Crochet Rainbow Love

  

Oh, how I love this crochet rainbow that I just made.
Would you believe that it took under 30 minutes to make!
It took longer to choose the yarn than it did to hook up!

The pattern is this one. Grab the pattern, it's easy and the results are super stunning,
Yarn is this yarn from my stash, I love the abundance of colours.

I hung this rainbow up onto my kitchen window as I seem to spend the majority of my day there washing dishes, cooking, meal prep etc.

Next up it a rainbow for each of the kids then I might make a few to scatter around the front of my house to make the neighbours smile.

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Photo Wall

Ok, you seriously need to see the new print that we just popped up on our bedroom wall.
The gorgeous print is from PhotoWall.

We were originally going to put a mural up on the wall but we (as a couple) struggled to agree on something together and also, our bed is weird! As you can tell from the photos, we have a purple ribbed bed, so a lot of stuff that we liked would have required a new bed but we like our bed and I love how the colours in this artwork complement the bed!

I thought I'd also share some of the other designs that I loved, like this greyish mural, the birds & branches would have looked great coming down from the ceiling.
We also loved this crisp clear twig mural, the bright white background and the branch/twig was really look lovely.

We ended up choosing this gorgeous print, it's called Golden Riptide.
We first thought it would make a fab mural over the entire wall but after staring at our bedroom wall for a bit, we decided it would look best as a print. I jumped straight onto the computer with the dimensions in hand and ordered the canvas print of it straight away.
Oh and before I forget, I also need to share with you the other design that really, really, really, really, really, really loved. It was this gorgeous bird one but hubs said no. He wouldn't budge, even though I practically begged him but that's ok as I'm super happy with the artwork that we chose together.

Now, I have a special deal for you. you can get 25% off from the PhotoWall website using the code: craftyrie2021  

Also, I have to tell you that I ordered it & received it four days!  That was super fast! I think it took longer to choose just one print than it did to receive it!

Yes, my bed is purple, hubby made it about 20+ years ago and he actually let me paint it purple!
Yes, I have a ton of books on my bedside table but it's actually less than half of what it normally is cos I knocked it over whilst putting the picture up!
Yes, I made those cushions .. you can check out how easy there were to make in this old blog post.
Yes, I made the granny square blanket, in fact it's about 30 years old!
Yes, the crappy flower artwork on either side of the really nice artwork is made by amateurs (ie me 7 hubs)!

New shorts for Joe

Sharing the lastest make, a new pair of shorts for Joe.
Quick to cut, to sew but I can't recommend the pattern as the designer no longer is in business!
So anyway, here he is, my cutie in his new (long) shorts:

Hot tip: I make long shorts rather than trousers as they last for years as he grows, they just get shorter shorts whereas if you sewed trousers then they look funny when he's had a growth spurt!

Fabric is from stash.
Pattern is no longer for sale.
Ha!  Can't really help you out if you like either the pattern or the fabric but hey, life goes on!

   

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Unisex Kids Romper

I just finished sewing this very cute and super easy to make romper.
I totally admit to 'testing' it on the smaller size in older fabric from my stash for Delaney before cutting & sewing one for Joe!

I wanted to see how easy it was to sew and then to see how it fits.
It was super easy to cut, only three pattern pieces, easier to sew and gosh, it fits really well.

So yep, I'm now off to find some fabric for Joe so he can have one too.
Pattern is this one.

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Temperature Blanket 2020

 

Hey there!  It's March already, the year is flying by and it's no longer summer! Phew, it feels like I'm still only a few weeks into the new year.

I decided this year to do a Temperature Blanket, have you ever done one?

I made sure to check the local meteorology site before I started to find out what the most common average temperatures were (for where I live). As those colours/temps would feature most of in the blanket, you need to chose something that you want to see a lot of. So for those two averages, I chose mint green and orange. As you can tell from what I've done so far (last image), that I'll be using those colours a lot!

The picture above shows the very first week of January and the picture below is the first 18 days of the new year.

Big thanks to the lovelies over at AmericanYarns.com.au as they were super helpful picking out my colours.

Towards the end of this year, when I will have a bigger blanket, I will putting together a pattern for a Temperature blanket with a guide on choosing colours, how much yarn is needed etc.

If you want to see a more photos of my blanket as it progresses then keep an eye on either my Instagram or Facebook as I share more over there on a daily basis.

Once again, big hugs to AmericanYarns.com.au for the supporting my efforts in my #2020TemperatureBlanket

Big love, Rie.

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