Off the beaten path

I have missed you all.  After a respite I am re-energized and ready to move on with my blog I've been away for a short while I am now back home and ready to get back to my normal lovely life.

It was wonderful spending time with old friends

It was a fun trip.

Keep Smiling!

Gift for someone special

“Creative work needs solitude. It needs concentration, without interruptions. It needs the whole sky to fly in, and no eye watching until it comes to that certainty which it aspires to, but does not necessarily have at once. Privacy, then. A place apart — to pace, to chew pencils, to scribble and erase and scribble again.”

For commission email: hunarthecraftinghands@gmail.com

handmade pair of earrings

You really can’t go wrong with a pair of earrings as a gift. 
Most women have their ears pierced, and all women like to glam it up every now and again and every day.. 
A new pair of earrings can help to dress up an old outfit and make you feel funky, elegant or glamorous depending on your new pair of earrings.

Make someone feel special by these hand-made pair of earrings just for them.

order on : hunarthecraftinghands@gmail.com

Crochet commission project

The shawl has made a huge comeback in fashion, worn both traditionally and “backwards” as a triangular scarf. There are many gorgeous patterns out now…and so many of them look like they’d take ages to make! While the end result is no doubt worth it, great for gift giving, and perfect when you want something special to wear' but don’t have a lot of time to prepare!

Commission piece for Zenab Sandhu
My niece modelling my precious piece of crochet 

Repurposing old T-shirt

What to do with your old clothes when they no longer fit ?
Sometimes they are favorites that we can't bear to let go.  

Maybe it's the fabric we like, or maybe the clothes have particular memories.

This T-shirt i bought on one of my trips to Singapore, couldn't let it go in the bin.

I have used my old T-shirt like this to make new dress - 
upcycling it into something different that can be used and the memories of the pretty fabric kept. 

I've seen lots of ideas scattered here and here around the internet, but have used my own process to upcycle it

So here's the idea.

Removed the side stitching of T-shirt till the waistline 

stitched a rectangular piece of fabric at the waistline

Dah Dah 

Please link to the ongoing upcycling link Party Upcycing Link Party