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Bottles and Placemats

Before we came here I bought 3 little bottles from Mel Robson, a ceramic artist from Brisbane. For me, they are a momento of our transition from South to North.

I took the above photo with my new macro lens. I'm pretty happy with it!

Yesterday I made some felt placemats. A couple of years ago I bought some pre-felt batts from Fibre Fusion. These batts make this sort of 'picture' felting very easy as you can jump right in to designing and cutting out shapes without having to make prefelts first.

These go rather nicely with our little blue dining chairs and the red doors on the adjacent bookshelf. I knew all those home decorating blogs would rub off on me at some stage!

I love the little place

I love the little place mats. It feels good to be able to finish a little job like this without and hassles, doesn't it? I how you are well and enjoying your work and it's time for us to get back to chatting again. Let me know when your free and we'll hook up. XOXOXOXOX Meg and the boys Host unlimited photos at slide.com for FREE!
  • By Meg (not verified) at 2008-01-20 17:34

Hi Meggie, Yes we should

Hi Meggie, Yes we should start chatting.  I'll make sure I'm on messenger when I'm on the computer.  The placemats were fun to make :-)
  • By Claire at 2008-01-23 04:42

I don't think I could have

I don't think I could have squeezed any more typos into that last message it I tryed! :) ps why does your program turn smiley faces into 'smiling'
  • By meg (not verified) at 2008-01-23 14:15

hi Claire! been wondering

hi Claire! been wondering what you've been up to. so glad to have you back. oh and i want those bottles and placemats too! just love the lines on the bottles and those red petals of your felted mats. makes me want to learn more about felting. one of these days. :].
  • By redredday (not verified) at 2008-01-22 11:08

Hi Mein, Felting is great

Hi Mein, Felting is great fun and you can get quick results (compared to quilting).  Definitely worth trying out!!  Cheers, Claire

  • By Claire at 2008-01-23 04:47