Fabric Printing on Shopping Bags

Apply some white textil fabric paint onto a sheet of acetate. Scratch your design into the wet paint with a rubber brush and transfer onto the shopping bag.

1. Lay the shopping bag flat onto a hard surface. Place a piece of plastic inside the bag.

2. Apply a generous layer of  textil paint onto the hard plastic foil with a brush.

3. Scratch a pattern or design into the wet paint using a rubber brush.

4. Now transfer the sheet of hard plastic foil with the paint design onto the fabric. Rub thoroughly and pull offthe plastic foil. Let the transferred design dry and fix with an iron.

Cut the straps for handles in the middle and tie them with the cushion inside.

Candle Holders with Natural Materials

These candle holders are decorated with wood veneer, cork and leather.

1. Cut two pieces of wood veneer; approx. 17cm wide and 7.5cm high.

2. Place these two pieces on top of each other – back to back. Make two holes at both ends of the veneer to accommodate the leather cord.

3. Tye a piece of leather cord inside the holes.

Bracelets with Glass Beads

Glass beads, silver fashion links and pendants are threaded onto a 1mm elastic beading cord and finished with four or five tight knots.

1. Attach an oval ring to the loop of the pendant.

2. Thread the beads and pendants onto the elastic beading cord. Always finish with a bead with a large hole to hide the knot inside.

3. Tie four or five very tight knots – preferably reef knots. Cut off the ends and pull the knot inside a bead.