Lately I’ve been super busy with school, finishing up one term and launching into another. But I always manage to come up with some crafty distractions. In the past few weeks, I’ve cleaned out and organized my craft zone in my apartment, covering boxes with fabric to make them look verra nice. I’ve learned the ripple stitch and started on a crocheted baby blanket, added some tongue-in-cheek needlepoint to a throw pillow for a friend’s housewarming, and created a D-Day themed birthday cake.
Here’s how they looked along the way, and how some of them turned out:
messy messy messy
i pulled everything out, and then got rid of everything that didn’t fit nicely into a set number of file boxes.
at this point, i still had a box or two to cover, but i think the fabric turned out looking really nice and took the clutter-factor way, way down. mission accomplished!
this is the d-day cake, made for a ww2 enthusiast turning 39. the candles were arranged to look like explosions when lit:
this is a throw pillow a friend of mine found and wanted me to add a bit of snark to:
i have to say how much i LOVE waste canvas. it really streamlines the whole process and makes it look really nice and uniform in the end. all you need to stitch anything onto anything is graph paper and waste canvas. here’s the final results:
lastly, the humble beginnings of my first baby blanket. i knew i wanted to use the ripple pattern, so i googled tutorials and found a FANTASTIC one on youtube:
this is how mine is coming along:
whew!
next on my list: a crochet amigurumi tiger doll… stay tuned in!
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