Tuesday, August 3, 2010

DIY - Sisal rope art via Design*Sponge

Good morning everyone!

Feel like a little DIY project? Well look at what I stumbled across on Design*Sponge...

Sisal Rope Art! Very cool hey, and looks quite easy from the online tutorial.

You can also make it as a place mat/table runner type of thing...

There is a real revival of rope-y sort of crafts isn't there. I'm seeing crochet, knitting, macrame etc coming back everywhere. In all the home/design mags etc.

My Mum used to have a Macrame owl in our family room when I was really young, you know the type, it sits on a stick. Also a Macrame hanging pot holder thingy.

Here is a pretty cool Macrame Owl I found via a google image search...

Did you have any macrame masterpieces in your home?

Have a lovely day everyone, don't get blown away in the wind today if you're in Sydney.

Take care,

13 comments:

  1. That macrame owl is very cute. Somehow my mother wasn't on board with the whole macrame thing back when it was popular. I did an assignment on macrame at Uni for Interior Design once. Love the rope art tho'. Michelle

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  2. Actually, I think my father-in-law still has a macrame wall hanging in his back room - wow, things really have come full circle! Love the sisal number though, very clever. By the way, I think you must have sent the wind our way, because it's blowing a gale here in Brissie too. Have a great day, Kerri xx

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  3. We had a macrame over sized fork and spoon holder that all hung on the wall.....and of course we had the crochet hanging pot holders..
    Love the rope idea.....very cool

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  4. I had the owl....not as cute as that one. I also made the plant hangers. I think I took a class.
    Not sure I am ready for them to come back, hah.

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  5. Oh Janette, macrame, noe that takes me back!!!! lol! I am thinking of the sisal rope for a wall hanging to fill the white wall on my stairs..... Hmmmmm, thinking, thinking, thinking....

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  6. I love the rope art. Used to have a macrame owl I'm sad to say, but even sadder to say I had a macrame plant hanger. I'm sure they were way cool back then :)

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  7. I love the rope art...We also had to macrame plant hangers, Ah the good ole'days are making an updated come back!!!

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  8. How 70's! Yep, I used to make those plant holder thingys when I was a primary school and my Mum used them all. So kind of her... Don't know where they ended up though... hmmm...

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  9. How funny!Don't mind the rope art, but despite what the mags say, I am not ready for macrame! That's one trend I will simply allow to remain as a fond memory of my childhood!
    X Briohny.

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  10. So funny, I bought a macrame owl from a Slavo's the other day and plan to blog about it later this week. Looks like opinion on whether they should come back is divided...lovely blog, by the way.

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  11. That looks like a really effective piece! I remember a macrame piece we had when I was little which hung a pot plant in our laundry :)

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  12. Oh my goodness Janette! That macrame owl has caused all sorts of flashbacks for me! We made one of those each in primary school....ok I am obviously giving away my age here!!! Loving the sisal wall art :) Hope you are having a wonderful week sweet girl Huge hugs to you and Will ~ XX PS: Have just read your email and will reply ASAP -xxxxxx

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  13. OMG Janette! I am really showing my age here, but my teacher's wife in about grade 5 or 6 was really into macrame & she used to come to school once a week and we had lessons. I can remember making several pot plant hangers for mum & thinking how great I was at the time! She kept them for years until they rotted and the pots fell out. I wonder if I will be that nice to H when she comes home from school with something just as ugly!!! illy the cuddly xo

    PS I've never seen an owl one before - he looks kind of cute!

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