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21 mars 2010

UFO attack #1: the cushion

After I moved into the new apartment I planned a massive attack to the UFOs (UnFinished Objects :-) I have around. The easiest one (because it was almost finished) was this crochet cushion I started in Ireland last year. The project was for a crochet-only...

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Tags: textile, interior design, craft, accessories, handmade, crochet

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7 mars 2010

Too late for wool?

These days you can feel the spring is round the corner, so it seemed a better idea to use cotton for my next weaving project. What looks like navy blue in the picture is actually a nice purple colour in reality, but I couldn't get it right with my camera....

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Tags: design, textile, creativity, craft, weaving, yarn, scarf

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4 mars 2010

Self portrait in my school assignment

It doesn't happen very often that you can wear your school assignments. I suppose this is one of the privileges of studying textiles. The project was about a colour: I chose pink. It was about making something to represent it: I chose crocheting a shawl....

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Tags: textile, projects, creativity, fashion, crochet

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27 février 2010

Batik and me

This is a batik piece I made on silk. I've been learning this technique in the Textile Dyeing workshop at school. I'd like to show a quick photo sequence of the process as I learned it: 1. Preparing the wax by melting it together with paraffin and filtering....

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Tags: textile, projects, craft, fabric, batik

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25 février 2010

Batik lamps

A few of my experiments in batik , a textile decorating technique. The lamp covers are cut and sewn to fit an Ikea lamp . I made three different ones, so I can change the look of the lamp.

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Tags: textile, projects, interior design, craft, furniture, batik

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5 février 2010

Before the spring comes

This is my first woven scarf!! ... I mean, hmm hmm...before it was woven, of course. A bit of order in the yarn chaos, and eventually... it's wrapped around my neck. I'm learning to weave in a rush to complete a few scarves before the warm weather arrives...

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Tags: projects, craft, weaving, yarn

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30 septembre 2009

Ok, let's do something now...

I am new to Barcelona so I don't know if it is just this time of the year or here the festivals, celebrations and holidays are really non stop. Since I came one month ago I've been enjoying lots of outdoor events, the latest of them due to Barcelona's...

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Tags: cities, textile, weaving

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30 juillet 2009

The little boat sails again

As I mentioned before, Elaine and I are doing a skill swap: gilding for stained glass work. In the past weeks we were working on the gilding of her royal bed , which is a nearly finished project (can't wait to see the final results!) and I had my 2 day...

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Tags: pattern, workshop, craft, stained glass

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27 juillet 2009

My Etsy shop at Found Paper Co.

My Etsy shop has been featured by Xenia on her blog Found Paper Co. Check her shop for lovely vintage finds!

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Tags: etsy, blogs, vintage, crat

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8 juillet 2009

The Beaded Brooch is being featured by Etsy

The Beaded Brooch is being featured by Etsy seller I Heart Crafts in her blog . Check the colorful Flickr Group too.

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Tags: craft, etsy, handmade, photography, blogs, textile jewellery

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8 juillet 2009

Today my Dorset Button hair clips from my Esty

Today my Dorset Button hair clips from my Esty shop have been featured on One Day, One Item , a blog by Etsy seller Choumie7 dedicated to handmade items. Have a look here !

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Tags: shopping, accessories, etsy, handmade, blogs, dorset buttons

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4 juillet 2009

Thinking origami #2: The Coot

More patterns developed from origami shapes. See what happened to the little boat here .

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Tags: illustrator, print, design, screenprinting, pattern, origami

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29 juin 2009

On Kumihimo experiments and creativity

Every time I start learning a new craft technique I always have the intention of beginning with the basics and following the instructions step by step to increase the difficulty of the projects. But I never get too far doing this. As soon as I can produce...

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Tags: design, creativity, craft, japanese, braidmaking, experiments, kumihimo

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27 juin 2009

Works in progress

These days I am working on a series of fabric brooches for my Esty shop and writing down notes for new accessories I'd like to make soon. At the same time I am putting together a Google map with nice shops I visited in my recent holiday in Freiburg, Germany,...

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Tags: creativity, craft, fabric, accessories, etsy

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26 juin 2009

Kumihimo

The young crafter has a new toy brought from her recent trip to Germany: a kumihimo tool :-) Since all the instructions in the kit were in German I had to browse the internet for some help to get me started. I learned the very basics with this video and...

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Tags: craft, japanese, braidmaking, kumihimo, tools

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