Sunday 26 November 2017

WovenPillows

This time I designed and made these two decoration pillow cases of recycled traditional Finnish woven wall hanging called "raanu". They are made of wool but the warp is traditionally white cotton. Don't try to do this unless you are advanced in sewing and craft. Simply because you need to be very skillful in your sewing skills and understand the structure of woven fabric to avoid the warp to fray out and whole project to turn out to a disaster.


PS. If you google "raanu" you will find many pics of this traditional Finnish wall hanging. They are very colorful like our autumn nature and Northern Lights which both usually inspired the designers. Today "raanu" is not popular anymore because it is often considered too big, needing too much space and old fashion. They used to be hang on the walls to create warmth.

Saturday 25 November 2017

SagaPillows

Do you remember Nordic Collection of Important Items? Some fabric was left over the project so I made SagaBag. It has been MyShoppingBag since that. Now I designed and made two SagaPillows for the living room where also Nordic Collection of Important Items is placed. The blue fabric is from old but unused hammock!

Friday 24 November 2017

CableJumperPillow

Like Hers also His jumper got old. It got accidental rupture to one elbow. At the end we decided there is no use to fix it. That's why I designed and made another decorative pillow of it.

Monday 20 November 2017

PlanetEarth

I had a dream...

...and He made it true.


Sunday 19 November 2017

HorseCard

This time I made a horse themed birthday card. I used old calendar for the horse picture and commercial mail for that "wooden wall" theme on the background. So, again paper craft prints are recycled and we can save the planet earth a bit. If you want to use recycled materials for your paper craft, you just need to store it all safe to avoid winkles.

Friday 17 November 2017

FinlandStripe -socks

I designed and knit socks inspired by FinlandFlag. I used Novita 7 veljestä yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (150g = 300m).

This pair will be a Christmas gift -again- . ☺

Monday 13 November 2017

NewBornBaby

This time a card was needed for NewBornBaby. To create a card I used an old book bought at local library sale. It is a nice book "Jag vill också ha ett syskon" by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The book is illustrated by Ilon Wikland.

I paid just 0,20€ of the book and see how beautiful card I created from it! Now the story and pictures of it can spread around the world by pretty cards I will make by using the book to give new life to it.

Sunday 12 November 2017

Back to Pullover

 
This time I sew a pen case for a friend of mine. I decorate the back side by using old old very old ribbon I inherit from my grandmother who passed away on 2010. I sew it onto a red felt.

For the front side decoration I used cross stitching. I made also the corners at the bottom of the pen case to make more room into it.

I made the lining and used BiasTape to fasten the zipper. I also added recycled piece of satin ribbon to decorate the zipper and make it a bit easier to use.

It is my very own design and includes my own design of Pullover which I stitched last month. Free cross stitch chart is available for it.

Saturday 11 November 2017

CatPillow

Another beautiful my own design pillow has been done. I used last pieces of An Old Jacket of which I've made pillows over 4 years ago. Those pillows still look very fine! For this pillow case I used CatGobelin picture I inherit from my grandmother years ago. Isn't it cut!

Friday 10 November 2017

JumperPillow

 
YoungLady faced few dramatic moments when She realized She had overgrown Her DearFavoriteCottonJumper that's B L U E !!! OMG!!! Well, I decided to be TheBestMomEver and made Her a special Christmas gift of it. Santa is going to be very nice to Me this year!!!

Using BiasTape and zipper is easy way to open & close the pillowcase. By accident She saw the pic of it but not the physical pillowcase. There's renovation going on in Her room, so this comes for a need.

Tuesday 7 November 2017

Knight

This card is made by YoungLady using Scratch Art method and template. It means you need a special paper designed for it. You can -of course- do free hand art according to your own design or use ready designed pictures and templates. Lovely idea is also give a blank card with a ready made design and scratching tool so that birthday hero can do it.

Monday 6 November 2017

WarmthForMe

Following the same idea which I showed at HotWaterBottleCover -tutorial I designed and made new HotWaterBottleCover for Me&MySelf too.

I used 100% wool teddy fabric. It is so soft and warm. With squared red & white BiasTape it feels like Christmas already!

Velcro is very practical to open and close it up. You don't need to do it very often because most of the time the bottle stays in and is filled up from the top. But when you need to take it out it is so much more practical to make it happen easy and fast.

Sunday 5 November 2017

AAW Mittens No4

Do you remember AAW LegWarmers No1? Now I have finished my own design mittens to match them. I used our own AAW yarn to knit them. They feel so soft and warm because of our own ethic produced angora wool.

Happy with the result!

Saturday 4 November 2017

Failure

On May 2017 I made Trial of new yarn I never tried out before. This autumn I've used these socks and see what happened! I have lived by the arctic for all of MyLife. I've wear hundreds of woollen socks and THIS have never before happened to me. N E V E R ! All I can say I am happy I made only small short leg socks and just don't use it, it doesn't seem to be proper.

Thursday 2 November 2017

A R T

YoungLady's room is finally going to have its final touch. We did the floors and chimney over 4 years ago and the ceiling two years ago. She has not wanted the walls to be done because it would mean She then won't be allowed anymore to tape posters etc. on. Now She has finally gave up -when forced- so the work has begun.

But because She is very artistic YoungLady She asked could She draw pictures on the walls before they'll be done. I said yes... of course. And this was waiting me when coming home from the work. Now I should make my heart frozen and tell Him to nail it all under the wood panels!
 


L O V E    H E R

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Welcome November

 Today morning we -again- woke up with the frost. But frost means beautiful sunny day for the start of November. I decided to share few pics with you. The pictures below are taken by my father-in-law and shared by his permission.

During the autumn season we have had plenty of swans on the bay to wait the final escape from the north.

Yesterday they were still there despite there was a thin frozen cover over the ice. Today morning I didn't see or hear them yet...

Rowan trees are so beautiful. All the leaves have fell down but the berries are still on to serve TheAutumnFest for my favorite Waxwings.

Rowan tree berries are extremely healthy despite they taste horrible bitter...















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