OP-SHOP HAUL AND DIY!

                    Hi everyone, I have to seriously apologise for not posting in ages! I have been so busy but I'm not going to lie mostly with boring school things. Although exams are finally finished so I'm trying to get back into blogging. I promise! On Saturday we did a quick trip to our local town Barham to drop some things off at the op-shop I of course came home with some things from the op-shop including some jeans to alter into 'mum jeans' and the most beautiful Harris Tweed jacket!!! It's amazing and of course didn't need any altering now or ever. I probably don't need to add that it was just $7 for both! I don't know about you but I have been looking for the perfect pair of mum jeans everywhere to no avail. The only ones Ive found either don't fit or cost the earth so I have been keeping my eyes in the op-shop, also to no avail. SO I decided that's it time to make my very own pair, as you can see the jeans at the start were huge flairs and a bit big for me. I set myself a Saturday evening challenge, I put on a green face mask, haha, and set to work and I thought I would share what I did;

BEFORE

                                                                               

AFTER: featuring Harris Tweed jacket!

materials;

- marking pencil or chalk

- ruler

-pins (optional)

-sewing machine

-jeans of course!

 1. lay pants down and smooth them out so that the seams you are altering lay flat


















2. snip the seam from the waist ban to make it less bulky to sew (seen in next pic)

 3. work out how much you want to take in on the jeans and mark and measure it, using the ruler to make sure both sides are even

4. work your way down the leg until it is all marked out 

5. if you need to pin the jeans in place, and sew !!

6. chop off the excess fabric and finish the seams with either a zig zag stitch or overlocker (if you have one which I don't)

7. You're Done!!

There you go a nice little weekend project! Soon I will be doing a Groovin the Moo post when I finally get my film photos developed haha. And also in other news my artwork has featured twice on the amazingly gorgeous online Daisy Mag!! Very exciting times! You should definitely check it out, especially their post on the Delta Riggs who I adore and were amazing to see at Groovin!

Until next time (which I promise will be soon!), have fun!

Maggie x x x

just some art stuff

well, well, well...

Another term has come around already, I can't believe how fast this year is going! 

So, first things first I hope everyone had a beautiful easter break including many chocolate yummies. I certainly did and I even braved the cold for a last few skis of the season over the holidays. Even though the water was .. well a bit fresh, the skiing was great! I have also just finished my artwork for the Groovin the Mo sister cities art competition, you can see it below (sorry for the really dodgey pic!) but sadly I didn't win but there will always be next year and it was an awesome experience to have, everyone selected was so very talented! 

the finished version (I think).. of sister cities project

in the process of sister cities project..

just a pretty scene I saw whilst walking..

random collage..

first finished textile project!!

brainstorming for new textiles project

inspiration for new textiles project by caroline kaufman

 School has started again and it really doesn't feel I had any holidays at all now.. They are just a distant dazed memory somewhere in my brain that has been flooded with school work. But on a positive note I have started working on a new textiles assignment which is the Wool for School competition and is very exciting... I am so loving textiles even though it is by distance education meaning my teacher is all the way in Canberra, it gives me some time out at school where I can just go and do my own thing, I really had never realised just how much time was wasted in a normal classroom and because I don't have any other kids wasting time I don't get any homework for that class.. it's great! The design brief for this year's Wool For School comp is exciting and enticing and I have chosen to base my design on New Delhi n the Winter time... I'm not sure quite where I'll go with this one but hopefully I will have some ideas soon.. I hope! If you want more info head over too Wool For School website, I definitely would recommend entering if you have a chance! What amazing prizes... Gush!

So thats about all I have, a random update of my life thanks for reading..

Maggie x x x 

A CREATIVE WEEK.

my set up at art class this week... I seemed to nearly have all my possessions there oops!

sketch book sneak peeks...

set up in my art room today.. perfect way to start the holidays

todays painting embellished with vintage gold metallic coated thread I inherited from my Great Great Aunty.. up until now I have been too scared to use it on anything it is just so cool

planning for sister cities art project underway

walking down the hallway today I just had to take a pic of the beautiful colours I saw

Well school has finally finished for the term! I could tell I was ready for a break from so much school work as this week all I wanted to do was paint and make things. I was nearly going crazy... Well I kind of did go crazy with the amount of collaging, painting and making that went on this past week. I've also started work on a special project for the Groovin The Moo sister cities art competition. I'm so excited to do this piece of work as it will be on exhibition at Groovin!! Oh my goodness I can still hardly believe that.... I am so nervous that what I create will turn out horrid... Fingers crossed! So this is a collection of pictures from my week. I hope everyone else that is on holidays has a good break !! My holidays certainly have started well.

Maggie x x x

LAST WEEK INSPIRATION...

Hello lovelies, I have decided to make a quick yet beautiful post of pictures that I love and am finding inspiring at that moment as it's the last week of school and by this time in the term I am really in need of creative inspiration. There is way too much homework! I am an extremely visual person and in order to be happy and inspired I need to be surrounded by beautiful and intriguing things/pictures. Even if sometimes it just looks like a bunch of random/weird things sitting on my desk but it is there for a reason. These pictures are all ones that I had saved on desk top at the moment that I spend way too much time staring at in class..oops!

pic from rookie

pic from spell

pic from rookie

pic I took in Italy in Burano.. cacti!

pic from Marra Hoffman

pic from Marra Hoffman

pic from tumblr

pic from tumblr

I thought I would add some music inspiration to, 

if you haven't heard of Nathan Hawes you really need to check him out! He is a young Aussie musician who released his first EP "left with the wolves" in January and I am loving it! The whole album is gorgeous and at risk of sounding tacky it is my go to album with a happy-hippy vibe that reminds me of Summer every time I listen too it. I am listening to it right now .... Beautiful!

Also how cool is the album artwork?! 

LONG WEEKENDS.. WHY CAN'T THEY LAST FOREVER?

Why can't long weekends last forever, I know that technically then it wouldn't even be a long weekend but.. whatever. Last weekend myself along with five of my bestest pals headed down to Mornington to stay at one of my friends beach houses. Oh the fun that was had! The car trip was even fun and we featured for the first time on triple j and they played our song request.. 'Sadness Disease' by Urban Cone which of course is now our anthem of the trip! But seriously what a great song? 

      

We spent our time clambering down the cliff paths to find the beach and wasting endless hours by the water. We also spent time frolicking about the Mornington markets which had some seriously good food... and lemonade! Oh and of course some shopping was thrown in there somewhere. Our last night we enjoyed fish and chips on the beach whilst pondering to ourselves "Does it getter better than this?" which now that we are home and back at school again the answer is obviously no, it does not get better than chilled nights on the beach with friends.

A much enjoyable long weekend.. but I'll try to let the pictures speak for themselves for once and shut up now. I hope everyone else's year is going well and that for school goers everywhere it has been bearable if not slightly enjoyable so far. 

ps: can you believe it's already March? I myself am having a lot of trouble keeping up.. especially with the unmentionable fact.. that Summer is over! (bursts into tears until Winter is gone)

Lots of love Maggie  x x x