It's been a few weeks, since I decided to make a bag for myself and looking at the date of the photos, it's been exactly two. Two weeks of pushing the fabric left and right, till last night, when I had

Dear Needlework and Hive Friends! Finally, here are some snaps of this latest 'sweatercoat' project! It is mostly-complete, as garments that I make for myself often take a lot longer to get the very final

proyecto de reuso de una prenda de vestir/ clothing upcycled project

Hola, Friday! The day reminded me of the snapshots we took over a week ago while traversing the roads of MK where a bunch of colorful mushrooms or fungi, whatever you wish to call them, are sprouting.

a jacket that has been sold! You can see Part One of this coat story HERE and Part Two HERE Dearest Friends on Hive and in our Blessed Needlework Community… I’m in the kitchen with @vincentnijman and trying

Nini: A Handmade Christmas Surprise Who would’ve thought a sleepless night could lead to such a cute creation? That’s how Nini, my little handmade Christmas doll, came to be. I transformed an old plastic

How to make original Christmas cards from upcycled Monopoly and other game pieces

One short pencil skirt in grey linen + half of a flared cotton skirt + pair old wool trousers = beautiful fishtail skirt

Hello again DIYers! I'm back with another upcycling project. I still had more of that packing foam that I've been making into magnets, and I was inspired to make shelves with it! So I had this box shape

There is a wealth of possibility in every void: Nature Abhors A Void, as we say - and We Are Nature.

I was hoping to create more on Day 57 of The 100 Day Project but it was not to be. I got myself into the attic and quickly wrapped a couple more presents with papers I'd decorated by cleaning brushes etc.,

Hello friends! I'm back with another upcycled magnet. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about making a watermelon magnet, and that only used about a third of the big foam piece, so I decided to make a peace

Earlier in the week @jacey.boldart and I had a bit of a natter, in the comments, about using a practice journal. This led me to dig out one of my old journals which I stopped working in a while ago. I

Day 32 of The 100 Day Project is a Wednesday which means I'm out of the house all day from early o'clock until late o'clock. It's always a race against time to get up to the attic and create something

Day 23 of The 100 Day Project and I've returned to the cluster book. As I've previously mentioned I'm beginnning to run out of ideas of what else to use to make new clusters out of, having used paper,

Day 18 of The 100 Day Project was almost the day when I didn't make it. It's Wednesday, work in Garden Cabin day, which means I'm out of the house by 9 and not back until the evening. My plan was to get

This collection of posts records my attempt at completing The 100 Day Project. The first couple of posts tell of my preparation for the challenge ahead and then the aim is to post every day with an update

I used a Gogurt box 2.) Drawing the Sides of the mailbox: Here's what the sides should look like. I traced a half-circle for the top of the side shape, using something round as a stencil -- I used the

My tentative first steps in restructuring 3 pairs of old jeans into an autumn coat...

A very final update on my finished apron-dress, in the Italian medieval quarter setting in early morning sun today...