It’s been a fair while since I declared something “the best thing I’ve ever made”.

Not since the lawn chair has their been such making excitement.

I’ve been constructing this in my head for a few weeks but I had to wait for the op shop gods to come up with the goods so that I could actually make it.

I like the versatility…

novelty

desk

floor lamp

There’s still a little bit of work to do to make it absolutely perfect but I’m super chuffed with the “first draft”.

Just as a PS… this was constructed while we were away with the extended family. They all stared at me blankly when I showed them the finished piece. I naturally couldn’t fathom the total lack of excitement and sighed & said “& this is why I have a blog”.

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There is a how to (of sorts) available here.

Yes it’s true I’ve done this before (& perhaps with more style).

But, after the recent footstool & stool adventures I’ve had coffee sack craft on the brain. I really got a kick out of combining the sack & the ground coffee. The clock was constructed in exactly the same way as the Flocked Tick Tock.

It’s always coffee time at our place.

I’m planning on making a couple of clocks for the lovely cafe folk who’ve kindly saved the very best coffee sacks for me.

It does need a bit of refining but overall I’m pretty happy with the prototype & shall pick up a couple more clock mechanisms next week.

Happy weekend all.

We saw a lovely knitted shrug in Sunspun. Of course, I’m more a fan o’ the hook & decided I’d have a crack at my own.

I’ve been doing a bit of sampling with the hook but before I wasted time on the crochet version I refashioned from an Op Shopped/thrifted Pashmina type thing to make sure I had the measurements right.

Very much in the same vein as the slashed number.

I had planned to use the circles as a neck treatment but it seemed a bit too much.

& of course it can still be worn as intended.

& then figure out how to make it with what I have on hand.

Are you passionate about this too?

Please add your link below. I’d love to see what you’re up to!

I picked up a setting of 6 (very ugly) placemats from the Op Shop/Thrift store during the week. The upside of them being so ugly is that they were cheap as chips.

Now I’ve made reversible covers for them. I did a bit of free motion text last year & frankly found it took me longer than embroidery by hand. I’d decided ’twas best left to the experts.

But as this “design” is pretty simple I had another go & I’m thrilled to say the least! If you’ve no idea where to begin with this sort of thing you should pop in here.

One side for fun & the other a bit more fancy. Best of all they can just be slung in the washing machine when they get a bit grubby.

I think these would make meal time fun for kids if you had a novelty print on one side & the plate on the other. Easier on the eye than anything you can buy at Kmart.

If you don’t have any luck at the Op Shop I think that Bunnings &/or Spotlight sell MDF circles about the same size.