Mary's flower swap: textures and cards

There was no specific project that came to mind with the flowers, so I decided to scan them all and experiment with making some digital textures with the pieces that might possibly be useful in future projects. I’m not sure these will be, but it was fun to play around with them.

I had fun with the scanning part, and did some with the scanner lid open and closed, and like how bits of them are blurry. I layered them with some paint textures and sketches to see what happened.

Afterwards, I made some cards with them. Stitching and a little gluing, with a few bits of painted paper too. Have not yet found a satisfying purpose for my rolled rose, but hope to still.

Anna's Flowers Project

I'd been storing my lady stuff in an ugly plastic tub that once held some mushrooms. The brief stated that the end result needed to be beautiful and useful. I decided that my lady products don't need to be in an ugly green plastic tub! 

The lining fabric is a pink and green floral that was left over from another project. I tried to make the lining to fit over the outside but I got the measurements wrong. I chose not to remake it when I realized it didn't fit so I got some chunky cord and made a piped edge to give it some structure instead. 

Then I cut the challenge fabric into strips and sewed them together to form an outer cover.

Lastly, I hand-stitched the flowers onto the outer cover and fit both the outer and the liner onto the new box. 

I recently reorganised and labelled the cupboard under the bathroom sink. It fits perfectly!

Ruth's Flower Challenge

I have a willow basket which sits on the shelf in my craft area holding a variety of art supplies. It had a bright red and white polka dot fabric liner which clashed with the colours of the room. So I used our flowers challenge to make a new one. I've shown it from various sides because the decorations go all the way around.