Thursday, 22 December 2011
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Brocante Art at St Albans flea market
Brocante art took part in the wonderful St Albans flea market in November and we shall be there again on Sunday
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Monday, 19 September 2011
found some beautiful linen
Friday, 26 August 2011
Brocante obsession
Back from France and now more than ever totally into my vintage textiles and brocante life, must find a way to move to France and live and breath french style
Monday, 23 May 2011
They are a bit small
so here they are... my TV buddies
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Holy Smoke
Check out these incredible animal sculptures, the attention to detail and skill used in producing these objects are phenomenal.
http://www.holy-smoke.co.uk/portfolio.html#
http://www.holy-smoke.co.uk/portfolio.html#
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Pics of blind from inside and outside
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| My homemade Roman blind as seen from inside |
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| blind detail as seen from outside |
Monday, 25 April 2011
How to make your own Roman Blinds
We moved into our house nearly two years ago and have neglected the front room's soft furnishing for long enough for me to call the local curtain & blind maker, only to be presented with an eye-watering quote that gave me the far fetched idea that I... yes, little me, could actually make one myself from scratch.
Four weeks later I am the proud owner and maker of a bespoke Roman blind that cost me less then a quarter of the curtain maker's quote.
Let me clarify the reason it took me four weeks is because I have young children which limit my free time to concentrate to about 3 hours at week at the very most. I would say that for a determined person with free time it could be done in a day or two long afternoons, providing you have all the materials at hand and have done your preparations.
I used an extra large French metis (Fleur Bleue) linen sheet for the front and a long piece of mattress ticking I bought in Oxfam a few years ago was used as the lining. The ticking has the added advantage of making a feature of the back of the blind as the blind looks very stilish from the outside.
Now here is the list of what you will need:
*Sewing machine - you will need to be confident in using one
*Upholstery or heavy duty fabric measuring the width of your window frame plus 10 cm (5 cm each side for seams)
*Lining fabric the same size as above
*matching thread
*Dowelling, about 5 lenghts of your blinds width (plastic ones are sold in John Lewis)
*Roman blind tape, again at least 5 lengths of your blinds width
*Stick and strip velcro for the top
*Blind cord
*Screw eyes
*Acorn
*Cleat
*One piece of wood between 6 to 10 cm longer than the width of your blind
Trick number one - remember to take your time making sure the measurements are very precise as you do not want to waste your valuable fabric or have to undo your work to repair mistakes
Four weeks later I am the proud owner and maker of a bespoke Roman blind that cost me less then a quarter of the curtain maker's quote.
Let me clarify the reason it took me four weeks is because I have young children which limit my free time to concentrate to about 3 hours at week at the very most. I would say that for a determined person with free time it could be done in a day or two long afternoons, providing you have all the materials at hand and have done your preparations.
I used an extra large French metis (Fleur Bleue) linen sheet for the front and a long piece of mattress ticking I bought in Oxfam a few years ago was used as the lining. The ticking has the added advantage of making a feature of the back of the blind as the blind looks very stilish from the outside.
Now here is the list of what you will need:
*Sewing machine - you will need to be confident in using one
*Upholstery or heavy duty fabric measuring the width of your window frame plus 10 cm (5 cm each side for seams)
*Lining fabric the same size as above
*matching thread
*Dowelling, about 5 lenghts of your blinds width (plastic ones are sold in John Lewis)
*Roman blind tape, again at least 5 lengths of your blinds width
*Stick and strip velcro for the top
*Blind cord
*Screw eyes
*Acorn
*Cleat
*One piece of wood between 6 to 10 cm longer than the width of your blind
Trick number one - remember to take your time making sure the measurements are very precise as you do not want to waste your valuable fabric or have to undo your work to repair mistakes
to be continued
Good night Mads
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Yet another heart, perhaps the royal nuptials are being a bit of an inspiration
this gorgeous cushion is made using recycled pink wool with hand embroidered cotton
a true one off as I have run out of this fabric, I will probably to keep it in my bedroom
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
soo proud of my pin cushion
I made these large pin cushions with recycled tartan wool and embroidered creamy wool.
They are very useful and for being larger than usual can hold hundreds of pins, and a pleasure to carry around
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Gorgeous small things at Selvege Fair
What a wonderful display of goodies at Selvedge fair on Saturday.
My favorites were the beautifully crafted cupcake/pincushions from Rosie's Armoire
see www.rosiesarmoire.co.uk
Also loved the displays and chat from Milla and Arti www.millaandarti.co.uk
My favorites were the beautifully crafted cupcake/pincushions from Rosie's Armoire
see www.rosiesarmoire.co.uk
Also loved the displays and chat from Milla and Arti www.millaandarti.co.uk
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