Ornament

Jolene on November 4th, 2012

We’ve been invaded by owls this weekend.  I made another couple yesterday and young Miss MadeStuff is going to be making a larger owl after her lunch today (a picture of that will naturally follow construction). I think they look like they’re getting ready for some Christmas carols and the chap there on the left [...]

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Jolene on November 3rd, 2012

Felt owls, making a come back by popular demand – can be made to order with any initial and a colour of your choice. Available to purchase in the shop

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Jolene on March 1st, 2012

Some new items listed in the shop today; pin cushions, bags, brooches, pendants and our hanging bird ornament kits.  Check it out! shop.madestuff.co.uk

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Jolene on October 31st, 2010

Those readers who know me personally or pay attention to the small details will know that I spend time away from home on a fairly regular basis.  This has seen me occupying almost every room on some floors of the Holiday Inn Express in Bridge of Don over the past year or so.  There’s clearly [...]

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Alasdair on October 27th, 2010

OK, so I previewed these in my previous post however I finally managed to source some ribbon I was happy with and I’ve got them finished and pictured: available from coriandr and etsy

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Alasdair on October 18th, 2010

Regular readers may remember a post I made a few weeks ago, Trial by Clay, in which I featured a rough attempt at a clay bird, I’ve since refined the notion and have been merrily creating a range of slightly smaller free standing birds with a simplified design in red and white, the scheme works [...]

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Jolene on October 13th, 2010

I know, another Christmas post, but really it’s not that long until the big red cheery chap comes again!  I’ve made quite a few of these hanging birds but they don’t photograph well.  I think they’re shy! They’re a simpler take on the fabric finches regular readers will be familiar with, which makes them quicker [...]

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Jolene on October 11th, 2010

The idea of printing on fabric has been something I’ve been wanting to try for some time now.  I’ve neither had the time nor the inclination until this weekend, when the urge suddenly took me to get my finger out and make something for a change. In my head this was going to be a [...]

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Jolene on September 28th, 2010

Paper fabric is fabric made with layers of paper and other bits and pieces, in this case glitter and threads, covered with a whole layer of tissue paper.  I used an old sewing pattern instead of plain tissue paper.  All of this is glued in sequence on top of a piece of muslin with watered [...]

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Alasdair on September 10th, 2010

It was about two years ago that someone suggested that I should have a go working with clay when they saw the wood carvings I was turning out, at the time it wasn’t a suggestion I took particularly seriously, not to say that I wasn’t interested I just couldn’t get my head around it as [...]

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