myfuroshiki advent calendar 19

* Day 19 *

(and normal font service has been resumed ...)

A big thank you to everyone who mentioned us in their blogs.
We've found ourselves in some great places this year:

* The Earth Day feature on Cuteable, run by Lynsey from SwirlyArts
* GlassPrimitif's feature on Folksy Finds
* PiratePixieCrew's Autonomous Artisans' Coriandr feature
* Coriandr Featured seller of the week - thanks to DigTheEarth
* The Coriandr Express blog
* Found on Folksy in It's in the bag
* Making good use of all our fabric scraps in Sew Mama Sew's Scrapbuster month
* Alongside some lovely sellers at Ilkley Market
* Great gift wrapping ideas in Wrapped up in Bow by Aleximo Croissant
* Birmingham Friends of the Earth It's a Wrap for eco-friendly wrapping
* With the cutest deer in Lili Draws Pictures' Happy Holidays post on Craft Candy
* and finally, wrapping it up, in Pink to Green

The best waste

... is that which is not produced! I've been meaning to blog about this for while and so, as it's European Waste Reduction Week, thought this was a fitting moment. I loved Sew, Mama, Sew's October Scrap Busters features as I hate to throw fabric away and am always looking for new tips. Here's a little history of how the small, smaller and smallest remnants of furoshiki fabrics are put to good use.

small - patchwork pocket furoshiki and rosettes

smaller - overlocking offcuts plaited into ribbons

smallest - fluffy fabric pompoms

(I was trying to do a neat little presentation of interlinked photos using powerpoint and converting it into a picture file but ended up with something that would have required a microscope to see! So I'm afraid it's the standard inserted photos again :) Mich)

Sew, Mama, Sew!

Have you a hoard of fabric scraps that you can't bear to throw away?
Looking for some inspiration for creative Christmas presents?

Take a look at Sew, Mama, Sew's October "Scrap Busters" blog for dozens of fantastic ideas and tutorials. Necklaces, flowers, christmas decorations, eye masks, belts, bags, skirts, crayon rolls, cd holders, cushions, pictures, finger puppets, jam jar covers, pin cushions, books, table runners
.... and our very own patchwork pocket furoshiki ...
and lots, lots more!