wishes

Farewell 2010 - it was wonderful!

-:+ Best wishes for a wonderfully creative 2011 +:-

merry christmas & thankyou

It's Christmas Eve ... wishing all of you who read this little blog a very merry, safe, creative and relaxing festive season.

Thankyou for reading, commenting and supporting Yardage Design over the last year - it has been a wonderful time in blogland. I especially want to thank Kirsty from Kootoyoo - you do so much for makers trying to make it all over the world. You are a gem - thankyou.

Yardage Design is taking a break over the Christmas and New Year period. The shop will remain open and operate as per usual, but there will be no special orders or custom printing until February.

I'll probably still blog here and there and post on facebook occasionally just for fun - I have grand plans of starting and finishing some creative projects over the holidays!

Have a cracker christmas!

on the door

The fabric rag wreath I made over the weekend is on the front door, and can be seen properly now that there is a bit of sunlight! (it looked almost black in the last photo's)

Hope you're enjoying this festive week!

completed :: a rag wreath

A very satisfying project completed last night and shown here on a hat hook as it was the lightest place in the house this morning (very dark and gloomy in Melbourne today) ...

Made using some fabric I originally bought earlier in the year for something else, but turned out to be perfectly suited to this application - two colours of taffeta and some sheer red. It was just a matter of poking small squares of fabric into the foam wreath with a screwdriver. The idea orginally came from here (via Google), where there is a tutorial if you want to have a go at it too.

I really love the texture of the fabric done this way, and the deep red and turquoise work well I think. I used about one metre of fabric all up for this project, although the back of the wreath is not covered so it would sit flat against the wall/door or where-ever in the house it ends up! This project is absolutely perfect for using up scraps and offcuts of fabric - hence the name - rag wreath!

Have a wonderful Monday!

progress

The "possibilities" project is progressing with the help of some fabric from the stash and a screwdriver.

It's nice to just create, isn't it?

possibilities

Is it a therapeutic device, a small space ship, a belated ode to Oprah or the start of a craft project? ... you be the judge ...

Back later!

a gift around a gift

Those of you who get my online newsletter would have seen this, but I thought I'd share how most of my gifts will be wrapped this year ... with a few tea towels and some pretty ribbon - kind of like a gift around a gift, which is nice I think?

Tea towels in the shop with free postage until the 20th December. Hope your silly season is in full swing, but in the right kinds of ways!