Recycling jumpers

1.pink bird pouch, 2. Felt bird brooch, 3. pretty felted wool handbag, 4. lavender, 5. cat, 6. Stegosaurus

All images taken from the 'made from recycled sweaters' Flickr group.

I've decided to have a go at jumper recycling! I had an old(ish) jumper that started felting, shrinking more and more over the past few washes in the machine. In fact I think if I'd washed it a few more times it may have actually fit Em!

So using my old pully I decided to make Em a little Christmas stocking filler from a pattern in the December Sew Hip magazine (page 88 to be exact). It's Amy Adams Mini Kitten pattern - so cute! Em had already commented about little 'Coffee' in the mag, so I'm sure she'll find home for my little one amongst all her other soft toys.

Hello little Kitty!

Kitty - wooly softie with felt applique and stitch detail.

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Want to know a bit more about felting and recycling your woolies then these links may be useful...

fuzzygalore.biz / treehugger.com / craftstylish.com

Christmas gifts and a birthday card

I've been buying lots of handmade Christmas presents over the past few weeks with thanks to some crafters on Crafteroo and Etsy! :) I won't post any pics (yet), as they need to be kept secret from spying family members. But I just wanted to say big thanks to Cloudhopping & Chickadee for my beautiful custom orders which both arrived in the post this morning! x

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Also thanks to Vintage violet who made this card a few weeks back for my Nan's birthday on Saturday. How beautiful is this! -

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Thanks vV. x

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Rawlins ~ Sundays craft fair went really well, although I'm now suffering with a terrible backache from sitting by a drafty door all day! Thanks to all those that came to say hi ... It's always nice to meet other crafters, especially Crafteroo ones! ;)

Just need to build my stock up again now for the next fair on the 29th.

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Treasury and more buttons!

Treasury - Do you Crafteroo?

Big thanks to pennydog for putting together this Crafteroo treasury -

A small selection of the Etsy sellers on Crafteroo.

We're a crafty little bunch ;)

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Buttons

I had to add this to my blog - I just love it! Christmas decoration made by the lovely Vintage Violet ... More pics on her blog. But be warned she's a bit button mad, like me :D

Christmas Button Tree

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& more buttons

Been busy this week getting the last few bits ready for my craft fair on Sunday. I will get some better pics of these when the sun decides to come out, but for now here's a photo of some new button rings and cufflinks that I finished today.

Wish me luck for the fair on Sunday - Hope it's a busy day as I have lots of stock made up!?

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Over 70 handmade craft stalls, children's craft corner and Santa!

Craft fair details

Thursday Night Project...

I linked ttnp in my post yesterday - Just thought I'd show off what I made last night...

This is all stock for craft fairs I'm doing over the next few weeks but the cufflinks will also be available on my website in the next few days - once I've taken a some better pics!

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Crochet flower hair slides with button detail.

Cute owl fabric button bobbles

Robot fabric button cufflinks

Fly me to the moon

Rocket cushion - Finally managed to get a few decent pics of my rocket design cushion to add to the website - personalised cushions. This was part of my Thursday Night Project the other week so you may have seen some wip pics (as below) already. Fully lined and available in black or white fabric - see here for details.

wip - applique rocket design

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To see what everyone is doing for this weeks Thursday Night Project click here...
ttnp

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More buttons ~

New button set now listed on IWS ~ Mixed russian doll fabric button set