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| Building it up brick layer style |
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| Angle grinding is duty work |
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| Almost there |
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| The finished shape before mosaicking |
is a space to put ideas, inspiration and cool things I find and create myself. I love patterns, fabrics, textiles, paper, recycling, craft, graphic design, photography, film, retro, vintage and anything clever or different!
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| Building it up brick layer style |
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| Angle grinding is duty work |
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| Almost there |
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| The finished shape before mosaicking |
I saw this idea on Pinterest a while a go and have wanted to make it for our spare room for ages. So finally decided it could be my holiday project these holidays. I realise it is a popular idea as it is featured in The Big Bang Theory TV show, however I am not into the show at all and just thought it was a clever idea for a square tissue box cover. I have now thought of a few other ideas such as a liquorice all-sort or video game motifs, using the same technique. You could also use the same technique for coasters.
Using plastic canvas from an art shop, I just measured a tissue box and made my squares to fit. Annoyingly I couldn't fit all sides onto one piece of plastic canvas! And had to buy another piece for one square! Then embroidered two lengths of yarn to create the coloured squares. I wasn't too fussed about the order, however kept the colours pretty even. It isn't technically solvable, which is a bummer. (Same colours can't be next to each other on an edge) Next time I would make it solvable by refererencing a real Rubik's cube. The hardest part was outlining it all in black. It took the longest, having to thread each hole, which had already been threaded!
All-in-all it was a simple project that didn't take too long and looks great! I already have people wanting one for Christmas!
Video tutorial
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| Pattern from Pinterest- I didn't follow this but could be good |
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| Disney princesses in summer pieces |
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| Glammed-up Disney Villains |
"Everyone must have had similar thoughts at least once. Broccoli and parsley might sometimes look like a forest, or the tree leaves floating on the surface of the water might sometimes look like little boats."So many more on his website or follow his Facebook page!
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| Freight Train |
| Make-up City |
| Gulliver? |
| Aborigine |
| Maze |
| Big Wave |
| Kraken |
| Ferris Wheel |
| Shall We Dance |
| Back To The Future |
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| Corn Stock |
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| Egg Spa |
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| Eggplant Orca Whale II |
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| Far West Pickles |
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| Spring Break |
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| Camomile |
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| Rollercoaster Pasta |
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| Indoor Climbing |
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| Lone Fisherman |
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| Digital Bathroom |
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| Politician |