I've decided to give blogland a whirl. The main purpose of this blog is to keep a record of my projects - which happen when inspiration strikes me - anytime! I am open to and love all the different materials out there, and LOVE learning new techniques. The internet is pretty awesome for inspiration these days, with all the inhabitants of blogland and Pinterest of course!
It started with knitting, then moved onto crochet, patchwork, re-upholstery, finger-knitting, applique (haven't tried it yet), and I'm sure there are plenty more where those came from. I've spent a lot of time thinking about and figuring out what I enjoy doing, and from that I've developed my "ethos":
Re-use something if possible, re-purpose, recycle. This means acquiring materials from charity shops, scrapstores and the like. When I visit a fabric shop the first stop is the remnants bin. Some would call it "make-do and mend". If I have to buy new fabric, just because, erm.... I'm incredibly impatient, I will only look at the "reduced to clear" section. Quilting cotton can cost anything up to £20 per metre, and jeez I don't think I could justify spending that much on a bit of cotton fabric, just out of principle.
Here is a picture of a basket I made from simple brown packing paper, and when that ran out, I pulled out some coloured paper to jazz it up a bit:
The tutorial for these baskets can be found here.
I have lots more projects in progress or that I want to get started on - watch this space!
-Linda
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