[Traveler's Journal] - Flashback - 01/2014 - Australia - Victoria - Federation Square Melbourne

I flew to Melbourne with friends one Saturday to watch the "King kong" musical since it will not be shown in Sydney and it was closing down in Melbourne. We arrived around 11am and was too early for the show so we instead walked around the city. This is the corner we ended up in while taking our  waiting for 2pm. Corner of Flinders Street and Swanston St.  Am standing taking this picture from the entrance of the St Paul's Cathedral. The theatre is 2 blocks away on the right. I think to the left are for those who wanted to watch Australian open (there was a sign for pedestrians). Good time to be walking around 22 degrees and windy.

[Traveler's Journal] - Flashback - 01/2014 - Australia - Victoria - Yarn Bombing at Federation Square Melbourne

My friends and I went to Melbourne one Saturday to watch the KingKong musical at a theatre near the Federation Square. There was yarn bombing exhibit going on at the square so we decided to check it out while waiting for the theatre to open. Yarn Bombing is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. It was the first time I saw this type of exhibit and I was amazed by the work of art made and wrapped around the trees in the square.

Maybe I should do one in my frontyard in the future. 😄

Lavender Angel of Heart

One of the items I made out of my fabric scraps is this Lavender Angel of Heart - 'the key to my heart'. I still am undecided on whether to use a wooden ball for the head but this is basically it and I will be making more of this to sell. I already have the lavender house and now I have the angel of heart.

The angel of heart measures about 16cms x 20.5cms. I placed a thin wadding(the ones I normally used in my fabric postcards) and also I placed a small georgette bag inside with a 20ml of lavender. And the highlight of this handmade heart is the key which you find at the center of the heart. This is a rusted garden key measuring about 6cms and inside a pocket measuring about 4.5cms x 7.5cms sealed by a craft plastic.

So if the lavender house which I released late last year was not your type, perhaps this lavender angel of heart would be? A great way to celebrate the month of love with someone you love.

Creative Life Week 51 - Handmade Iphone Armholder

I was about to print all my creativity project for 52 weeks in 2012 when I remembered I still needed to post the last two projects I did. The last three weeks has been so busy and with the heat I just couldnt be bothered taking pictures until today.

For Week 51 I made a fabric iphone armholder. I always wanted to make one and finally decided a few days before Christmas to sit down and start making drawings on how I wanted my iphone armholder to look like. It would be the best time to make as I decided to go back to my daily walks starting the 1st of Jan. and one of the things I didnt really want to do was hold my phone while walking.  So here is what I made - I know it is too squarish and a couple of centimetres bigger I have enough space to put the earphones but am so glad I finally have made one.

This is how to wear it - goes through the hand and up to the arm 

and I even made a matching headband. :-)

 

To make sure that I was comfortable wearing it, I used it in today's walk. I hope to perfect the creation as I still have lots of ideas on how to make it even better .

Australian-themed fabric for my first quilt of the year

I bought this fabric when I went to a craft shop last month to buy some interfacing. I did not realize they were on sale and it turned out that this fabric was only about $4.00/metre after a 50% discount more on an already discounted price with a width of 100cms. At the time I bought the fabric I didnt know what to do with it.

We are only 3 days away from a new year 2013 and my weekly creativity is about to end (2 more creations to be posted very soon). I have decided not to do another year of creativity but I will be doing one quilt a month for the next twelve months. It will not be big quilts as I want to be able to finish it within the month. Besides I have no space to store very large quilts. And since I already have so many quilts and quilted wallhangings, I may sell whatever I make to raise funds for my charity...that is if someone would like to purchase my creation. :-)

Here is the first fabric I have chosen for my first quilt for the year 2013. January will be Australian-themed quilt.

My quilts will just be simple, nothing fancy. Sizes will vary between 30cms x 30cms to a lap-sized quilt depending on the design and time I have to make it. I really hope I have the time to complete it in a month.

i-create Week 49 - My Handmade Christmas Tree

Creativity for the year will not be complete without a handmade Christmas tree and that is what I did for creative life Week 49. The tree which is made of MDF wood was made by my sister. I created the balls to decorate the tree. Here is the tree -

and here are the nine Christmas balls I made and added some glass heart ornaments which I was going to use for a decoupage project. Since I wasnt going to use it yet I added a ribbon so I can hang each heart glass on the tree.

I did balls filled with M&M chocolates, balls filled with a 10 dollar bill note, three balls filled with pompoms in different colors and I also placed a ribbon, a ball with a ribbon embellished with heart brads and I put in a couple of mini fabric roses, a ball with the words 'Believe, Inspire, Create' embellished in a strap which one can actually used as a wrist or fabric bracelet and glass hearts. The balls filled with M&M chocolates and bill notes are Christmas presents for my nieces and nephews. For a change from putting the notes in envelopes, I thought something different for this year and I used the plastic balls and tied a ribbon to close the balls.

I embellished the tree with battery-operated christmas lights and here is the result of the lighted Christmas tree although I think there are too many lights for the small tree. :-)

Hope you like my handmade Christmas tree.