lovely cushions with invisible side zipper - tutorial at kirin notebook
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October 2009
sew mama sew’s scrap buster contest – I love lolly chops fabric butterfly – tutorial here.
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If you are in Canberra, come along next week to the opening of the country show – should be heaps of fun. Poster design by Ampersand Duck.
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Wild Things Tote by Courtney Russel from Two Straight Lines posted at b:kids – isn’t it just too cute.
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So much Halloween stuff going on – here are a few more goodies to get you in the mood – if you celebrate that is.
fun pumpkin penguin – for the kids – and another costume for a pumpkin at dollar store crafts and zakka life.
Halloween Pillow Box – free printable
dreadlock wig for halloween
the yummy mummy’s hand – too funny – great for the kids
glitter candy ornaments
Halloween found object tree
Halloween papercraft invitations – lovely and gothic
Halloween Tombstones and Ghost Gourds
recycled halloween paper bag bowls [see image above]
painted pumpkins [via how about orange]
homemade candy corn
for the kids - make your own spider web [via the crafty crow]
Betz White’s felt jack-o-lantern wall hanging [see image above]
simple crafty pumpkin idea with sweet paul
Robotic rovin pumpkin – love this geek halloween diy
bloody pumpkins [via geek craft]
how to make a fake beard
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Sorry for the tardy roundup this week – we have been migrating our server to give it a little more space and it took a wee bit longer than anticipated (and we are still testing). Also I have been collating and with the help of a few others choosing the participants for the 2010 whipup.net calendar – see the results here. Even with all that – whipup has still been super busy … and Happy thanksgiving to Canadians.
- DID YOU MANAGE TO SEE … our ultimate halloween knitting roundup … and the colour wheel for crafters …
- BOOKS WE REVIEWED: … blogging e-book …
- MY FAVE CRAFT THIS WEEK: … I love the neighbourly knitted vest pattern …
- FOR YOU: … butterfly wristwarmers … seeta fingerless gloves … necklace …
- FOR THE HOUSE: … fabric baskets … dish towels … fabric flowers ...
- HALLOWEEN / CHRISTMAS / GIFT GIVING: … Catrina dolls … leather brooch … gift box bow … Halloween crafts roundup …
- FOR THE KIDS: … fabric belt … red cordial revolution … kids softie … toddler backpack … short sleeved kids sweater … owl softie …
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Find out more about our fantastic Whipup 2010 calendar
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Where can you purchase?
Get your calendar from Redbubble - for Australians + rest of the world – very reasonable postage to Europe, Asian, South America. RedBubble calendars are satin-coated prints on high quality art paper. They’re A3 size (that’s 297x420mm, or 11.69×16.54″).
Get your calendar from lulu - for US residents (postage to rest of the world is a little expensive – but the calendar is a little less expensive). Lulu standard calendar is 11″ x 17″ (open) on gloss paper.
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2010 whipup calendar comp. You can check out all the entries here.
Thank you also to our fabulous judges:
Nicole of craftapalooza and also regular contributor to whipup
Justine of the wonderful crafty zine: Mixtape zine
Jan from the fabulous design blog: poppytalk
Kate of wildslings and occasional book reviewer at whipup
Lisa Solomon – fabulous artist: Lisa Solomon
Pip author and crafty entrepreneur: meet me at mikes
Sandra from her zen art and whose viking softie was our cover image from last years calendar
Jonathan – brother, IT helper at whipup, the dude behind the new fabulous easy ad system: igloo
Who are the participants:
COVER: Susan Chi (Tada’s Revolution), Grand Theft Auto, 2009. Characters crocheted with yarn.
www.tadasrevolution.com/
JANUARY: Margaret Oomen, Homage to sea sew, 2009. Sea stones & wood slice covered with handmade crocheted lace, vintage thimbles, sea glass, feathers, ferns & moss.
www.resurrectionfern.typepad.com
FEBRUARY: Fiona Lech, Hexagon pincushion, 2009. Machine sewn & hand finished using new & vintage fabrics & buttons.
www.dearfii.com
MARCH: Tania Patritti (Ninon), The Cherrybomb Family, 2009. Made with new & recycled fabric, filled with polyfil.
www.superninon.blogspot.com
APRIL: Shannah Burton, Hare, 2009. Made with wool felt, machine stitched & hand embroidered.
www.daskaninchen.etsy.com
MAY: Amy Bethune, Lola (the pet pouch project), 2009. Made with fabric & velcro, machine sewn. Find the diy project.
www.theb-line.blogspot.com
JUNE: Eva Monleón (Misako Mimoko), Doli Bank Robber, 2009. Made with vintage fabrics, stuffed with polyfill with a hand embroidered face.
www.misakomimoko.com
JULY: Laura Amiss, Little legs, 2009. Made with free hand machine embroidery (cotton, muslin, felt & lace).
www.lauraamiss.etsy.com
AUGUST: Maya Donenfeld, Summer Dreams, 2008. Made with vintage pillow cases & grosgrain ribbon.
www.mayamade.com
SEPTEMBER: Malka Dubrawsky, Big Nate Quilt, 2009. Made with hand dyed & commercial fabric, machine pieced & machine quilted.
www.stitchindye.com
OCTOBER: Ann Wood, Chillingworth, (Owl in progress), 2009. Made from a Victorian mourning bodice.
www.annwood.net/blog + www.annwoodhandmade.com
NOVEMBER: Blair Stocker, Morning Mitts (in progress), 2008. Morning Mitts from ‘The Knitters Book of Yarn’, using Noro Kureyon
www.blairpeter.typepad.com
DECEMBER: Maritza Soto (Soto softies), Love is in the air, 2008. Made with wool felt, fabric, polyfil, plastic safety eyes & embroidery floss.
www.sotosofties.blogspot.com
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This is a little rippa of a project. Link to tutorial, picture totally pinched from One Flew Over.
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