I have neglected you so colour+colour. Here is a poor attempt at photographing a moving flower.
And because I took it:
Also not as good as it could be. But it’s better than nothing right- because that’s all I have to offer you otherwise.
Archive for January, 2008
Gift from Michael, currently holding my alpaca/wool.
There hasn’t been alot of crafting going on. A little spinning (alpaca/wool, destined for dying) and some sewing yet to be completed. Maybe tonight?
I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of things- and on top of things. Now that I’m not a student I should probably do housework more often.
Like a few other people around the blogosphere I may just pop in with a few photos over the next few days? weeks? until the crafting gets back on track. Peace to all.
An evening photo shoot overlooking my flat city of Christchurch, after an hour in the hills playing with a friend’s film SLR.
Driving home through the streets of Christchurch
Effects achieved with my point and shoot by using a combination of “night” and “fireworks” modes.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. May it bring you much time for crafting.
Here is the wee tutorial I was planning before Christmas- however I’m sure you will have plenty of gifts to wrap in the coming months.
Select your fabric. Size and width not important- make sure it will fit your gift when finished. It pays not to go too long and skinny. This one is about 6×6 inches. You also need a piece of ribbon about twice as long as the width of the fabric.
Iron the fabric well and fold lengthways with the right sides together. Iron the piece of ribbon in half and put in the side seam on the bag about 3cm down from the top. (You can just see it peeking out.)
Starting at the top of the bag sitch down the open side and across the bottom. Clip corners and turn inside out. Hem the top of the bag.
Put your wee gifty inside and tie up the ribbon. It should scrunch up all nice like this with no extra effort required on your part.
Obviously you could use two pieces of fabric, fold your fabric lengthways, hem the top first- the possibilities are endless, and they take less than 5 minutes to make!
