MariKay Creations

MariKay Creations I use photos, words, recycled things & fibre to make art and stories. Here's where I share my creations and any lessons/failures along the way.

Cos we all have to fail sometimes or we'd never grow!

All squares made - and that term is fairly loose 😆so now I'm joining them into strips. My first plan had been thicker bl...
02/09/2026

All squares made - and that term is fairly loose 😆so now I'm joining them into strips. My first plan had been thicker black yarn and whip stitch to join them all, but there was none available when I was at the store. The only options in thick was superthick in 2 colours, or ridiculously thick - as in a tube of black fabric filled with dacron. So I went with cream superthick, as the charcoal grey wasn't enough of a contrast with all my blocks. New plan - thank You Lord - is to join them in the normal way, then stitch the superthick yarn over the joins, down each strip, then across. If there's any left, hopefully I can do a border. Good news was yarn was buy one, get one half-price :D

I think I'm up to square  #48, so nearly halfway to my estimated total.
21/07/2026

I think I'm up to square #48, so nearly halfway to my estimated total.

Up over 20 squares now, and close to using up all my leftover acrylic yarn. What a shame, I'll have to go buy more 🤣😇Fri...
05/07/2026

Up over 20 squares now, and close to using up all my leftover acrylic yarn. What a shame, I'll have to go buy more 🤣😇Friday night at the top, this morning at the bottom.

The stack of squares is growing
29/06/2026

The stack of squares is growing

We were making up the spare beds last week, ready for Mal and Christina coming to visit. It made me take stock of what s...
27/06/2026

We were making up the spare beds last week, ready for Mal and Christina coming to visit. It made me take stock of what spare bedding we had on hand, and see we could do with more blankets. So yesterday I began turning my yarn into a new colourful blanket. Tis an easy thing to be doing while we watch talks or shows. Decided to stick to the most basic stitch, 30-stitch wide squares and I'll figure out the layout later.

Finished the Pick of the Pots with the substitute picks sorted by a group member over the last third of the challenge. W...
01/04/2026

Finished the Pick of the Pots with the substitute picks sorted by a group member over the last third of the challenge. We're all very grateful to her for keeping it going! I made my pieces into a sampler book.

I've been quiet on the FB front for a while, and I've just seen I've been silent on this page especially - only 1 post i...
10/03/2026

I've been quiet on the FB front for a while, and I've just seen I've been silent on this page especially - only 1 post in 2026!! Forgive me, my friends, I will get back to putting creations on here soon. Currently our eldest's belongings are betwixt me and my supplies/workspace while she looks for work and a new place to live in her favourite city :D So for now I'm working from a table in our bedroom. Handwriting my second novel, typing the outline to a short story, playing with a new 12x12 pad of gorgeous craft paper, designing new colouring pages and doing a bit of slow stitching.

And the Full Deck Challenge  #3 (2025) is all done. Just did my last card, prompt - animal print. I also redid one from ...
01/01/2026

And the Full Deck Challenge #3 (2025) is all done. Just did my last card, prompt - animal print. I also redid one from earlier in the year which was absolute rubbish (I had a spare card leftover), since I'm now using the cards in my journals for this year & I didn't want to keep the first attempt 😆And we're working through the substitute prompts for the sewing challenge that was paused a few months back.

23/12/2025

Merry Xmas to you all! Thank you for all the encouragement and support on here this year. May God's blessings be overflowing in you and your family in every area of life over this next season.

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