Saturday, January 12, 2013

Oya flowers for an order

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So I have an order from a friend which I'm definitely overdue on, but theres no rush (thank god) on it but I'm working away as fast as I can on it and only took time out to write this post.  I just finished the red and white flower to which I'll add to the others.  It was very time consuming to make but I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.  I made a few flowers for this order before but decided not to use them because the stitches weren't small.  Usually when I make oya flowers I use a double wrap around the needle which creates a more sturdy knot, but you cant make the stitches small because of the height of the knot, and the knots become visible and really I'd only use that type of flower for something like a scarf where its going to be washed and needs to keep its shape.  Also it takes less time because the loops are bigger meaning that you can create a flower faster.  I decided to use the one wrap with these flowers which keep the loops closer together and smaller which makes the flower look more delicate.  Because these flowers will be used for a crown I have inserted fishing line around the edges and made oya over them so they will be more durable and keep their shape.  I haven't starched them because perhaps she would like the flowers to sit a certain way so I'll leave that up to her.  Anyway back to work I go!





Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Whats new for 2013?

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So in the first week of december I had a market stall in Daylesford (for any crafters reading this that intend to  go to daylesford to sell their pretty things- DONT.  People at this market would rather by dusty crap than a handcrafted piece of gold)  I didn't do as well as I would have liked but never mind.  In october and november I put my head down and my bum up working away on things to put at my market stall because heres me thinking I wouldnt have enough things for people to look at.  Anyway I made alot of oya lace, which some of you can find on my Etsy store, and some you will see here first and then on my Etsy store in the near future...So here they are:
Bouquet of oya lace flowers


Purple bouquet of Oya lace flowers

Purple Bouquet of Oya lace flowers

Bouquet of Oya lace Flowers

Bouquet of Oya lace Flowers

Bouquet of Oya lace Flowers

Tatted Turkish Towel Edging

Tatted Turkish Towel Edging

Tatted Turkish Towel Edging

All bouquets together!

Heres the beginning of my mixed tatted/oya lace table topper

Turkish Tatted Towel Edging

All Bagged and labled!

Yasemin Oyasi, Boncuklu Halay

Assorted bead oyas

This flower is called muhur

Assorted Oya Lace Flowers


Holidays!

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Hello everyone!  I'm back for a new year of crafting!  I hope all of you had a safe and happy holiday season!   This is normally the time of the year my partner has off so we did some sight-seeing and went and stayed by the beach because here in Melbourne it has been around 40 degrees for the past 2 weeks.  At the moment I'm sunburned but I had a lovely time resting my hands and taking in the scenery.  This year expect some new things, more tutorials and hopefully just more more more in general!

Til next time x
Melbourne city


war memorial

yarra river

war memorial

war memorial

war memorial panorama

war memorial

This is where the anzac ceremony takes place
every year on the 25th of april

war memorial













the eternal flame

Botanic Gardens

Torquay!

Torquay

Torquay


Anglesea


Anglesea

Anglesea

Anglesea

Anglesea

Anglesea

Anglesea

Anglesea

Torquay

Torquay

Even with my umbrella i still got burned :(

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