Recently I found an ancient, well 1990’s Dylon leaflet about marbling on fabric and so intrigued were we that we decided to create a marbled cushion. Traditionally marbling was done on paper and was achieved by floating oil colour on water or size. If you try and do this on fabric, the fabric feels hard… Continue reading Marble your own fabric to create these stylish cushions!
Liberty lawn is soft beautiful fabric, perfect for a place to lay your head. I have chosen very pretty liberty prints from Sew Box an on line fabric supplier. I bought white and light coloured cotton lace from http://www.craftysewer.com I dyed the lace using http://www.dylon.co.uk hand dyes. However if you don’t want to do this,… Continue reading Create your own pillow cases using liberty fabric
A boring wooden chair can have new life breathed into it for very little money but lots of imagination, with a mixture of painting, some good photocopied images and a bit of sticking. You will need Wooden chair Paint brush Photocopy paper Pencil Tangerine Twist paint from Dulux 3 x £1 tester pots at B&Q… Continue reading Repaint and decoupage an old wooden chair
As many of you may have seen in one of my previous posts it is very simple to create patterns using little more than things you find around the house or in the garden. I have a you Tube video that shows using a pepper to make a print. The designs below have been made… Continue reading Eight easy fabric prints using low tech materials including string, pencil erasers, pipe lagging and vegetables
I loved the idea of making a pouffe from African batik style fabric. So wacky and at the same time the perfect item to lift the look of a staid room. Batik is very popular in the South West London in areas such as Tooting and Brixton but you can also buy it in… Continue reading Create your own African print pouffe
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