handcraft Archives - Clobber Creations https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/tag/handcraft/ Handmade quirky decorative and practical items! Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:13:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-CC_Logo_Transparent-32x32.png handcraft Archives - Clobber Creations https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/tag/handcraft/ 32 32 147295580 The stitching, sewing and hobbycrafts show! https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-stitching-sewing-and-hobbycrafts-show/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-stitching-sewing-and-hobbycrafts-show/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:47:03 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=788 Last Saturday, I went to the stitching, sewing and hobbycrafts show at Westpoint, Exeter, UK! My friend and I went as part of a day coach trip to avoid the prospect of driving.  Unfortunately, the pick up point was not in our town, so we had to get a lift to Truro. When we arrived, there […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-stitching-sewing-and-hobbycrafts-show/feed/ 1 788 Wabi Sabi – embracing the beauty of natural imperfections https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/inspiration/wabi-sabi-embracing-the-beauty-of-natural-imperfections/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/inspiration/wabi-sabi-embracing-the-beauty-of-natural-imperfections/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:00:26 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=611 Wabi Sabi – the Japanese art of embracing the beauty of natural imperfections – is something I’ve stumbled across this month. Wabi Sabi in craft terms appears to be finding the beauty in the handmade elements.  I wish I’d discovered this art while I was learning ceramics earlier in the year as I could have […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/inspiration/wabi-sabi-embracing-the-beauty-of-natural-imperfections/feed/ 0 611 Personalised Cards! https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/personalised-cards/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/personalised-cards/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:00:32 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=551 Last month, I made a couple of individualised cards – one for father’s day and one for someone to give as a leaving card. The leaving card was personalised by adding the name of the perosn leaving the workplace.  I used those fabric felt tip pens to colour it in. The father’s day card was […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/personalised-cards/feed/ 0 551 Free Motion Embroidery – drawing and writing with my sewing machine https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:17:53 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=289 Got your eye on an expensive yet impressive embroidery sewing machine?  Think again! I’ve been admiring the lovely embroidery machines with their numerous stitch options and the possibility of embellishing handmade gifts with a name at the touch of a button (or a few).  I remember watching a demonstration of someone programming in a word and then […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/feed/ 0 289 The Poppy Playsuit https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-poppy-playsuit/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-poppy-playsuit/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:00:37 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=271 Once again, it’s been a while since I’ve had another go at dressmaking.  I remedied this by combining a recent pattern in Simply Sewing with a recent material purchase! There’s a lovely charity shop nearby who sell craft supplies.  I was very lucky to go into the shop when they had a material sale on, […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/the-poppy-playsuit/feed/ 0 271 My first sew with knit material – the simple top https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/my-first-sew-with-knit-material-the-simple-top/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/my-first-sew-with-knit-material-the-simple-top/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:00:56 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=255 Here is another make from my #miymarch16 activity! To ease my nerves, I read up for some basic tips on sewing with knit fabrics with the help of Tilly and the Buttons’ blog post and Smarmyclothes’ youtube video. The pattern – McCall’s 9399 I got this pattern in a charity shop for a bargain price […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/dressmaking/my-first-sew-with-knit-material-the-simple-top/feed/ 0 255 Upcycling jeans – the sewing pinny! https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:00:10 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=228 One of the projects I made during #miymarch16 was the upcycled pinny from an old pair of jeans. I got these jeans for my 21st.  I’m a bit of a hoarder, and while they had a tear in them where the fabric was so thin and worn out, I hadn’t had the heart to chuck […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/feed/ 0 2165 #miymarch16 https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/#respond Thu, 26 May 2016 18:00:12 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=184 #miymarch16 may have been a couple of months ago, but here are the resulting images I posted from it below. Make it Yourself March is an Instagram event.  It involves posting an image based on the daily photo prompt – a list can be found on Wendy Ward’s blog from this year. New to Instagram, […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/feed/ 0 184 Bee Themed! https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/bee-themed/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/bee-themed/#respond Sat, 21 May 2016 18:00:25 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=162 One of the best parts about handmade is that you can make whatever it is you’re making personal! This is how my bee themed gift and card came about when a couple my partner’s friends with had a baby recently.  As the father currently does work relating to bees, the gift became centered around this! […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/bee-themed/feed/ 0 162 Crafting with Family – March https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/crafting-with-family-march/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/crafting-with-family-march/#respond Thu, 19 May 2016 08:34:41 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=144 It’s been a while since I have posted and my post is all about a craft meet up two months ago! Mum’s house is quite a good meeting point for her, my sister and I to meet up.  We managed to meet up in March and here’s what we got on with: Having purchased a […]

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