25/2/11

The reversible doll

In an effort to get started on the sewing machine I made this reversible doll. The sewing pattern is my own. The doll can be turned inside out, which also gives the possibility to use it as a hand puppet.

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10/2/11

Even more watercolor statues

I skipped the Watercolor Wednesday this week. But don’t be afraid, you’ll get your weekly watercolor dose.

Again I sketched and colored statues I found on a Google image search.

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9/2/11

Upcycling: What to do with coffee capsules?

On my mission of upcycling/recycling I came across the Nespresso coffee capsules.I collected some which I cleaned out and didn’t really know what to do with them.

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Finally I integrated the capsule in these brooches which contain a material mixture of felt, wool and glass.

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4/2/11

Upcycling: No sew T-shirt scarf

Hello there! I report in with another upcycling project. Out of the old t-shirt pile I am going to make today a no sew t-shirt scarf.

1. Lay the shirt flat out.

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2. Cut off the bottom seem and the top part.

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3. Cut the shirt into stripes about 1-2 cm in width. Leave the stripes connected on one side.

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4. Stretch the strips. In my example some strips broke while doing this, because the shirt had side seams.

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5. Wrap fabric strips around the region where you left the strips connected. You are done.

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Another version could include stringing beads on stretched fabric strips like in the following picture.

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2/2/11

Watercolor Wednesday: Statues

One of the complicated things requiring skill and practice is sketching. As a practice I tried to paint some statues.

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Definitely I have to sketch more to get a bit better.