As my brother painted his house green, grey and black, I thought there could be a quilt in that. When he announced his engagement, I KNEW there had to be a quilt in it.I'm slowly piecing the blocks based on this quilt and have seen that I'm not the only one taken with this colour scheme. It's been a few months in the...

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After -The Eames-like detail that hooked me inI have been trawling trademe for the dream chair to recover. I'm looking for the sort of chair that is local, and easy to cover. Of course, I shouldn't have been looking any further than my own lounge. So here we have my first attempt at upholstery.Before recovering, after sunlight and small handsI'm not sure if...

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I was getting a little carried away here before Christmas. A pile of new bright t-shirts were just calling out to be transformed. With a little freezer paper and ink, the new t-shirts were ready.My initial stash of metallic pink and black inks* was not enough. Fortunately our local art shop had the inks on special and now I can mix up any...

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