handmade by...the flat

Creative Ending to an Embellish Moment & Tea Parties

kflatarts — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:44:48 +0000

Some crafty moments ending and a Tea Party went down with new stuff in the arts shop. Come and browse new items pop up all the time.

We had good times so far with Handmade by the flat seeing some old and new faces. We had allsorts going this meet with cards, seeds, hand bands, tissue boxes and a wall hanging(deaffently another table wouldn’t go astray.

…a tea party ending to a busy past 6 months. Back on deck with creative things to do in February.

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Creating Giving & Greeting in November…

kflatarts — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:47:23 +0000

We are getting on in the year and gift giving season is already happening with buying anfd even making gifts to people we care and think of. In November will are going to sit around and dabble into some xmas hand/home made creations.

Sending via the old fashion way of reaching someone with a greeting; homemade greeting cards are awesome. There are so many ideas for the occasion even recycling old cards into new also the xmas card you got last year from someone you could use that and send them back a greeting and so on; fill the card(like a graffitti xmas card) for someones family history trunk to pass on down.

Design your own xmas greeting card with stamps and embelishments…

cost: Donation

Blank xmas stockings to take home and decorate Cost $2

November 11th & 25th 1-3pm @ the Artspace

Book Making

kflatarts — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:51:36 +0000

This month at Handmade by…the Flat (October 14 & 28) I will be making a Japanese Stab Binding Notebook & Pamphlet Stitch Poem

If you would like to join in (or otherwise bring your own art/craft to work on) you can purchase the ‘Handmade by Kit for a small cost (notebook decorative covers and pages are already cut to size)

Japanese Stab Binding Notebook ( you can use this method for any size notebook)

Materials:

Decorated card stock (covers)

Plain recycled paper (pages)

Make a template for binding holes.

Grey lead pencil

Thread or string

Upholstery needle/awl/nail with homemade handle/

Hammer

Method:

First, decide what size your notebook will be and cut your covers to size then pages/count of pages

Make up needle hole template (for marking exact where you will be binding the holes)

Depending on your length of notebook to how long your thread is eg: 6 inch length spine/3 holes = approx 6-8 lengths of string per spine.

Once done you can thread your needle and working with the binding pattern-sew it. You could add beads, plaits etc.

The ending of the binding tie shoe lace knot to where you want it showing-back/front.side.

Paper Dolls

kflatarts — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:28:18 +0000

We all had paper dolls when we were growing up, I’m sure. I even remember making my own-I had lined paper from an exercise book, because it’s all I had and the lines were annoying it was the not good enough saying- I think half the clothes had strippy clothes to make them fashionable which hid the lines. Memories did come back when I had to make a paper doll in a workshop. I loved paper dolls and I still do!

While buying my magazines from the newsagent I came across The Collectors http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/ magazine, issue 10, which had an article about a little bit of history of the dolls. While looking if it’s online I came across this paper doll site The Original Paper Doll Guild http://www.opdag.com/ A very good site with all stuff about paper dolls.

Handmade by…the flat will have some paper dolls self create packs in the near future, so check out KFAI space soon!

Local Crafty Spot!

kflatarts — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:05:25 +0000

If you like making handmade craft and need a different atmosphere to do it and have crafty company or work at your own leisure, well, the Kangaroo Flat Creative Artspace has got a little posse going every 2nd & 4th Friday of the month between 1pm-3pm where you can come and be your creative self with your own stash/project.

Also, if you haven’t a craft to do; you can purchase our self create art/craft pack.

COST: Gold coin donation

(goes back into the Kangaroo Flat Arts Inc Creative Space)

So, pack your sewing box, suitcase or handbag and come down to the space!

Starting 2nd Friday in Spring:

September 9th, 23rd, October 7th, 21st

Contact: kflatarts@live.com.au to be sure its on & if you want a seat saved.