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Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:03:46 AM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Tiny Handmade Dolls:
Claire Louise said, "Lately I've been all about doll making, it really seems to be the perfect fit for using all my favourite crafty skills. I've loved sewing dolls since childhood, but after re-connecting with the crafty community via Instagram I've been inspired..." more
Saturday, August 1, 2015 11:08:53 AM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Instagram:
Claire Louise said, "Vintage sewing table makeoverSo as you know I haven't been posting as often lately, and I have missed it. From time to time people mention they miss my posts at craft shows and I'm always very appreciative that people are interested in what I'm up..." more
Friday, December 12, 2014 10:44:09 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Glitter houses: part one:
Claire Louise said, "I've been working on another craft project I've wanted to do for years, some vintage style glitter houses. I found a very charming 1968 pattern that is available at Little Glitter Houses. Just scroll to the bottom of the page if you're..." more
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:59:16 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Crafternoon Tea - pincushions!:
Claire Louise said, "Finally finished a nice batch of crocheted pincushions, with fabric tops and felt flower and leaf embellishments. This time around I dipped into my stash of barkcloth fabric to make the tops and I love how they look!I've also added some colourful..." more
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:40:42 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Crafternoon Tea:
Claire Louise said, "So for this year, my one and only craft show will be Crafternoon Tea on Saturday December 6th 11-4pm. For those who haven't been to this craft show before, it's a chance to find a lovely mix of handmade local wares, combined with an afternoon tea..." more
Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:18:05 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Spoonflower sewing notions prints:
Claire Louise said, "I happened to notice, a bit last minute, that the current Spoonflower contest has a sewing notions theme so of course I wanted to try it out. This is one of those contests where you need to create four fabric designs in a coordinated set. Denyse..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Kite Friends - top ten!:
Claire Louise said, "I had an email from Spoonflower this morning, my Kite Friends fabric was in the top ten for this weeks design contest! It snuck in at #10. I was thrilled. Extra fun: getting to see pics of my fabric before it's arrived in my mailbox. Since it was in..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled City of Craft - bird clutch:
Claire Louise said, "Here's something new I created for City of Craft coming up this weekend. It's a new design - a larger clutch with a wool felt chickadee applique on the front. Inside there's a matching wool tweed facing and then a faux bois fabric lining on the..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Spoonflower baby book and feathers print:
Claire Louise said, "My Snowy Feathers fabric was #3 in the Spoonflower contest this week! I didn't overwork this one because I wanted a sketchy look, but I wasn't sure about it.Sometimes you just can't see your work clearly. So I was very happy it did well, and once..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Last post before City of Craft!:
Claire Louise said, "I finally finished some new wristlets in time for City of Craft - well they just need their snaps.Can't wait for tomorrow! Well, I can wait because there's still so much to do but you know what I mean."
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Spoonflower tea towel calendar:
Claire Louise said, "I finally had a chance to hem my Spoonflower tea towel calendar! It's formatted for cotton-linen so that each fat quarter is a tea towel. The fabric arrived with some crop marks in the corner so you just trim the fabric so that it's straight then..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled City of Craft - after:
Claire Louise said, "Wool pompom wood thrush, stunning photography by Celine KimThis is a little glimpse of my table from City of Craft. I had painted some branches for my display and they turned out to be perfect for hanging my wool pompom bird ornaments. These birds..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Spoonflower baby book:
Claire Louise said, "Spoonflower photos hereMy latest Spoonflower contest was a baby book. Mine is called Animal Friends and it fits on a fat quarter. With a yard you get two books and two sets of matching stuffed animal characters.My entry was #8! As before when you're..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Winter pompom wreath:
Claire Louise said, "Once again inspired by the pompom festival at City of Craft I used pompoms to decorate our winter wreath. I was also inspired by some beautiful wreaths I've seen made from succulents. I love the mix of blue-greens.So this one is essentially a tube..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Happy New Year! New fabric designs...:
Claire Louise said, "I've been keeping busy with the Spoonflower contests and learning so much while doing them. My Bluebell field fabric was #2 a couple of weeks ago and my Weekend Bread fabric was #7 this week! So now they're both for sale in my Spoonflower shop.The..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Animal Friends book:
Claire Louise said, "I've finally sewn up my own copy of my Spoonflower baby book Animal Friends. I have two copies so I have one in my Etsy shop.I added quilt batting to the cover to give it some structure. But all the other little pages are just soft cotton fabric -..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Sleepy cashmere rabbit:
Claire Louise said, "This is the little item I mentioned a while back that I was working on after City of Craft. She's a very small rabbit made from cashmere wool knit fabric and she has a little floral dress with lace trim, a crocheted lace cap and blue and white polka..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Fabric Design lessons:
Claire Louise said, "Fabric collection in progress: Vintage Roses As I seem to have really taken to fabric design, I've invested in some fabric design books to help me learn some new techniques. I'll post more of them as I go along, but to start out I recommend Kim..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Art deco parrot:
Claire Louise said, "The current Spoonflower contest has been my favourite so far. The theme was Art Deco with a limit of four colours. I was looking through my books and found a wonderful book I actually forgot I had. It's called Art Deco Textiles by Alain-René Hardy...." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Ditsy sea creatures:
Claire Louise said, "The Spoonflower contest this week was fun, the theme was "ditsy sea creatures". In case you didn't know, a ditsy print is very small scale, so small that "At a distance, a ditsy print looks almost like a solid color". It's also a scattered print..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Camera strap:
Claire Louise said, "I finally made a camera strap cover thanks to this clever tutorial by the lovely Karyn! Here's a link to a post about her new strap, and here's a link to the original tutorial.As usual I managed to do things my own way, which wasn't really a good..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Paris Poodle:
Claire Louise said, "This week was busy with illustration work but I did manage to do a last minute entry to the Spoonflower contest with the topic "bicycles". It's called Paris Poodle, a poodle bringing home her baguette. One time, I did actually see someone bicycling..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Art Deco Parrot Blue:
Claire Louise said, "My favourite fabric so far is a new version I designed of the Art Deco Parrot, this time in a blue, white and grey colour scheme.I ordered a yard so I could make a pair of cushions in the cotton-linen blend fabric they offer. Being able to design..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:08:25 PM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Spring City of Craft!:
Claire Louise said, "Guess what? There's a Spring City of Craft show April 21st! I'm excited to be a vendor, and already thinking about how I will fill my table. For rummage I think I will have some vintage mason jars filled with vintage craft supplies and for the..." more
Monday, April 25, 2016 6:35:01 AM
Claire Louise Milne wrote a blog post titled Dollmaker:
Claire Louise said, "Well I keep meaning to visit my blog and do some more posting sometime but I guess Instagram has captured my heart! There's such a great creative community there. Lately I'm all about the dollmaking, and I have a group of dollmaker friends that post..." more