Went on a small shopping spree yesterday with my mom on our local high street in search of crafty inspiration. We rooted through the charity shops and I found some lovely little lampshades that would look great reupholstered and jazzed up a bit, so I think I'll get my mitts on them once I've finished my growing backlog of craft projects! Other than the lampshades, we popped in to a haberdashery and found a gorgeous pink and blue rose vintage fabric so naturally I had to have it! Also found a lovely thick evenweave fabric which should look beautiful once I've put my needle and thread to it. Managed to get my hands on a rainbow of felt squares too! I just have to decide what to do with them all now...
I've started knitting a range of different flowers which i'm going to make into brooches to sell online and (hopefully) in some local shops. Finished my first one using a simple i-cord for the petals (2.75mm double pointed needles) and garter stitch for the yellow centre (3mm needles). Here's a picture to show you :)
The rose print is beautiful, I don't think I could have left it behind either! Loving the i-cord flower as well.
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Caroline