Traditional red and green of Christmas

Hi beautiful

Well here we are in December, counting down to Christmas. 

The colours of Christmas - I'm a conservative when it comes to Christmas colours. This year I've found myself gravitating once again to the traditional red and green. They are my favorites. 

Here are a few makings so far, all featuring the green and red.

Woven rag mat - close up

Fabric ornaments on waffle weave runner

Locker hooked mat

Just a peek!

More to come on my little sweetie above in another post! This is a teaser :-)

Do you have a favourite colour scheme for Christmas?

Love Cara

My week in craft: 24 - 31 Jan

Hi beautiful

This week has been quieter than usual on the craft front. Maybe the summer heat has caught up with me... Go slow...

As a nation, we celebrated Australia Day on Tuesday 26th. I reflected on my ancestors who first came to these shores over 150 years ago. Humble people - shepherd, agricultural labourer, whitesmith, sapper, weaver, carpenter.

The summer storms and rains kicked in. I enjoyed the drop in temperature after one downpour, going for a walk in my neighbourhood. Snapshots captured on camera. 

Here's my craft week in a photo collage:

Jan 24-31

• Preparing February pages in my journal
• Producing video clip, Close By: A Walk After Rain (see previous post)
• Completed locker hook mat

The last day of January! Enjoy!

Have a great week.

Love

Cara

My week in craft: 17- 23 Jan

Hi beautiful,

I'm writing this in my garden on a balmy 28 degrees Sunday morning. Refreshing south easterlies blow; all is well in my world.



Garden duck

This past week has been filled with wonderful moments - reading the poems of Robert Frost, chatting with friends, browsing through bookstores and crafting! 

A highlight of my craft week was beginning my journey in learning locker hooking. The hook arrived on Thursday and I'm loving it! I'm practising the technique on the square of canvas prepared last week. The strips are made from old sheets torn into widths of 1/2" (the locker thread) and 1" (the loops). The result is a lovely soft squishy mat which looks quite pretty. 

My first mat - learning as I go

Another delight has been reading a magazine titled "Flow". It's tag line is "Celebrating creativity, imperfection and life's little pleasures". Produced in the Netherlands it is simply amazing. Great articles all beautifully illustrated and incredible tear out pages. In issue 11, there is a timeline lift out. I had fun adding my details and going overboard with stickers! My inner child really came to the fore. I've tucked it inside the front cover of my journal. Highly recommended magazine!


Glimpse of my timeline

It's never too late to have an early childhood! Have a wonderful week.

Love

Cara

My week in craft: Jan 10 - 16

Hi beautiful

I've had a wonderful craft week, learning new things, beginning projects, projects in progress and even finishing one! Yay!

I must say, now that I'm a lady of leisure, I relish the "no pressure, no deadlines" world. I look at the many craft challenges that are out there - those with themes using a certain media/products to be done in a day/week/month and while I like the idea of creating and sharing with others, they're just not for me at this time. Who knows, there may come a time when I crave some pressure..... Hmmmm....

So back to my week in craft.

Firstly - learning something new - locker hooking. While meandering through Pinterest, I stumbled upon this craft which is similar to rug hooking. It was popular in 1920's in UK and 1940's in USA. I'm always intrigued with little known crafts. As always there's always YouTube video clips which explain it all just beautifully. Here's one which gives an overview, Locker Hooking

An essential tool is the locker hook - crochet hook one end and needle eye the other end. Now this isn't readily available locally. While waiting patiently for the hook ordered online, I've prepared some squares ready for the day when my tool arrives in the post.

Canvas squares edged with whip stitched fabric strips

  I've also eyed off the range of batik fabric in the craft store. These would be just gorgeous to use as the fabric strips. For now, I'll use my old sheets and fabric stash!

Tempting Batik

Secondly, a project in progress! The t-shirt strips are being woven into a circular rug.

T-shirt rug in progress

Thirdly my finished project, the Vesuvius scarf.

Finished & ready to cut from the loom

Vesuvius scarf

In all it's been a fun week, learning, experimenting and dreaming!

Happy crafting!

Love Cara