tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74880743627441111062024-03-14T11:06:43.877-07:00Addicted to MakingMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-34561470089662907052015-05-14T11:56:00.001-07:002015-05-14T12:07:28.051-07:00Macrame, DIY belts & 1970s retro styling...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since the building work on our house was completed I've been tasked with planning the decorating and interior styling. The house is a typical 1970's build - complete with 'serving hatch' between kitchen and dining room which I have not, under any circumstances, let anyone remove (although a previous builder did somehow manage to chop and inch or so off the bottom of the doors so I've still got to work out how to sort it back out!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a bit of a collector (aka <i>hoarder</i> according to the family) I am also looking forward to mixing the decor plans with being able to display some of my finds. I also want to give the occasional nod to it's humble summer of '76 beginnings (without overdoing it) so it's great that all things 70's are back on trend because it means there is lots of inspiration in the shops! </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've already got me some flared jeans and a few crochet tassel tops (ooh I'm so retro ;-)) and what I want now is a belt and well, being a crafter, what a fab excuse to get making a DIY macrame one just like they did back in the day! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've used simple macrame techniques to make jewellery in the past - I even did a '<a href="https://youtu.be/5s0VYbDyqzU" target="_blank">Macrame Bead Bracelet</a>' tutorial for YouTube when 'those' (<i>which-shall-not-be-named..) </i>bracelets were popular. In fact if you watch it you will see how to make basic 'square knots' (plus a few other good tips for adding beads to knotted cords!) </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've kept the rest of the knotting pretty simple on the belt so once you can do a square knot you should find the rest of it pretty easy too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next I brought the two outer pairs of strings down the outside and, leaving a small gap, I used 2 x 'half' square knots to attach them to the two middle pairs...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I used the same threads to work large square knots across all three middle pairs of strings...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that, the pairs were separated back out and, leaving a small gap, </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the two outer pairs of strings were secured to the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">two middle pairs with 2 x '</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">half' square knots...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After that I began to repeat the pattern (i.e. leave a gap, make 5 square knots etc). Just make it as long as you need to go around your waist or hips. My belt measured around 83cm not including bangles and tassels so if you want longer be sure to cut longer strings to start with (it's not an exact science!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and with the Suffragettes in mind I decided to string this one onto ribbons in their campaign colours.. white & purple with the background of the pendant already being green!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Dad gave me the Forget-me-knots growing in our garden and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been waiting for them to reappear. He loved flowers and spent as much time as he could in his garden and was more than happy to share cuttings and seedlings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had it in my head that I would like to use some pressed Forget-me-knot flowers to make a pendant</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (..and I guess always have a bit of Dad in it somehow - he had lovely blue eyes when he was young too) but </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a little too impatient to press flowers in a book and wait months like I used to when I was growing up, so I made myself a small microwave book and experimented with how long to 'cook' them for to get them just right.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still... trial & error and lots of patience have prevailed and I eventually had enough to begin experimenting with. First off I lightly glued them onto some paper and used some Mod Podge 'dimensional magic' to create the pendant look. I was quite excited to see what it would come out like but, alas, the next morning they had all but lost their colour! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To be continued...(</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">wish me luck).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During half term my son was given the task of making something for his World War I topic homework. One of the suggestions was to make a poppy and, as I'd made loads a couple of years ago after writing the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://addictedtomaking.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-crochet-poppy.html" target="_blank">crochet poppy post</a></span>, it was an obvious one to pick (even his teacher suggested I would do it with him!) So, while G made a mock up of a trench with soldiers for a photo based project I had a think about how we could do a different sort of poppy this time. I remembered that he had used some foam clay earlier in the year for another project and decided we would make our own 'clay' poppies as a sort of tribute to the Tower poppies. We made several in both foam clay and silk clay which we bought from a lovely little craft shop called '<a href="http://alltheprettythings.co.uk/" target="_blank">All The Pretty Things</a>'....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">..they were free on promise of making a donation so at least it should've raised a good bit for Poppy Appeal :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also bought some gorgeous 'Milly' 100% wool while I was in the shop so I could have a go at 'super sizing' the crochet poppy pattern which turned out like this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used a chunky 10mm crochet hook... this pic is to give you an idea of scale</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still get requests to make those little crochet poppies and made several new patterns for a Simply Homemade magazine feature (one is now a free pattern on their blog <a href="http://www.simplyhomemademag.com/blog-projects/item/576-tutorial-crochet-poppy?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">here</a>) However, I also felt I should do a new crochet poppy project for the Centenary and wrote a pattern for this 'Remembrance Style Poppy'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used a 4mm crochet hook, some red cotton DK - you'll also need a button, scissors and a needle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Begin with a magic circle and make 2ch into it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Join with a ss then make 2ch...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">then make 3dtr into the next dc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3ttr into the next dc..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, 2tr plus 2 ch into the next dc and ss to the next dc. That's the first 'petal' done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leave last dc empty (it kind of helps to define the petal shape). Finish off and pull the thread end to close the middle circle. Sew in the ends at the back for neatness.</span><br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-34674757598136771712014-10-31T04:11:00.001-07:002014-11-08T12:07:14.279-08:00Witches, Wire & Wands<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm still stuck in my temporary crafting space with everything squashed in around me and not much room to create but I couldn't miss doing something for Halloween! I've done several pumpkin projects in the past so wanted something different. I cast my eye about for an idea. Then I saw this stick while we were on the dog walk...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As soon as I saw it I imagined it would make a great Witches Wand for Halloween! The first thing to do was to strip it (old potato peelers are great for this task)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and wrapped it around the join between the two pieces of felt to embellish the handle a little..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can see it's not hugely inspiring (even worse on a wet day!) but hopefully means I will soon have a lovely new crafting space to </span><strike style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">play</strike><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> work in. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyone who's had building work done will know, it's a necessary mess and you have to play lots of move-boxes-around-the-house which basically means I can't find all the bits & pieces I need to be able to make the projects in my head (still.... it won't be forever...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's also very noisy and hard to think straight... as you can imagine I've done very little 'making' recently as a result! However, this week I had to get rummaging through the boxes so I could find all the pieces & tools to make a necklace for my daughter who is going to a </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1920's themed </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">party. Rather than the usual 'Flapper Girl' style she has gone for a more Downton Abbey dinner dress and I have followed suit with a long beaded necklace with focal tassel. </span><br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-56492523975395093722014-09-08T06:12:00.000-07:002014-11-08T12:08:18.037-08:00Cherries, earrings & crochet...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">always think of crafting as a great form of therapy or a good distraction technique so today, although there is not much in the way of blog musings, there is a little tutorial I've put together for a pair of mixed media earrings... cherry earrings because when things get tough you have to go find your own!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this project you'll need a 2.0mm crochet hook, some jewellery pliers plus green embroidery thread, 0.6mm green coated craft wire, earring findings, jump rings and I've used 2 x 12mm red 'crochet' covered beads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, the embroidery thread is used to make two small leaves to compliment the crochet covered beads and they are quite simple as follows: make 4 chain...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next cut 2 x 6cm length of the green wire..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had it in my mind recently to have a go at weaving a wall hanging using lots of threads, yarns, ribbons and things that I have around so, I made a loom out of an old picture frame and had a play with a blue/green seaside theme - deliberately wanting it to look kind of 'un-settled' like the sea and leaving wispy ends like seaweed. I attached a wavy 'drift wood' type stick as a hanger too (</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'm yearning for a holiday.. or at least a trip to the seaside!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Something else I've enjoyed doing this weekend is bringing in the harvest... not proper farm crops (although there's plenty of that type of activity going on around here) but a beautiful, scented crop of lavender. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year I noticed one of my neighbours had a huge lavender bush in their front garden and, when they were cutting it back towards the end of the summer I asked if I could have some of the stems which they told me they just throw away (eek!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing I did was tie it all into bunches and let them hang for a couple of hours to get rid of any creepy-crawlies.. and while that was going on I nipped indoors to have a quick search around the internet to find the best technique for drying it out without loosing the scent. The general advice is to hang in a dark, dry room or airing cupboard - or failing that put into brown paper bags to dry out. I didn't have a large enough room/cupboard or any bags either so needed to come up with a bit of improvisation.....l</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">uckily we had a huge roll of brown wrapping paper to hand so I thought I would just make big 'envelopes' for each bunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently it can take a good month for the lavender to properly dry out and be ready to remove from the stems so I just need to wait now (although I will give them a little shake every day or so to help separate them out whilst drying too). </span><br />
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<br />Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-61385639403699363132014-07-22T11:22:00.002-07:002014-07-22T11:23:12.356-07:00Butterflies, Sunshine & Happy Birthday Prince George...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It really doesn't seem like a year since I did a </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://addictedtomaking.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/hrh-prince-george-tiny-crochet-booties.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">blog to celebrate the arrival</a> of HRH Prince George </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and seeing all the pictures of him today with the butterflies (</span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which you know I a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y </i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">❤️... ) just makes me like him even more - Happy Birthday to our little King-in-the-Making!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought, if he is peeking at the blog from his mum's lap, that he might like to see my fluttery visitors to the garden - the one below is a gorgeous 'Comma' that came to settle on the Buddleia...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and I nearly never spotted the striking Brimstone Butterfly that was also resting in the same bush (he blended in so well!) The sunshine has really brought them all out today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Emmeline was certainly a larger than life type character. She was the founder of the Women's Political and Social Union (WPSU) and leader of the Suffragettes. Born in Manchester and married at 20 she felt very strongly that women should be given equal rights to vote but Parliament disagreed. Many women supported her from a distance but were too frightened to join and get in trouble so often just wore a small badge or discreet piece of jewellery in the Suffragette flag colours of green, white & purple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The campaigns got increasingly militant with lots of stone throwing, wire cutting, chaining to railings and worse. Emmeline was imprisoned many times, went on hunger strike and was force fed (a truly horrendous business). Then came the start of WWI and a kind of truce was called. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the war progressed women were increasingly needed to fill the gaps in jobs & industries as part of the war effort and eventually that led to an acceptance that they should be entitled to a more equal standing and be able to vote - the first ruling allowed women property owners over 30 to vote and eventually (sadly just after Emmeline's death) an equal vote to over 21's regardless of gender or status. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think Emmeline deserves a little ongoing recognition for her core principals of equality so I've made a birthday tribute to here in the style of an early 1900's Suffragrette necklace - to make your own necklace you will need: 0.6mm gold plated wire, golden chain & various jump rings/eyepins/headpins, 2 x green czech crystals, 1 x small white freshwater pearl, 1 x small purple crystal heart, assorted pliers/cutters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm pretty excited that there is a new film due for release later this year called 'Suffragette' starring the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Carey Mulligan & Meryl Streep amongst others *<i>rubs hands with glee</i>* so no doubt there'll be a few more Suffragette inspired projects sometime in the future ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So... I've been watching the new Channel 4 program called '</span><a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/this-old-thing-the-vintage-clothes-show" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">This old Thing</a><span style="font-size: large;">' about how to re-style your Vintage clothing finds and, whilst not quite wanting to start chopping up my Nan's dresses, I have been dreaming about all the scraps of vintage fabric they would be accumulating and what I would do with them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want a bigger pin cushion just cut a larger circle of fabric and, if you are feeling fancy, you could give it a frill, ribbon trim or other such embellishment! This is a great little gift idea too so hope you enjoy using it as one cute way to make use of your small fabric scraps.</span></div>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-71670437758229949132014-06-27T09:22:00.002-07:002014-07-10T09:20:41.985-07:00Freya, the Steampunk Necklace &TGIF...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd pop up a tutorial for the weekend, this time taking my inspiration from the naming of 'Friday' which appears to have many origins including several Goddesses of Love: </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Venus </i>(Roman), </span><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Aphrodite</i> (Greek)</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> or </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><i>Freya (</i>Norse) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have chosen Freya as my inspiration. As well as 'Love' she was also a goddess of Fertility, Divination and one of the Valkyries (</span>great wiki explanation of them <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">). Freya was also known for her magical necklace, the </span><span style="font-size: large;">'Brisingamen' which was forged by dwarves.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, with all that <i>spirited-warrior-women-flying-around</i> thing and </span><span style="font-size: large;">love</span><span style="font-size: large;"> going on I think I found the perfect focal Steampunk style charm </span><span style="font-size: large;">in my stash </span><span style="font-size: large;">for a necklace for Freya which I've also strung on layered chains. Here's the step-by-steps...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will need..... your jewellery pliers, a focal charm, two different sizes of chain, large jump rings and a toggle clasp. I've used gunmetal/antique silver tones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Start with 2 x lengths of the smaller link chain that each measure approx. 37cm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Measure the chain per your preferred neck length and use jump rings to attach the toggle clasp pieces</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It also has a bit of 'Biker Chic' to me too - just imaging it teamed with a denim jacket & boots....</span></span><br />
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<br />Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-58072467006672368442014-06-23T09:30:00.002-07:002014-06-30T03:06:36.635-07:00Doodles & How to crochet a Granny Square.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Last week it was tempting to spend every day outside but I had a website to build and a stack of other paperwork-y stuff to do so all the creative moments were a bit snatched or guilty because I knew I should be inside.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">However, by Friday night the paperwork was done and the website launched which meant I did get to soak up a few rays & chill in the garden over the weekend - total bliss - and play with a new blog project idea bubbling round in my head which was largely triggered by two things:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The first</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i> bit</i> was inspired by accidentally hitting the </span></span><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm feeling </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">lucky</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> button on my browser when I was web building last week which took me to all the 'Google Doodles' </span>(<i>try it but be warned you can loose time real fast!</i>) <span style="font-size: large;">- it got me thinking about the colours of the word </span></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">G</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">g</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">l</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;">e</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The second bit </i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was having had a couple of friends bemoan the fact that they would love to crochet granny squares but couldn't quite get the hang of it....</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now you probably already know how much I </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji';"><span style="font-size: large;">❤️</span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Granny Squares (any excuse will do!) so I just put the two thoughts together and came up with the idea of a Google inspired Granny Square tutorial!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, if you are having trouble with your naughty Grannies I hope this will help you sort them out..(I've even added proper 'Step' number headings so you can keep track of where you are if you have to break in the middle of making one!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Gather your hook, scissors & </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">G</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">g</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">l</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">e</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">colour yarns..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Begin by attaching your </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>blue</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> </b>wool to your crochet hook...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Make a circle by joining the last chain back to the first chain with a slip stitch..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now slip stitch to the 2nd chain in your first 'treble' and fasten off. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now connect your </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>red</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> yarn into one of the chain spaces & make 3 chain stitches as your first treble..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now make a new cluster of 3 trebles into the next chain space, followed by 2 chain stitches, 3 more treble stitches and a single chain stitch...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And repeat (Step 14) into the next chain space.. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And repeat (Step 14) again...ending with a slip stitch </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">to the 2nd chain in your first 'treble' and fasten off.</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Now hopefully you are getting the hang of this by the time you are connecting your<b> </b></span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>yellow</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b> </b>yarn? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The basic trick is: </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Make 1 x treble cluster in the side spaces </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>plus 2 x treble clusters in each corner space (</i></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>I make 2 x chains between the clusters on the corners but only 1 x chain between each cluster on the sides)...</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime here is part II of the <a href="http://addictedtomaking.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/neon-fingertips-funky-necklacespart-i.html" target="_blank">neon necklace project </a>that I promised to post - and a great way of making your own cord 'clasp' which you will be able to adapt to use on all sorts of other necklaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We pick up where we left off at the end of the last post - i.e. where your necklace is pretty much complete with just a simple set of 'ties' at the back. Here goes...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Now all you have to do is thread the cords through the coil clasp and gently give the top & bottom wires of the coil a tiny squish with your flat nose pliers - just enough so that you can still slide the clasp up & down the cords but also enough that it won't slip off them easily...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I painted my nails but this week I thought I'd try out one of the fab neon colours around this summer - everywhere you go there is fuchsia pink, bright yellow, lime, aqua clothes, accessories & jewellery. I don't think my nail painting is as neat as it could be but it's certainly eye-catching!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, as I still have a stash of bright acrylic beads from the bead shop days, I thought I'd make my own neon necklace to funk up my look and, of course, I will also share the steps with you on the blog..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">To begin with... </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">you would need to gather up some colourful thick cord, a selection of beads, tiger tail, crimps, ribbon clamps and jewellery pliers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cut 6 x lengths of cord that each measure around 40cm. Then, holding three of the ends together, lie them on a piece of sticky tape and fold over the top. This is a great way of keeping them together for the next step....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I beaded approx. 15cm of tiger tail but you can make it longer if you want too. When you are happy with it, slide on a crimp, thread the end of the tiger tail through the other ribbon clamp </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">loop, back down through the crimp and the first few beads - pull it tight and crimp, then trim the end to neaten up if it is poking out between the beads.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think it must be a good year for the daisies as they seem to be out in abundance everywhere I look which got me to thinking about using them as an inspiration for a new project and had me humming 'Daisy, Daisy...' all over the place! I began to wonder about the song and who Daisy might have been and discovered the ditty was written by songwriter </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Harry Dacre in 1892 and was said to be </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">about a certain Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville, Countess of Warwick.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Countess 'Daisy', born in 1861, was a British Socialite who's mother was said to be a descendant of Charles II through one of his mistresses. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Apparently she was once up for consideration of marriage to one of Queen Victoria's sons but either it turned out he loved someone else or she didn't particularly like the stuffiness of Royal life and went on to marry Frances Greville, Lord Brooke aka 'Brookie'. They lived together in Warwick Castle where Daisy was said to hold lavish parties and even hosted seances which were <i>de </i></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>rigour </i>at the time. She was also an aficionado of the bicycle which has to have had something to do with the song lyrics too don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Daisy, herself a veritable fashionista with dresses regularly shipped in from Paris, and 'Brookie' became part of a very swanky social set headed, no less, by Albert, T</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">he Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII). Not only that but, it was said, Daisy also began to have a number of affairs with powerful men - including the Prince! After that she fell in love with a millionaire (and had 2 children by him) but he went on to marry someone else and she was pretty broken hearted. <i>However, </i> that was not the end of the scandalous affairs, partying and gossiping surrounding her and eventually she hit upon hard times - having spent much of her money on her lavish lifestyle! She even sank so low that she tried to publish memoirs about her affair with the prince but she was hushed up and another time it's said she almost went to prison! </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Daisy was not a discrete person and eventually earned the </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">nickname '</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The Babbling Brooke</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">' due to her inability to keep details of her affairs quiet. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">During her life of scandal she somehow managed to find time to open a school of needlework in Essex amongst other philanthropic establishments, and get involved in social politics and was quite a vocal supporter of Women's suffrage. She became a bit of a writer (one of her books was about William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement) and she did eventually publish her own memoirs titled '</span><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Life's Ebb and Flow</span></i><span style="color: #0b5394;">' in the late 1920s. </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Quite honestly it all seems a bit of a risqué sort of life and a real daisy is such a small, unassuming little flower it seems inadequate for such a colourful character!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Anyway - let's get back to my garden </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">daisies and see what project they inspired...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here we are </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">at the end of another week and for the early part it was beautiful blue skies & fluffy white clouds all day! It was so warm & summery that I even </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: start;">(shock horror...) </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">dug out an old pair of shorts & </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">birkies!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have <i>been-a-making</i> but also having fun with a spot of retail therapy. As </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">nothing is quite ready to post yet as a new project, I thought you might like to share in my therapy and take a little peek into what I have been out gathering in readiness.... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">First up is this total impulse buy which just needs a little spot of up-cycling to make it perfect for my craft space. I just fell in love with the colour!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Doing it up is really an outside job and unfortunately it's raining today, but it is a long weekend - hooray! - so if the weather cheers up I should be able to make a start on it...exciting :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Next up is another blue tone & very random purchase - even Teddie was curious! I have no answer as to why I got it (and Easter is long gone so I can't even pretend its because of that). I just liked the pattern and colour..I guess it simply appealed to me...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">That purchase was quickly followed by this pretty vintage egg coddler. Again it happens to be in blue-ish tones and again I bought it for no apparent reason other than I like the 'Woodland' pattern...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Now, here's a bit of a clue as to what I might be making something with soon (and yes, it's blue again!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And finally, for my irresistible, utterly gorgeous, dash of pink (</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with a touch of lime green</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">)...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Don't ask me what I will do with it because I don't yet know! I just couldn't put it down once I picked it up and when I do make something with it I will let you know.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, that's me set up for the bank hol along with a spot of gardening, friends, family & Pimms! And I really hope all this rain makes my newly planted runner beans grow :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">All photographs (c) Addicted to Making</span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-61481223717565114352014-05-14T09:07:00.002-07:002014-06-09T06:29:21.014-07:00Poldark, Pasties & Picnic Basket Charms...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Last week there was much excitement in one of the little towns around here with the arrival of a film crew for the re-make of the popular 1970's Poldark series (based on Winston Graham's novels</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It was brilliant - the whole of one end of the High Street had been given an C18th make over! There were pens of sheep...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> ...and even some of the shop fronts had been replaced with more authentic retailers of the time...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">....then just finish sewing up and trim any ends.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Cut a small rectangle of dark brown felt into a cross as shown..</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">(you should now have a pie 'base' like this...)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Cut a second piece of felt that will fit as a 'top' for the pie </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">...and begin to sew onto the top</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Just before you finish sewing up the top, stuff it with stuffing.</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Cut a small circle of brown felt... </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Run a tacking stitch around the edge but leaving a long end of thread at the beginning and ends...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Pull the ends of the thread together to gather up the felt</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">You should now have 3 cute little pies like this!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Push a jump ring through one of the pie stitches on each pie (or make a little threading hole in the felt with a bodkin) then close the jump rings.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">...or so the 16th Century poem by Thomas Dekker goes. Will you just </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>LOOK </b></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">at those gorgeous apple blossoms - although they are already going over since I took this pic and all too quick for my liking! I want them in my hair. I want to dance in light spring rain. I want to make them... but maybe not today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To start, cut yourself a piece of memory wire large enough to fit your wrist but with a good overlap to allow for turning loops.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">All photos (c) Addicted to Making.</span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-77246149865863520052014-04-29T06:01:00.000-07:002014-06-09T06:26:44.226-07:00Sweet Peas, Crystals & Intermittent Fasting...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have before me today, a sea of crystals.... sparkling in the sunlight..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> I could sit for ages just looking at them whilst they catch the light and throw out pretty little rainbows.. but really I should get on because one of today's tasks is working on a commission for some bridal pieces (</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I do have a bridal tutorial in the wings so will hopefully share that later in the week)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Also so far this week I have been pinching out my sweet peas which I planted a few </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">weeks ago and which have simply shot up!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My other big 'to do' this week is to try out <i>intermittent fasting</i> as a way of both loosing a couple of pounds (</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ermmm...ok.. several pounds!</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">) and enjoying some of the additional health benefits it is said to give. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You only have to search for the popular 'Fast Diet' (aka the 5:2 diet) to see how people sing it's praises. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I've never been one for dieting really and I am a terrible sugar snacker (biscuits... easter choc etc) so I hope I am able to keep on the straight and narrow with this simple plan otherwise there's not probably not much hope! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So, I started with a 'fast day' yesterday and </span><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">almost</i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> managed the target cals for ladies (which I would have made it if it weren't for a couple of dizzy sugar lows...and I'm not into it to feel ill!) Anyway, today is a 'normal day' so I am having a nice amount of food to fill me up but, I am also now mindful of curbing that sweet tooth so my next 'fast day' isn't too hard. Right, </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I'm off to make another cup of green tea while I <strike>play</strike> work with those crystals...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Last night I decided I would make a token craft gesture towards St George's Day with a crochet rose in lovely bright red cotton DK. I wanted it to look a little Tudor-ish so slightly separated the petals as I worked. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Turn the work and begin to make the petals as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That's the first 'rose petal'. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">After that make a ss to next dc, ss to next dc and begin to make the next petal in it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Continue all the way to the last couple of dc which will give only you a 'half petal' but put add extra 2 x tr in the last one for the centre. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The last thing you need to do is stretch the petals slightly to space the stitches out (this is what I think gave it the more 'Tudor' rose look...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I am quite happy with the result and it's a good size to wear pinned to a lapel which is apparently a bit of a lost tradition.</span><br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-36449411021208227392014-04-15T11:24:00.002-07:002014-06-09T06:22:52.708-07:00The knitted Easter Hippy Hat & the Soldiers Buttons...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Spring sunshine & warmth, along with the return of a burst of fresh colours in the garden always makes me feel inspired and, h</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">aving been locked away sorting beads and various other </span><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">have to do</i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> tasks for the last couple of months, I feel it's time to re-awaken the creative bloggyiness within and get making some new projects!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the moment I love these gorgeous little 'Soldiers Buttons' flowers (as we call them in our family) which are abundant in our garden - proper name '</span><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Kerria japonica pleniflora</span></i><span style="font-size: large;">'...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to try and replicate their pretty golden fluffiness and somehow work them into a project. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Making something similar was pretty simple - I got out my trusty flower loom, picked the smallest size circle and attached some orangey-yellow wool.. here's the step by steps..</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Then use a piece of thread to sew back and forth between the loops across the middle in a star shape to secure the petals... </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">After that I decided to knit a little 'hippy hat' egg cosy on which to put my little button flower..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It really doesn't take too long to whip one of these for a cute Eastery gift - they'd look great in all sorts of other colours too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happy Making :-)</span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488074362744111106.post-91710611113414399242014-04-11T15:55:00.000-07:002014-04-11T15:55:56.204-07:00Interruption to service...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apologies for the interruption to blogging - life (and those darned beads...) have been getting a little in the way but there are lots of ideas floating around in my head and I'm really missing a bit of bloggy creativity so normal service will be resumed very soon :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hope you had a lovely Christmas and got lots of new crafting goodies to play with? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What a start to the new year we've had with all that rain - the ground around here has just about had it and if there is much more I am seriously considering if my woodwork skills are up to making an Ark! We started to feel a little stir crazy over the holidays so got out and about taking some snaps...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">We had to face the scary flooded roads...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Poor drowning tree!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Definitely no nice country walks today!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As with the beginning of any new year, you get that kind of 'must do' feeling such as must get fit...must eat more healthily... and in my case - must sell off the remaining BBL bead stock! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">'It' (as in <i>all those tubs of beads I have been ignoring so well for months now</i>...) has been sitting here for almost a year since I closed my bead shop and after being messed around for ages by a potential buyer I can finally no longer stand it and have gone full steam ahead towards selling it off...cheap!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once they're gone they're gone!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's not exactly what I wanted to do but I am staying determined and getting it all bagged up into lovely jubbly mixes at super bargain prices (cross checked versus eBays finest deals!) Some are random mix ups like those above which will be a <i>first-come-first-served</i> kind of sale and some will be one-bead type mixes of all sorts of colours...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Price examples are like this 250g of super large flat<br /> oval glass beads at £4.99!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">250g of gorgeous large glass rectangle beads... only £4.99!<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6mm round glass beads - a whopping 500g for £8.99! </span><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">100g for £4.95 - that's over 180 beads! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've also been getting down to sorting out pendants and, with Valentine Day just around the corner, have re-discovered all these gorgeous hearts...I'd forgotten how much I loved them and how excited I used to get when a new shipment of beady goodies arrived!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Super bargain prices at £1.25 each or £7.99 for one of each!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and more!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">There's loads more to sort too in all types, shapes, sizes & colours. It'll take while and it's quite hard work lifting boxes, sorting, taking pictures, pricing etc. In fact, I think I need a make break right now...hmm.. which heart shall I pick to play with?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Happy 2014 Making!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846957405427952642noreply@blogger.com0