Getting crafty

A side-effect of not knowing whether the impending moosling will be a girl or a boy, is that I’ve ended up with a whole bunch of white clothes. And now I’ve finished work, I’ve had a lot of time on my hands (especially as my pelvic ligaments are too sore to let me walk very far). So I’ve been busy turning these:

 

 

Into these:

 

 

Dyeing fabric is every so much fun, now I just want to dye everything in the house – and the dyes I got created really good bright colours that shouldn’t wash out… well I’ve already washed them with white things, and the whites are still white… until I dye them too.

And then using stencils:

 

I make the stencils from freezer paper – draw your design on, cut out with a stanley knife, iron onto fabric and paint away.

 

To make these:

 

 

 

 

Why yes, I am having fun getting all crafty. It’s been a while.