Sunspiration.

For those of you joining in with the Here Comes The Sun! Craft Swap, I thought I’d share some inspiration & springtime goodness!

I think I might assign partners on Monday, so if you’re procrastinating, you’ve still got a couple of days to decide.

It’s set to be a rainy, miserable weekend here, so I need all the fake brightness I can muster…

Some wonderful “Spring” tutorials;

Bags, ‘spring chickens’ & more via Sew! Mama! Sew!

‘Buttercup’ bag pattern, free from Made by Rae

Tattered flower embellishments from Sew 4 Home

Crochet flower necklace from Creative Yarn

Tonnes of Spring craft ideas from Country Living

Summer tweets mobile (we’ll just ignore the ‘summer’ part…) from The Red Thread

Petal Pillow via V and Co.

Crafter’s apron from The Magic Bean

Heaps of ideas from good ol’ Martha

Sunshine in fabric form;

 

Proper inspiration, via;

I’m itching to get started myself, but I have to wait, I ordered some special fabric online & it is sure to take it’s time arriving. Hope I’ve helped a little in the inspirations stakes, have fun dreaming of the sun!

Quiltspiration.

I want a quilt. A pretty, old school style patchwork number, with lots of different colours that will go with anything.

I don’t really want to make it.

I don’t want to be someone who quilts. A quilter. I just don’t think that’s me. And it seems hard… like a pain in the ass, to be quite frank… and… and… and… well I just don’t want to. I’ll suck at quilting. I know I will. I suck at all those traditional crafts – knitting, crochet, embroidery… I am not your heritage crafter. I’m a slap dash “it’ll do” move on to something else type of crafter…

However.

I might have to give it a go. Pretty, old school style patchwork quilts are EXPENSIVE. I am cheap.

There may only be one solution, and although my… “creation” won’t look anything like these beauties, I need to get revved up about the idea. Somehow.

All hints & tips re: cheaters quilts will be greatly appreciated!

(All pics from here.)

My Creative Space.

I SO wanted to have last week's WIP ready for you today (that pic is Le Punk "helping"...), but alas, my wrist feels rather carpel tunnel syndromish and I can't say I enjoy it... I've been (hand)sewing, drawing, sewing, writing, sewing & sewing and it is starting to take it's toll so I am taking a break & stocking up on ideas & inspiration, which means, today, My Creative Space is sporting crafty books & mags.







There are old books, new books, library books & opshop mags. Yup, that's Better Homes & Gardens on the bottom there. I find it hard to believe that I own any Better Homes & Gardens mags - 50 cents or not - but I swear to you they are SO much better than you imagine them to be... really! Full of cool home ideas & crafty stuff & even the occasional yummy recipe (meanwhile, that big ass CWA cookbook has maaaany yummy recipes...!). Like the super annoying TV show without the super annoying stuff. Will be scouring the Oppy for more issues, me thinks.






(See - how awesome is that bookshelf wall? I am drooling over pretty like this right now, obsessed with buying a house, hopefully we get to go house shopping around xmas... woot!)


I'm going to get me an old peeps brass bracelet or something & get sewing again... if I don't have that WIP up next week feel free to kick my butt.

More Creative Spaces here.