Category Archives: Surface Design

70’s Fab Floral Recreated By LoriesBags.

Upcycled handbag, by Recreated Now. 70's Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado. — Upcycled handbag, by Recreated Now. 70’s Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

What a fun find! Lorie English recently posted this on Instagram, you can find her @recreated_now. Lorie makes fabulous upcycled handbags. She uses feed sacks, cargo pants, and colorful fabrics. For this one she found my 70’s Fab Floral in Avocado! How groovy! I love the simplicity, and the clean lines.

Upcycled bag, back, by Recreated Now. 70's Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado. — Upcycled bag, back, by Recreated Now. 70’s Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Upcycled bag, open, by Recreated Now. 70's Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado. — Upcycled bag, back, by Recreated Now. 70’s Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Looking through her Etsy site, LoriesBags, I was reminded of a favorite bag I had when I was about nine. It was 1976. The bag was navy blue, with red, white and blue stars on the wide fabric strap. The top flap closed with a metal twist clasp, and had a large “’76” on the front. It was about 8 x 8 inches, and “U” shaped, much like this one. I loved that bag. I’m pretty sure I wore it like a crossbody bag. And I vaguely remember collecting rocks with it that summer.

I love the pockets on the inside!

Upcycled handbag, interior, by Recreated Now. 70's Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado. — Upcycled handbag, interior, by Recreated Now. 70’s Fab Floral Fabric. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Be sure to visit Lorie’s links for more.
Share with friends, daughters and granddaughters!
Follow LoriesBags, & @recreated_now.

Upcycled bags designed by Recreated Now. — Upcycled handbags designed by Recreated Now.

Nature abhors waste. And so should we.

Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

There is no such thing as ‘away’.
When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.

Annie Leonard, Proponent of Sustainability

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors;
we borrow it from our children.

Native American Proverb

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Prospering Radiance For Spoonflower

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Prospering Radiance Tablecloth. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Spoonflower challenged designers to celebrate Chinese New Year with “Year of the Rabbit”. With this design, the color came first. Deep Shiraz. Or wine. Or burgundy. Take your pick.

Prospering Radiance Close-Up. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

With a dark base, the design elements were sure to pop. I started with a linen texture, and carried it through on the lanterns and hexagrams. The hexagrams are, “Prospering” and Radiance”.

For the rabbits, I added a subtle brushed gold effect. I need to check the swatch, the brushed effect might need to be increased. I was inspired by the silky, vibrant Chinese Qipao dresses.

Prospering Radiance - Lanterns. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Prospering Radiance – Lanterns. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Prospering Radiance Pillow. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Prospering Radiance – Lanterns. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Prospering Radiance - Hexagrams. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Prospering Radiance – Hexagrams. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Prospering Radiance - Linen. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Prospering Radiance – Hexagrams. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

The linen effect is hard to see here, you can check out the post on Spoonflower to better see it. Voting is now open, until the 24th. Prospering Radiance is off to a good start. I am grateful, and hopeful. 🙏😊🙏

Prospering Radiance Collection. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Numb Tongue, Pillow. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Numb Tongue placed at 1127 of 1345 entries with 12 votes. You can see the top 73, here. They are gorgeous! I am grateful for your votes! Thank you! I know this is ghastly, haha. But I am grateful for the learning! I have started reworking this design, and I will share it soon. 🙂

Woo Who!

Can you believe it! February is almost here, and that means it is time for our 30 Days of Creative Gathering. I for one am excited. As you know, I have not been very productive artistically. These past few months I have been busy with behind the scenes admin tasks.

I am still undecided on a theme. As always. Haha. Landscapes? Collage? Abstracts? Well, you know me, I will probably do a little of each. Haha.

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Or use the invite button on the group page & let
your creative friends know they are welcome to join in. 😃
Visit the link for more information in the “About” section.

Can you believe it? We are starting our 5th year! Woo Who!

We already have two new members!
Will you be able to join us?
My fingers are crossed!

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Bees Decree For Spoonflower

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Bees Decree, Duvet. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Happy Blessed New Year!

Have you ever cross stitched? I enjoyed it for awhile. Back before the turn of the century. I also made things with plastic canvas. I forgot all about that, until I started doing research for this challenge.

This pattern came together quickly. I found a cross stitch font I liked. I made the elements and decided to use a linen effect for the background. I made a repeating aida cloth pattern, but the cloth, and the cross stitch letters were not matching up. I’m guessing this is due to the spacing between the letters.

Once the design elements were done, I had to figure out how to make them look like cross stitch. Hmm. I found a few really good videos, and chose one to follow. She was great. Showed two different methods. Woo Who! I got the first method down lickety-split.

Bees Decree, sample. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

I wasn’t so lucky with the second version. I watched the video about 6 times, and took notes. Finally, I figured out that she forgot to mention one tiny little thing. It worked on my next try. Whew! By this time, I had the steps memorized.

My pattern has one major flaw. The stitch sizes do not match. If you zoom in you can tell that some of the pieces look smooth, while the stitches are more visible on the type.

I just figured out how I can fix this. 😆 Isn’t that always the way. I skipped a few steps in this quick sample, but I know what I need to do now. Woo Who! I can’t edit the design on the site until after the challenge. I will make the changes, and have it ready to upload next week.

Voting is open now, until the 12th.

Bees Decree, Wall Hanging. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Bees Decree, Napkins. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Bees Decree, Wall Hanging. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Bees Decree, Tea Towel. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Bees Decree, Pillow. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Diamond Diva, wallpaper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Diamond Diva placed at 868 of 1393 entries with 34 votes. You can see the top 65, here. Most of the top designs are very busy. I guess I bucked that trend. 😆

Hugs and a huge thank you, to everyone who took the time to vote!

Thank you!
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Count your age by friends, not years,
your life by smiles, not tears.
John Lennon

Counting my birthday blessings today. Blessed to have 2022 behind me, and I even made it through December without catching my annual winter cold. Woo Who! I am so grateful for all of you, who let me take up a little space in your inbox. Thank you for sharing in my journey!