Upcycle Thursday

Today I have an upcycle idea from Recover Girl for a patchwork quilt made from recycled wool sweaters.  Head on over to her blog for the tutorial .

 

 

I also found this cute scarf that was upcycled from old sweaters.  You can find the tutorial at Stuff Steph Does here .

 



 

 

I have been keeping up with the creative everyday challenge and here is what I have been working on since Monday.   It will be done today.  I think this qualifies as a UFO finish as well. This is a Bead Journal project 2011 piece - I have 7 done and will put them together and call it a day and move on to finishing the Bead Journal Project pieces for 2012.

 

 



Have a great day!!

Creative Every Day

I have just joined the Creative Every Day Challenge.  I hope that I can keep it up with my Dear Jane challenge as well.  I am also trying to make this year the year that I finish up those UFOs.  I have recently had the push to sort out the UFOs because we had a dryer fire in our laundry-sewing room (caught in time so there was not too much damage - a load of laundry melted-burned and smoke damage).  We had to take everything out of the room to clean up the smoke damage and I have been sorting it as it goes back in.  I had two applique projects ready to go and I decided to not go ahead with them (does that count as my projects finished for January).  I am currently working on a stack and whack quilt that I started in a workshop and have decided to give to my father-in-law for his birthday.  It will be finished this week - I will post photos then.  And I have a sweater that I started knitting 4-5 years ago that I am working on during the evening time.  I am hoping it will be done before the end of the month also.  My goal is to try and get two UFOs done each month (no pressure)  Enough rambling for one day.
I think I have found a way around the problem with posting pictures.  So I will attempt to post the photos for Week 5 and Week 6 again.

Have a great day!!

Happy New Year!!

I am a little late getting started this year but at least I got started.

Unlike everyone else I am proposing a New Years Revolution!!!  I am going to attempt to reinvent my whole life.  I will be adding new things to the post monthly to let you know where I am in this adventure. 
Like almost everyone on this planet I will be tackling the diet, exercise and UFO problems first.
I am committing myself (lol) to finish up or remove from the premises all of my UFO's this year.
I am also committing to revamping my diet over the next year.
I am committing to finishing the Dear Jane Quilt that we are working on.
On that note, after a little hiatus because of the Holiday rush I have finished week 5 and 6 and am starting week 7 this week.

For some reason it won't allow me to upload pictures.  I will as soon as I can



week 5

 

 

week 6

 

Have a great day!!

 

Elaine





Upcycle Thursday!!

Once again I have found something pretty cool on the Upcycle That blog!  This time it is a dress made from old telephone books.
I don't know how well it will stand up to the rain or snow but it probably would be warm.  I hear that they used to use paper as "batting" for quilts in the Victorian times.

If you have time have a look at the Upcycle That blog there is some pretty ingenious stuff on there.

I also found this Christmas tree that is made from Sprite bottles.

Happy Holidays!!

Dear Jane update

With the holidays and work winding up I have not been too productive with the dear jane blocks
I have finished the week 4 blocks but I am not completely happy with them.
I may have to redo some of them in the new year.  Right now I am just trying to keep up.

week 4 blocks

 

Not a great picture either  :)

 

 

Happy Holidays!!

Week 3 - Dear Jane

My week 3 blocks for our Dear Jane quilt are done!!

I am working on week 4 but with the holidays it is getting harder to find the time.

Without further ado!

Week 3 blocks

 

Have a great day!!

 

 



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