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Holiday feeling for the home
May it be a bit of sea? We have four simple craft ideas for you with which you bring maritime living feeling into your home.
What you need for the shelf:
- Wooden board (60 x 20 cm, hardware store)
- Rope (hardware store)
- Paint in blue
- Hook with matching screws (hardware store)
- Drill with wooden drill attachment
- paint roller
- cordless drill
And that's how easy it is:
1. Drill four holes into the corners of a 60 x 20 cm long board using a drill with a wood drill bit in the diameter of the rope.
2. Prime the board with paint in blue and let it dry well.
3. Guide the rope through the holes on both sides and fix it down with a strong double knot, making sure that the two ropes have the same length, here approx. 50 cm.
4. To hang, attach two hooks at the same height to the wall with a cordless screwdriver.
Prop: door knocker, anchor: Mare-me.de; € 19.95, bottle corks: Desiary; 59 €, rest: own
That's what you need for the stool:
- Stretch fabric in white / blue striped
- stool
- tape measure
- fabric scissors
- pins
- Sewing machine with matching yarn
And that's how easy it is:
1. Measure the legs of the stool and cut the fabric to the desired length and the diameter suitable for the legs of the stool.
2. Sew with a seam allowance of 0.5 cm with the sewing machine on the long edge, the stretch fabric used here must not be overcast at the open edges.
3. Put the fabric tubes over the legs of the stool.
Props: Stool: Car Furniture; € 99.90, bottle ship: Mare-me.de; € 47.95, fishing boat: Mare-me.de; € 62.95, rest: own
You need this for the travel diary:
- Notebook
- White paper
- Adhesive strips (eg tesa)
- foam rubber
- Acrylic block (craft shop)
- All Purpose Adhesive
- Stamp ink in blue
- scissors
- pencil
And that's how easy it is:
1. Beat the book with paper and fix paper on the inside of the book with adhesive tape.
2. Draw an anchor shape on sponge rubber and cut out.
3. Glue the sponge rubber anchor to an acrylic block with all-purpose glue. Evenly stamp anchor with blue stamping ink on the paper.
Tip: Paint a banner as you like. Or alternatively print out, cut out and stick on.
Props: all own
What you need for the seat cushion:
- Fabric in white
- Fabric in red
- fiberfill
- tape measure
- French chalk
- fabric scissors
- pins
- Iron
- Sewing machine with matching yarn
- sewing needle
And that's how easy it is:
1. Cut out of white fabric two rings with a diameter of 42 cm and an inner diameter of 30 cm, also a ring of the same size in red fabric.
2. Now cut the 4 white sections that are sewn on the red ring out of a white ring, the dimensions are 6 cm inside and 10 cm outside.
3. Iron the sides of the pieces of fabric with the iron about 0.5 cm inwards.
4. Pin the white cloth evenly with pins on the right side of the red ring and sew with the sewing machine.
5. Now place the red ring and the remaining white ring right to right and sew the outer edge together with a 0.5 cm seam allowance, turn the fabric and sew the inner edge together, leaving an opening to fill, the pillow with stuffing stuff and sew the opening by hand.
6. For the white fabric cushion, cut two circles with a diameter of 32 cm, sew the circles together right to right and leave an opening to fill.
7. Turn the pillow and stuff it with cotton wool, sew the opening by hand.
8. Now place the inner cushion in the center of the ring and sew it from the bottom by hand.
Props: Backpack: humanempireshop.com; about 42 €, rest: own
