Mushroom
This is the first finished set of paper pottery bowls that I mentioned earlier (below) when I was showing the ‘little red bowl’. The original inspiration for these bowls is obviously mushrooms, although the notion to create a set or two was borne of an earlier single bowl I made which is available in the [...]
This handmade needle-case is for the ‘Handmade Needlecase’ swap on Swap-bot. I have been doing quite a bit of swapping at this website to try out new ideas and try to hone my needlework skills. I’ve found it lends a purpose to my crafting rather than simply making something for the sake of it,. which [...]
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When I’m not running around threatening perfectly good sticks with my whittling and wood carving knives or shredding newspapers and sticking them to unsuspecting moulds I quite often find myself taking pictures of a whole host of random subjects … I’ll maybe upload more in the coming days given that I’ll not be finishing any [...]
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Is it an ornament or is it a pincushion? Well, it could be either. In this case it’s an ornament because the intended recipient doesn’t sew. The pattern for this was from Little House by the Sea, who very kindly shared her pattern. The embroidery was mostly my own creation, although the general idea was also [...]
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