Another mannequin!

A couple of design changes, but essentially the same process as before.

This time, I used some wire from a coat hanger (the type you get from the dry cleaner) to make the "arms", a bamboo skewer for the spine and, of course, a Coke bottle for the body. Some fancy fabric to make the dress and she is finished!

It's made out of bright pink lining fabric and some sequinned remnants. A bit fancy, especially by my standards! 

Tutorial to follow ;)

Gum ball machine

Saw some gum ball machines on my FB newsfeed that used a glass container and a flower pot to make a gum ball machine. Sounds cool, right??

I found a tealight holder for $1.50 at the Reject Shop, which looked like a cute size and used a jar lid for the top and a small pot for the base. Since this is a plastic pot, it has ridges on the bottom, but to counteract this, it fits a plastic bottle lid perfectly!

So, it's all painted up and ready to go ;)

Not sure about the pom-poms, I may change them for coloured confetti or similar, and add something around the lid? Not sure yet....

UPDATE 24/6/16

So, I decided to take out the pom-poms, and changed it to craft foam. I happened to have some adhesive colours, so with a hole punch and a pin, I filled the inside with tiny circles of coloured goodness! Plus, I found a wing nut, and added this to the front, as a turn key. 

Big improvement I think ;)

Something girly....

I had been thinking for a while how I can "feminize" the tin can people, and I may have found a solution.... Maybe.... ;)

I used a 390ml Coke bottle to make a kind-of mannequin in a tutu. It's still a working concept, but I think it turned out OK?

More refining to be done, but it's getting there. ;)

A couple of things done....

RFinished a couple of things this weekend. Yay for me!! ;)

I have been on leave from work, and have done very little with my time off. I did, however, have a big cleanup, since I had some people over mid week. It's amazing how much stuff you can hide when you have to.....

Trouble is, now I can't find anything! LOL!! However, since the table was cleared, I cut out some bits and pieces.

Made two more book covers, and a couple of doll blankets.

The pink one is A5, the blue is A4. The hexies and shoe appliqué I had already on hand. I used a single layer of thin batting with no interfacing, which gives it a slight puffy effect. These fit better, too. Must have been more accurate with my measurements this time.... ;)

This is flannelette with a satin binding,just using scraps...

Self binding blanket.... (I have since added a flower to this one, since it seemed a bit dull)

Simple, bound edged fleece scrap... 

Doily madness!!

I bought some more crochet doilies (commercially made, not family heirlooms) to do some more cushions. I still have some of the pink napkins, so I decided to use these up, plus cut some up (nooooo!!) to see what it looks like.

http://danaspageofstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/cushion-finished-kinda.html

There were some that were the same design , plus a couple of random shapes, so I played around a bit until I found a layout that I liked. A Google search for lace doily cushions brought up a pic on denim, so I thought this would be an interesting combination, and I had some on hand.....

Once I decided the size for the cushions, off I went! 

The doilies are attached with invisible thread in a large zigzag. I have left some of the edges free, some are stitched down.

With the blue, they are simply done using two doilies. One is cut into quarters, one has two cut in halves. I think they make an interesting design, don't you?

I will be using the invisible zips again on the pink ones, as I really liked the effect that it made.

So, after stitching up one if the blue versions, they ended up with really point corners, which I didn't like at all. I knew there was a trick to make them less prominent, so I made up a corner template, and used that to make the second. Unfortunately, the zip opening is quite small, but once the cushion is in there, it looks heaps better ;)

The denim ones are done -

Pink ones are done now, too -