Back on the home diy/restoration train! Been a few weeks but decided today is the day I get back to it. The last few weeks I've been either too tired after work or too busy on my own business to give DIY work any time! So here I am on a windy Saturday afternoon finally getting round to painting the fronts of my radiator covers in a nice matt black! Looking forward to getting these and the rest of the covers painted!
Wire doll of a Pure Vessel according to art from @doodledrawsthings (well, I don’t know, there seems to be a similarity,). It is planned to make a raincoat and a mask. It will be like a Barbie.✨️💛
I made some cute sunflower pillows out of scrap fabrics I had been saving from the dump. I couldn't find the right buttons so I made some out of polymer clay I had in my stash 🌻
Here's some instructions if you also want to make some 😊
I still need to draw up a sized petal template but I've also made a youtube video (my first one, it's horrible 😂) if you are more of a visual learner.
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1. Cut 1 brown corduroy circle 1 wool batting circle and 2 green 2/3 circles (for the back)
2. Cut 12 pairs of petals (24 pieces total)
3. Sew petal pieces right sides together 1cm away from edges. Turn right sides out and top stitch along the edge. Stitch centre petal seam. Repeat for all petals
4. Quilt your brown centre to the wool. I made lines about 1.5cm apart making a grid.
5 Pin 6 of your petals centre first evenly spaced around the edge. Pin the last 6 over the gaps. Sew 1 cm from the edge
6 Roll hem the straight edge of the 2/3 circle pieces (a rol hem to folding and then folding again)
7 make 3 button holes evenly spaced on one back piece
8 secure the pieces to eachother both having right sides up, creating a pocket
9 fold on your petals and pin your back piece right sides together to your flower front. Sew 1.5cm around the edge and turn out through the pocket.
10 stuff your pillow then add buttons to fit the holes you made earlier. I do the buttons last to make sure they fit nicely when fully puffed.
Just gone midnight and can't sleep, brain is too wired so here I still am, sitting on my lounge floor and applying black vinyl to my mirror frame to go above the tv! At least I can be productive when I'm feeling introverted and low mood 👌🏼🙃
A really neat crochet technique is called entrelac, which is also available for knitting. But, as we all know: I don’t knit😂🤣. At first it can seem really daunting to pick up entrelac crochet because the pattern seems so intricate, but once you get the hang of it, it’s really easy and the end result is just stunning 🤩, especially with a good color combination.
So, here’s a few tutorials to get you started, enjoy!
Made little aquariums out of clear plastic eggs that once had goodies in them!
The fish came from slime I bought some year or so ago, and I made the octopus out of polymer clay. I also used green easter basket grass for the water plants and used thread to keep the fish up and alive-looking!
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