My creative space: home improvements

I've been busying myself with little projects, mainly for our ever changing/ constant building site of a house. Nope, I am not talking about the last pair of patchwork woolen curtains, although you'd think by now they would be hanging where they should. But I did make two things that were not on my to do list (I must be scared of running out of things to do!): Some chair cushions and a wine bag.

The chair cushions were a bit of an emergency, since Josh was threatening to get rid of our mismatched wooden chairs and get a set of matching ones. I personally really like and see a lot of potential in them. I like mismatched things in general, and I always thought repainting our chairs with various colors of our (my) choice would be great. So I started by making these little pillows to remedy to Josh's main complaint i.e. they're not comfortable. Well, they are slightly more now. I used some coffee bags I'd bought a while ago in Wellington that were just waiting for the perfect project. The inside is made of two layers of cut up duvet (I've been hoarding them).

And then... I had also been wanting to make more fabric buckets, this time with a flour sack I had an the same coffee sacks. well, it didn't exactly turn out as I imagined, but still usable. As a wine bag. Because we very often carry our wine around when we're out for a walk me and the kids. Seriously I'm sure I'll get to use it eventually, it'll be a good excuse to bring some wine next time we're invited over for dinner. Or maybe I can put our thermos in it next time we go camping.

I also (geez I've been busy!) made a new duvet cover using two flowery cotton sheets found at the op shop. They were originally single sheets, the length was no problem but they were obviously going to be short width wise for our queen size duvet. Luckily that same day in the same shop I also found a pale green double sheet that matched them perfectly. As you can tell by the photo, the cover ended up too wide. I'm not sure how I managed to get it wrong since a queen size duvet is basically a square, but luckily it's an easy fix.

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Fabric storage bins: two winners!

First of all, my apologies for taking so long to announce the winners. I wanted to have some photos of the goodies to post along with this.
I was amazed at the response to this giveaway, I will definitely be having some more and putting the rest of the bins on Etsy. I will update the shop over the week end, so don't forget to stop by!
So here are the lucky two winners:
- Lydia @ Little Kiwis won the small storage bin
- Angelina @ The Norwood Walkabouts won the medium size one

The medium sized fabric storage bin

The small size fabric storage bin

Congratulations to both of you!
How About Orange has a good list of tutorials for those of you feeling crafty. and here's another one I thought was quite neat on Jcaroline Creative. Makes me want to make more!


(Winners selected using random.org)

Fabric storage bins giveaway

Ok, I've finished making my storage bags and got a bit carried away... There are lots, in various fabrics and a couple of sizes. I took some pictures of a few with my new light box I made today, once I've sorted out a proper lighting system I'll take some more and list some of the extra bins in my shop.

But for now, I have two storage bins to giveaway, yes two! I haven't decided which ones yet, so I will post some pics a bit later. One of them will be a small size (cd case size) and the other a medium (DVD case size).

Here are the ways you can enter:
- Follow this blog
- Link to this blog
- Facebook or twitter

Each one of these options is worth one entry! And don't forget to leave a comment to let me know how you've entered, with email address too!
Entries close on the 26th of September.
Good luck everyone!

My creative space

Is clean for the first time in months! I had a big shuffle around, finally got rid of the big wardrobe taking up all the space and then Josh made me some awesome new shelves. I have to admit I am a lover of organized uncluttered spaces. I feel much more inspired and more efficient. Hard living with someone who's pretty much the opposite! Luckily I've got my own room to go crazy with my obsessive cleaning compulsions.

The shelves are already full with fabrics!

Love high ceilings: lots of space on the walls!

My sewing corner

Of course this meant that I couldn't sew for a few days, so I just finished the fabric storage bags I started last week (giveaway tomorrow) and am slowly getting through the third lot of patchwork curtains (one to go, yay!).

I've also got a couple more projects to start working on which hopefully I will post about soon. I have to say I have been enjoying doing more personal projects as opposed to only making things to sell in my shop. Although I really want to make more yoga pants soon too!
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My creative space

I've been getting a bit side tracked in my curtain making. My excuse, they are buried under a huge pile of fabrics since I moved a big wardrobe and while waiting for my beloved half to make me some shelves they will stay there. In reality I have started a new project that I find much more entertaining: Making fabric storage bags. Tahi's toys are overtaking the house, and since I like a bit of order and organization, I decided to make a whole lot of these pouches to sort the toys out. The great thing is that I can sort out toys by "theme" (music, cooking) and also get some new ones when he gets tired of playing with his current bag. Kids love novelty and rediscovering old toys!
Anyway, I've made two so far, and have a whole lot more cut out fabric ready for sewing. And since I got a bit carried away, there will be a giveaway of some of them coming soon, so stay tuned!

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