Waffle bags!

Just going up for sale in the made4aid Etsy shop today, a series of waffle shoulder bags - these were all hand-woven on a table top loom, then semi-felted.  All lined with vintage fabric - full details on the Etsy listings so do go have a look!

These 3 are all made to the same design - all with a cream/ecru basis, and with colour in the weft - purple;  pale lilac and purple;  pink and brown.  The body of the bag is plain weave, and the band of waffle weaving along the top shrinks more than the plain weave, pulling in the bag and giving it its softly pleating shape.

The straps were knitted as icord, then felted.


You can see the item listings here.




There is also a 4th waffle bag, made on the same warp, which is all-over white waffle, making a square bag.



Made4aid sales are ticking over intermittently on Etsy, I have more items to list but not enough time to get it all done!   - and also I'm selling at the Greenwich Community College where I go to a textiles class - they now have a shop for students' work, and I have been selling some weaving and photography cards there.

Total money donated via made4aid has now tipped just over £3000. And in June, we will be participating in a craft fair in South East London - so, busy busy weaving and sewing for that.

Campaign for clean water - call for photographers!

Andy, of walkforcleanwater, is working to raise money for wells, in parts of the world where people don't have the luxury we take for granted of clean water.

He is working with Living Water International, walking across Wisconsin - and is also collecting water photographs to create a book about water, to sell to raise funds.

If you have any water photos you'd like to submit - or know someone who might be interested - you can find more information on the website. The photographer retains copyright of their image, and are donating publication rights for the book only - and all profits will go to Living Water International. There is an online form to submit images, its quick and easy.


So take a look, the deadline for submission of images is Feb. 29th.

Street art valentines

Valentines cards are on sale in the made4aid Etsy shop now.

They are made with high resolution prints of graffiti of hearts and/or love messages of one kind and another. All the photos were taken by me, except for the je t'aime, for which lots of thanks to lovely Tat from Pomme de Jour for her permission to use this great photo of hers.

There are a number of photo-mosaic designs, combining some of my favourite graffiti shots
(please click on a picture to see large) :

No.1



2. 3.

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Cards are also available showing just one piece of street art - your choice from the following, if you want to order one or more please note the number/s.


1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

11. 12.

13. 14.

15.


For further details about buying cards, visit our Etsy shop, which has a Valentines section for the next month - please click here.

Or if you'd sooner buy directly from via this blog, do email at: made4aid@yahoo.co.uk


All proceeds from made4aid sales go to Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders.

Christmas decorations & gift bags

made4aid has been sent some great donation listings from Molly - Christmas decorations and gift bags - and for USA and Canada, there is still plenty of time for shipping for Christmas from Ohio. You can see Molly's blog here

Clothespin snowmen








These are all beautifully hand-crafted and vintage inspired, listed today in the made4aid Etsy shop, for just a few dollars you can add some extra nostalgic, homespun charm to your home and Christmas giving.

So - here are more of Molly's lovely donations (all of them are available singly, or in pairs/sets):

Gift bags - hand-aged music sheets, with accessories of vintage fabric, ribbons, buttons, beads eucalyptus.....


Shown above:
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus ribbon
Green satin ribbon
Burgundy check bow


Brown tartan satin ribbon
Aged Muslin bow
Multi-check gingham knot


Green plaid clothespin
Blue plaid clothespin
Rust gingham knot

Christmas Decorations


Print block decorations


Cookie-cutter decorations


little Button wreaths


Spool & button Christmas decorations



more cotton spool decorations - snowmen and gingerbread men



and these fab. nesting snowman ornaments!




So - do come over to the made4aid Etsy shop for more details, have a look - spend a few dollars?

There are quite a few other items available for less than $10 - some pictures in the previous post.

All proceeds from our sales to to Medécins sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders.