Unleash your inner creativity by taking on any one of these five simple crafts. You'll love how easy they are and how great they look, too!
1 Iron-on art
Create your own artwork by applying an iron-on transfer, found at craft-supply stores, to a stretched canvas. Mask off a square in the centre of the canvas with low-tack tape. Using fabric paint, paint the square a colour that contrasts with those in the transfer. Let dry for at least 24 hours. Iron the transfer onto the canvas according to the manufacturer's instructions. Finish with two coats of spray varnish.
2 Picture pillow
Images from IKEA's art cards are transferred onto fabric that's used to make a pillow. If you have a scanner and an ink-jet printer, you can print the images onto iron-on photo-transfer sheets (available at most office-supply stores). Alternatively, have the work done at a copy shop. Iron the images onto fabric panels according to the transfer-paper instructions. Stitch the panels together, then to a fabric border. With right sides together, stitch the pillow front to the back, leaving an opening. Turn right side out and stuff with batting. Slipstitch the opening closed.
3 Shaker vase
Use a dollar-store Parmesan cheese shaker as a vase. Fill the shaker with water and add a few drops of food colouring to tint. Cut the daisies and insert the stems into the holes in the lid. Finish with a brightly coloured ribbon.
4 Neat napkin
You needn't spend hours embroidering to make this pretty napkin. Simply iron a daisy appliqué onto a brightly coloured napkin. You can find iron-on appliqués at most fabric and craft-supply stores.
5 Petal placemat
Use glass plates so that you can enjoy these daisy placemats. Cut out a pattern from paper, making sure the flower centre is larger than the circumference of the base of your plate. Place the pattern on white vinyl, securing it in position with repositionable spray adhesive. Trace the pattern, then cut it out. For the daisy centre, measure the diameter of the base of
your plate and use a compass to draw a circle equal to that size on yellow vinyl. Cut out using pinking shears. Affix the daisy centre to the placemat using spray adhesive.
Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden
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