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This just in…

Posted in Craft on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Remember Kris Sowersby and the beautiful, beautiful type? He’s speaking tomorrow night (that’s May 28 ) at The New Dowse in Wellington as part of Pecha Kucha. To borrow from the Craft 2.0 blog:
Pecha Kucha Night is an event in which presenters give brief presentations accompanied by 20 images, each of which is shown for [...]

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Recycled notebooks

Posted in Craft on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is one of those projects that’s percolated through my mind for a few days before coming to the surface again. Craft: linked to the Martha Stewart craft-of-the-day last week, and in the course of my browsing I discovered the video for making recycled notebooks.
It’s definitely got potential… change the size, and maybe use something [...]

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Pencil tin

Posted in Craft, Sewing on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Craft: had a link to a great tutorial from Elsie Marley the other day — how to make a tin can cover — that I just couldn’t resist.

The concept (originally from a Japanese magazine called “Cotton Friend”) is simple, but seemed to waste the lining. It ends up against the tin and is barely seen! [...]

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New favourite internet gadget

Posted in Craft, I want to make..., I'm in love with... on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Introducing PocketMod! Billed as the free, recyclable pocket organiser, I think it’s a little slice of genius. And, since there’s space to include images from the web, there’s nothing to stop you designing your very own, super sexy, ultra-cool cover. Or back page. Or inside page. Or pages.
Although if you’re going to make every page [...]

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Much ado about owls

Posted in Needlework on May 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’m not sure what it is about owls that has captured everyone’s imagination at the moment — I can’t think of anything else that’s hit the craft world with such wide-reaching appeal, although that probably means I just haven’t been paying attention.
For me, owls are inextricably linked to the 70s. Flowery orange wallpaper, woodgrain [...]

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Like I need another pattern…

Posted in I want to make..., I'm in love with..., Sewing on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We’ve established, haven’t we, that I really don’t need more reasons to search for fabric. Nonetheless I’m absolutely in love with the Kasia skirt from Burda Style.
The pattern’s free — that’s a good start — and I have some grey fabric that I no longer recollect what I was going to make out of it, [...]

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