Want to make a snippet roll too?

There have been lots of lovely comments about my 

snippet rolls - the ones I made for Linda, Margaret, Nathalie and Patty, 

so I thought I'd share with you how to make your very own.

Do you remember these?

well you'll need some cotton reels. I soaked these ones in some walnut ink, but you

can use coffee or tea to dye them.

And you will need some scraps of fabric. Do you remember when I dyed this and 

rubbed it around the concrete to age it?

Measure out how long you want your snippet rolls to be and tear fabric into lengths.

I had to cut the lace, but I rubbed the ends to fray them slightly.

Start layering the fabrics. When you have 2 or 3 layers, start layering

snippets of anything you may have.

I used postage stamps, bits of paper, photos, text from books, anything!

Then when you have all your snippets in place lay a piece of organza 

ribbon over top, making sure it hangs just a little longer than your fabric pieces.

Then pin all the layers together and take it to the sewing machine and stitch down the length of it.

I sewed a vine with leaves. 

However you choose to sew it, make sure you catch all the snippets under 

the ribbon.

Then I attached the top end of the ribbon to the cotton reel with a furniture tack 

which is small tack with a pretty head.

Almost finished...

Just roll it up and thread a ribbon through the cotton reel and tie it up.

These would be great to make with a theme, 

a birthday,

Mother's Day,

Valentines Day with lots of little love snippets.

What different ideas can you think of for snippet rolls?

Have fun!

Carole :)

a swap project is finished

OK, I know you are probably in shock after reading that blog post title, but I actually did finish an arty project!

It was supposed to be finished in time for a Christmas swap - PRE Christmas that was!

But hey, better late than never!

So, instead of making a "junkle" Christmas swap, I've made the QB5 girls a

"junkle snippet roll"

When is a Christmas swap not a Christmas swap?

When it's a New Year swap!

You'll have to pop back when the girls have got them to see what a snippet roll is!

Carole :)

Sunday is off to a flying start!

Well, this morning I woke when hubby got out of bed. I was in the middle of a long and very vivid dream at the time, (and yes I do remember my dreams).
I rolled over and looked at the clock, it said 6.18am. I panicked and jumped out of bed and started rushing around. Then it suddenly dawned on me that my alarm had not gone off because it was Sunday NOT Monday and I had turned it off.
So, I'll get back into bed and check my emails.

Yesterday evening hubby took me to a local beach and we went to the little pub and had dinner. Sat outside in the last of the day's sunshine and watched the comings and goings. It was lovely.

So next Saturday I will be at the Ohau Market and I needed to make some more lavender bags and cards to sell. Above are some of the finished cards ready to package.  

Then I decided to make some coffee card wallets. I thought they might look a little different, I've never made them to sell before. What do you think? I use one all the time, they are great for your eftpos/credit cards too.

I haven't done a market for just over twelve months, I've missed them. I think I'll take some copies of my novel along too, may be I might sell one or two!

I got a lovely comment from Nancy on the last post. She has made a Snippet Roll and invited me over to see it. Of course it was gorgeous, but I knew it would be! If you want to visit Nancy's blog just click on the link. I have to say it was lovely of Nancy to credit where she got the idea, I really appreciate it. Snippet Rolls are infiltrating the world, but not many people credit it back to it's source. I'm guessing the wee SR's are a long way from home now.

Well, I really must get up now. Oh and if you were wondering what the dream was about - well I was living with a very elderly and forgetful aunt in a huge two story rambling house and I remembered that she had turned the bath on upstairs over an hour ago, and I was running to turn the water off. When I got to the bottom of the stairs there was water dripping from the ceiling and spilling down the stairway! The top floor was awash. And then I woke up. :)
What does it mean I wonder?

Enjoy your weekend!
Carole x

Week 2 winner and another giveaway!

And we begin with a drum roll as the piece of paper is drawn .........

and the piece of paper reads........

JENXO!

Congratulations Jen, you have won the birds and the fish!!  LOL

Let me have your snail mail address and I'll pop your winnings in the mail to you.

Now for the exciting part.

The gift that's up for grabs for week 3 is a little something I made.

Using a wee snippet of tape and a very old spoon,

here's your very own art spoon.

All you have to do is leave a comment during the week. At the end of the week

I will draw a name from them all to find a winner!

It's that easy!

Good luck!

Carole :)