Upcycle Thursday!!

When looking for upcycling ideas for textiles/clothing etc.   I came across this and was blown away.
A trip to see this is definitely going on my bucket list (Rio de Janiero, Brazil).
Hope you are as impressed with this as I am.

This fish, one of three, is made from plastic bottles.  It is a social commentary as well as beautiful sculpture.

 

The fish are lit up at night!

This is the link to the "upcycle that" website where you can read the whole article and also find lots of other upcycling ideas.  upcyclethat.


Have a great day!!

Elaine

Dear Jane Update!!

Our little Dear Jane group is on Week 3 of our year long challenge.
We are doing block s A4, B1, A11 and flag 4 (top row).  I have 3 done so far and will post the 4th one tomorrow.  So far most of the blocks have been done in a paper piecing method and applique.  I am going to try to do the week 4 blocks by hand - lets hope it works out ok.  

flag 4

 



A4

 

A11

 

My only problem this week was the choice of fabric for the A4 block.  I thinkg the design of the block gets lost in the print.  Oh well !!

 

Have a great day!!

 

Elaine



Design Wall Monday!!

A group of friend from our quilt guild have decided to make the Dear Jane quilt.  We have decided to do it over a one year period(hopefully).  This will require us to make 4 blocks per week to get it done.
We are now starting week 3 - so far so good!!

week 1 blocks

 

week 2 blocks

 

 

Check out design wall monday over on patchwork times.

 

 

Have a great day!

 

Elaine

Upcycle day!

I am a day late but I have a cute upcycling idea for this week.  It is going with a theme of owls.  I have made some owl ornaments for my etsy shop and then while surfing around I found these cute owls.

cardboard owls

 

Click on the link and get the instructions to make these cute halloween owls.  I am going to try and find time to make some myself this weekend.

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Elaine



Design Wall Monday

Today I have a "flock" of little penguins almost ready for listing in my etsy shop.  They will be listed in the next couple of days (hopefully).
It has been a busy weekend getting a custom stocking order out into the mail and getting yard work done before it snows again.  Fortunately we got the patio furniture put away and the leaves raked.
I am still working on the memory quilts and will post some work in progress pictures soon.

Have a look at Patchwork Times  for all the other design wall monday posts.

Have a great day!!!

Elaine

Canadian Small Business Saturday

Hi all,

I have just signed up for the Canadian Small Business Saturday promotion.  October 20th will be Small Business Saturday and any purchases made in my etsy shops will have a 10% discount (you don't have to live in Canada to get the deals).

Support small businesses and buy small!!

 



  While on the business buzz,  I have the shipping deadlines from Canada Post.
Shipping to: Canada and USA - regular parcel (surface) December 10
                     Europe - regular parcel (surface) October 25
                     Austrailia - regular parcel (surface) October 1
After these dates the shipping gets ridiculously expensive but can be done.

Now back to the fun stuff!!  I will have some new ornaments in my new etsy shop Due North Creations.  They will be cute and cuddly!

Hope you have a great weekend!!

Elaine

Snow Day!!

Good morning,

Hope everyone had a great Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.  We did, it was quiet but nice. 

It is October isn't it.  Today we woke up to this!!

 

this photo was at 9:00am

this photo was at 10:30

 



and it has been snowing all morning so far.  Oh well it is a good day to stay in and sew and dream.
I was wandering around the internet today and found this post the happy housewife that had a tutorial about making a rug from recycled t-shirts and an old towel.  It is a really easy tutorial to follow and I think I am going to give it a try.  I have upcycled t-shirts to wear and made t-shirt quilts but I haven't made a rug yet.

So I was thinking that Thursday is going to be upcycle day.  Either projects that I have made or projects that I find in the wonderland we call the internet.

Hope you enjoy the day and find something that you can recycle today.

Now I have to go and shovel the driveway!!!

Have a great day!

Elaine