Using colour can be daunting. With just a few simple rules, you’ll be able to use confidently. The colourwheel above shows the three primary colours (yellow, blue and red) Because they cannot be created using other colours they are known as primary or first colours. If you mix equal measures of red and yellow you [...]
Read more →When I trained as an interior designer I specialised in colour. It’s something I have found fascinating since arranging my felt pens and crayons into rainbows as a child, then as a teen being taught about spectrum and light break up in science further fuelled my interest. Colour has long been known to effect mood. The use of [...]
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I wne to visit a blog that was featuring my silk flower button holes this morning and discovered a lovely tutorial to share with you. Hearts are symbols of love and therefore are a fitting gift at any time of the year. Wild Rose Design has a lovely step by step tutorial to make a [...]
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Look in the bottom corner and you’ll see one of the many storage places that Carol has to store her overflowing stash. first two (pictures) are on either side of my arm chair in the lounge and the third is my stash in the dining room. You would never believe I have a designated craft [...]
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This week, we are having a look at some of the sewing boxes belonging to members of UK Crafts Forum. Above and below are the sewing boxes belonging to Indri who is relatively new to the world of sewing, but who has been attending a historical crafts course that has got her into sewing. “I have a random selection [...]
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I once saw the most amazing Victorian sewing box on the antique road show. It was a huge, octagonal, free standing sewing box with internal compartments and clearly was an object of status. Over the years, my sewing kit has been housed in many receptacles including Tupperware boxes, baskets and carrier bags. Now my sewing kit is stored in [...]
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For the past few days, I have been enjoying sewing a memory quilt made from a little girls outgrown summer frocks. I have already been asked to create one from some baby clothes and am looking forward to doing that. The quilts can have your name(s) and Date(s) added. The quilts are completely hand sewn [...]
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What a great interview with Wendy from www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk 1, When did you start in the world of crafts? I’ve always been involved in crafts one way or another – from being small I always drew, painted, sewed, glued and just made stuff. In the past, I had a small business designing & making children’s [...]
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Following on from my recycled book posts (#1 and #2). I will finish with projects that have been created by using books. The first is a portable sewing kit made with a book by Crafts Forum member Wendy. Wendy has actually detailed the making of this sewing kit book as a fantastic tutorial with step [...]
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Carrying on From Yesterdays post where I looked at the work of Lyndsey Searle aka Swirly Arts, I have found some more delightful recycled book ideas to show you. This Alice In wonderland altered book art is by forum member Ms Mandy of Maygreen Fairies. the book is a rescued book that was bound for [...]
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Books have long been treated as treasures. But in recent years there have been more and more recycling of books. Not merely passing them to a friend to be read, but to transform books into new and useful products. The first person I knew who was creatively recycling books was Lyndsey Aka Swirlyarts. Many of [...]
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After yesterdays posts about doing fun things with concrete, I have decided to add some more inspirational ideas for you to try out. The necklace above has a feature concrete ring decoration These concrete beads look really unlike concrete A fantastic concrete chair (you may need a cushion!) You could even make a counter top [...]
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