each end for fraying. I went forward and back with the wire so it was doubled before cutting off, making sure any sharp ends…

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    Crochet Rainbow

    June 16, 2020
    meeple curtains with yellow, red, green and blue meeples

    Fabric Paint Meeple Curtains

    January 30, 2021

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020
  • fabric christmas tree wall hanging
    crafting,  upcycling

    Upcycled fabric Christmas tree wall hanging

    December 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I have a quilted wall hanging that I made a couple of years ago and I love it, but it’s autumnal so I always feel I have to put it away at Christmas. This year I decided to make it reversible so that back is now an upcycled Christmas tree wall hanging and I can have it up in my house for longer! This was also a great scrap buster for green material! First, I edged the wall hanging with red material from an old pair of curtains. This formed a nice 4 inch border frame for the picture. Next I arranged a selection of green fabrics into a pattern.…

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    rope rainbow

    Rope Rainbow

    October 2, 2020
    meeple curtains with yellow, red, green and blue meeples

    Fabric Paint Meeple Curtains

    January 30, 2021
    climbing wall

    Climbing Wall

    February 16, 2021
  • stripy facemask
    crafting,  upcycling

    Easy upcycled face mask using a pair of leggings

    November 18, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I was so impressed when my daughter made this easy upcycled face mask from a pair of leggings that I wanted to share it with all of you! This pattern will fit a small adult’s face (the elastic is a little tight on me!) or a child. Firstly, take a pair of child’s leggings, ideally ones that have been outgrown or are never worn. Cut off the legs so you have about 22cm of fabric. Pin a 2cm hem each side. Sew the hems. You can use running stitch or backstitch or whip stitch if you don’t want the stitches to show. Make sure you leave a good sized channel…

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    climbing wall

    Climbing Wall

    February 16, 2021
    mosaic splashback in white and blue

    Mosaic Splashback

    August 4, 2020

    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020
  • Crochet temperature blanket
    crafting

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020 / 2 Comments

    I had a lot of fun making this Crochet Temperature Blanket for a present for someone special using an apache tears pattern. It was a great evening lockdown activity and as I did this for the birth year of my mum by looking up historic UK temperatures, I already had the data rather than sticking to one row per day. Full disclosure, getting the data was time consuming and took 3 evenings to copy down all the data! Then I chose my colours: Temperature (Celsius) Colour below 41 dark blue 41-45 blue 46-50 light blue 51-55 green 56-60 light green 61-65 mustard 66-70 light orange 71-75 pinkish 76- 80 red…

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    upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020
    stripy facemask

    Easy upcycled face mask using a pair of leggings

    November 18, 2020

    Autumn Wreath

    October 13, 2020
  • crafting,  upcycling

    Autumn Wreath

    October 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    An autumn wreath made with leaves and conkers

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    Gemma Clatworthy

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    Honey Bee embroidery

    Makebox – Bee Kind embroidery Review

    August 31, 2020
    Crochet temperature blanket

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020
  • rope rainbow
    crafting

    Rope Rainbow

    October 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    making a rope rainbow using rope wrapping techniques

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    Gemma Clatworthy

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    upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020
    mosaic splashback in white and blue

    Mosaic Splashback

    August 4, 2020
    fabric christmas tree wall hanging

    Upcycled fabric Christmas tree wall hanging

    December 2, 2020
  • crafting

    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020 / 0 Comments

    A portrait of St Mary's Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff in machine embroidery

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    Gemma Clatworthy

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    Crochet temperature blanket

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020

    Crochet Rainbow

    June 16, 2020
  • upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid
    crafting,  upcycling

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020 / 0 Comments

    This make was a quick upcycled lampshade after I managed to get a great lamp base from a freecycle group but wasn’t happy with my plain lampshade. I wanted a quirky lamp for my craft room and cream wasn’t going to cut it! So I took a small existing lampshade I already had, some wool from my craft stash, some pom pom trim in a gorgeous hot pink and my trusty glue gun to transform from drab to fab. First I glued some wool from my stash (similar to this in teal) to the inside of the lampshade. Then, I wound it round and round the shade until it was…

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    Gemma Clatworthy

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    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020
    rope rainbow

    Rope Rainbow

    October 2, 2020
    mosaic splashback in white and blue

    Mosaic Splashback

    August 4, 2020

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