Tag Archives: crafts

Beautiful Mermaid Quilt

Posted on June 7, 2021 by hernibs

Eldest daughter made this for her friend’s birthday. Absolutely beautiful!

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Glass Crafts With The Girls

Posted on March 28, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, covid19, crafts, dog, family, girls, glass, Life | 2 Comments

Eldest daughter is working on this Dresden Plate lap quilt for her grandma’s 100th birthday in May. Still trying to choose the colours between the squares. It’s going to look beautiful when it’s finished and mom will love it.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, crafts, Dresden plate pattern, happy place, heart, home, inspiration, Life, love, photograph, quilt, sewing, share | 5 Comments

Braided Rug Growing Larger

Posted on January 25, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, braided rug, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, rug making, upcycle | 6 Comments

Braiding A Rug – Sewing the Braids together

Posted on January 10, 2021 by hernibs

The long strips of braided fabric are now sewn together into a rug, around and around, adding more strips until the rug is the size you want it to be.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, braids, clothes, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, photograph, recycle, repurpose, rug, sewing | 4 Comments

Another Project Finished

Posted on July 4, 2020 by hernibs

I finally finished the pineapple shawl project. Whew. I’ve been working on it for months, put it away a few times but it’s done. I started it to use up all my embroidery cotton threads that I no longer use. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Simplicity | Tagged cotton, crafts, crochet, finishing, green, inspiration, photograph, pineapple shawl, thread | 4 Comments

Miniature World

Posted on June 26, 2020 by hernibs

A special gift from a friend who created it just for me. Built on part of a branch that fell off an ancient fir tree. Idyllic little world of green, flowers, trees and two sheep there, a tempting little cottage … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged crafts, creative, flowers, garden, gift, green, happy place, inspiration, Life, miniature, nature, needle felting, Peace, photograph, seeing | 2 Comments

Garden Totem

Posted on April 11, 2020 by hernibs

Middle daughter made this garden totem for eldest daughter’s birthday. The blocks spin and you can change the story.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, crafts, garden, handmade, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, seeing, spring, totem, woodwork | 6 Comments

April Fools

Posted on April 1, 2020 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged April, crafts, crocheted, octopus, photograph, toys | 5 Comments

A Ball of this and a Ball of that

Posted on February 10, 2020 by hernibs

I used up a lots leftover balls of wool for this crocheted vest.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged clothing, crafts, crocheting, handmade, inspiration, photograph, scraps, share, vest, wool | 2 Comments

Crafts: Sammy Seal

Posted on November 24, 2019 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged crafts, crochet, home, inspiration, photograph, Sammy the seal, seal, toy | 8 Comments

Crafts – Crocheted Mat

Posted on September 22, 2019 by hernibs

I used up most of my old embroidery and cross stitch threads on this mat. I used one teal coloured thread throughout and added to other strands of colour as I went. It was fun making it and I’m enjoying … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged cotton, crafts, crochet, home, inspiration, Life, photograph | 2 Comments

Crafts – Drawstring Bag

Posted on September 20, 2019 by hernibs

Crocheted cotton Drawstring Bags, green and blue. These were fun to make.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bags, cotton, crafts, crochet, crocheted, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, seeing | 2 Comments

Cactus Garden

Posted on September 16, 2019 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged cactus, crafts, crochet, flowers, fun, green, inspiration, photograph, share | 4 Comments

Crafts – String Bag

Posted on January 20, 2019 by hernibs

Finished my 4th string bag and have started another. In a crafty mood with fingers and string rather than words and paper.

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