Purl Soho's Baby Blankets Kits

Not just that these Baby Blankets Kits by Purl Soho make an excellent gift, the photos are a work of art by themselves. I can easily see a couple of them hanged together as prints in my bedroom.

Would you knit for a present?



Via Fetching Things

Trimmings competition - What can you make?

It's no secret that I love fabrics, I love textile design and I adore creative people.
Take those three, combine them together and you get Umbrella Prints.

Amy and Carly, the energetic and lovely ladies who run Umbrella Prints, came up with a great idea for a creative competition based on their Trimmings packets, which run this year for the second time.
The competition is simple and fun - get one of the trimmings packets (you can choose between 6 different color groups) and create something pretty out of it!  It is super easy as the colours and patterns of the fabrics are so delicious and inspiring!
It's a wonderful idea and a great way to challeng your creativity and not to mention - to win great prizes.

Head over to the competition page for more details and check out the flickr group to see others creations. Good luck everyone! I would love hearing (and seeing!) what you're making!!

IKEA Textile inspiration

2 fantastic DIY textile projects from IKEA that are so easy to make and gorgeous to look at.
I just love the idea of making this lamp out of fabric scraps (that I have in hidden places all around the house...) and it put an end to my endless search for the perfect floor lamp for our living room.

I was also smiling at Creature Comfort's Ez idea of making this lamp into a Xmas tree. What do you think? I find it genius!


Photos: MARCUS LAWETT and SY - SINCERELY TEXTILES

Triangles Fun

Giddy Giddy is the creative and inspiring brainchild of Teri Dimalanta.
Her blog is full with wonderful DIY crafty activities and lots of clever ideas, most of them can be shared with your kiddies.
Teri's latest brilliant project was challenging her family to create art from hundred triangles in different colors...



This is what they came up with:










What a geometry joy! It is so much fun to look at the different works and admire the endless variations and possibilities even when your art is limited to using only one shape.
I also adore Teri's idea of entertainment for Friday's night, when most families would just spend the evening in front of the T.V... Superb!


P.S. It has been very quiet here the SlowLane on the last couple of days. My MacBook stopped working unexpectedly on Monday and I had no internet access until now. I'm still trying to figure out what went wrong but I hope to be able to go back to posting regularly from now on...

Google Maps Envelope

Stephen Hallgren (AKA Teevio) created this awesome little website where you can make and print your own Google Maps envelopes.
This wins the 'Too Brilliant' award of the month and absolutely made my day today!