custom dog crate slip cover
This is a slip cover I custom made for my dog’s new crate. I picked the wire crate b/c I thought it would be less stuffy in the summer but the breeder warned me that its will allow hair to escape making it a little messier so I made a custom slip cover to address that problem.
The fabric was 6.99 a meter from Ikea. I used about 3.5 meters. It’s complete with two flap doors. Right now we need this door but when he’s bigger, we can turn the crate around and use the other door.
Now it’sa fashionable and functionable crate!
whimsical quilled damask
Cec has inspired me to come out of quilling retirement.
I had recently broken the glass on this frame but didn’t want to throw it away. I wanted to make use of it and decided to quill something. I thought a glass-free frame would showcase the textures and dimensions of quilling well.
This is my whimsical attempt at creating a damask pattern.
Lexi’s DIY Corrugated Cat Bed
My cat Lexi didn’t like the bed I bought her, but prefers boxes or cloth shopping bags. So I made one from 1 sided corrugated cardboard, and now it’s fit for the Queen. I trailed some string through the middle hole to entice her and once her claws started being massaged, she forgot all about her prey.
Cardboard Cat Bed
I think I’ve found my next quilling project, inspired by this cat bed by Design Sponge.
Quilled Happy Birthday Cards
OK, finally I have signed up with WordPress.com with support and push from my sister-in-law. This is my first project of quilling Birthday card for my friends which use the instructions from Cecelia’s new Etsy listing. Thanks Cec !!
Tamako
Martha DIY Wedding
Martha Stewart is accepting submissions for DIY handmade wedding day details until Sept 1, 2009.
I’ve kept our wedding party favours and still enjoy looking at it and remembering our day. Folding 365 paper stars as a gift for your loved one shows you think of them every day of the year. After printing an image of stars on vellum, we rolled them around empty toilet paper tubes, glued the edges, then crimped the tube ends in opposite directions. Filled with chocolate and stars, we thanked our guests for sharing our day.
I’m on Etsy now!
It may be blasé in a high-tech computer age to be listing on Etsy, but for me it was a huge step.
When I quill, I’ve made items without thinking about length of strip or where the elements will be – they take shape as I go and if it doesn’t feel right I reach for another strip. When I try to re-create something I enjoy and write down a pattern, the two sides of my brain conflict. To create instructions to make my flowers or lay them on a card has been quite a process – not to mention how to photograph my hands when both are glueing pieces together!
Anyway, I have been buoyed by friends and comments here on this blog to put instructions together. Thank you always for your encouragement!
Cecelia
