17 posts tagged “craft”
The first I made with vintage buttons on apple green cord, fastened with a twisty metal clasp. The other one I made with one of my doily flowers and a red bakelite button,which I attached to an old necklace.
This is an old dress of my Mum's that she had given to me to so I could cut it up for fabric. I decided to have a go at altering so I could wear it and it went really surprising well.
I took in every seam, and added some pin tucks and probably reduced it by 2 or 3 sizes.
The photos aren't great beacuse whenever I take photos on with the timer I can never seem to focus them, plus the lighting isn't great in my room, but you get the gist.
I love every bit of the fabric I own, particularly the stuff LaidOutInLavender sent me, so I am loath to throw any of it away, even if it is only a scrap a few inches across. Inspired by the fabulous blog, How About Orange I made fabric covered bulldog clips, which I am finding as functional as they are pretty. Very useful for getting piles of fabric and paper off my floor and neatly pinned to a wall.
I also made a very useful pin cushion arm/wrist band (idea stolen from Project Runway) out of a thin scrap of fabric, some felt, a vintage button, and some stuffing.
I have taken up embroidering on the bus partly because it's something to do, but also because I like to think it makes me a bit of a character. I started out on scraps of fabric , and now I started adding embroidered details to my rabbits.
My dog is in some the the photos because I couldn't get rid of him. I found adding the details made them more individual so I could no longer call them Finbar Jr.
Finbar is a wise and all knowing rabbit who comings many flavours, including original, minty fresh and pirate. I cut him out of lino and printed him onto paper and fabric. I have loads of these prints and lots of little stuffed Finbars too, so I'm going to put some on Etsy went I have time. If you'd like one just let me know.
Note pirate Finbar's sequined peg leg and daisy eye patch. My friend thinks they look like a couple, in which case the pink one could be Fionulla, but Finbar* is so manly he can wear pink and florals at the same time.
Bernard is stubborn and munchy (my friend came up with this and, and by this she means he munches stuff like cheetos noisily), but he enjoys the cherry blossoms. I made him out of lovely plaid fabric that LaidOutInLavender sent me and blue felt that I painted and machine stitched on to. Felt is the worst surface to paint onto ever, except knitted wool or maybe an actual sheep, but I think it turned out well.
Oh, and did I tell you I got into university (to study illustration)? I had my interview last Tuesday and I didn’t think it went that great, but whilst the interviewer was walking back to meet my mother so he could apologize to her (they made a mistake that kept me waiting around for over 45 minutes and she made a bit of a scene about it) he told me that he wanted me on the course and he hoped to see me this September. He checked that my mother didn’t live locally first, though.
Meet Tina the disco fox. I really need to think of a name for these creations. Anyway, you can expect lots more of them because this is what I'm doing for my college final major project. I had been really worried that I'd have to do something big and serious and impressive but instead I'm making '3D illustrations with textile techniques' which I think is going to be just about the most fun ever.
Making these was so much fun. I used my illustration sketchbook for inspiration so a couple of these are circus themed. I pretty much made these as I went along, which meant a fair few unpicked stitches but I think I got it right in the end. I've used a mixture of LaidOutInLavender's beautiful vintage fabrics and my own fabrics (mostly felt and cut up t-shirts).
I love these fabrics and I love the name Niamh (pronouce Neev). Niamh is particularly soft and cuddly and she dances with joy.
I started Oscar before I got the vintage fabric, so he's made out of an old t-shirt of my brother's. He has wire inside his arms and legs so they are posable.
The fabric on Rosie's ear is just about my favourite frabric of the lot and I only had a tiny square it, which is why Rosie is so tiny. Her lovely ears have wire in them so they are posable.
Quinlin was made from peppermint fabric so looks like he's in his pyjammas.
And lats but not least, Sydney the waving bear.
Thank you LaidOutInLavender!!! LaidOutInLavender send me a huge box full of beautiful vintage fabric to make monsters and fantastical creatures with. It was like Christmas. I practically carried the box around with me all afternoon. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
But really she's so much more than that. Rumpus was very much my brother's sock monkey and this one is very much mine. She's softer and squishier with very long legs that are good for yoga. I hand emboidered the eyes and the mouth and I made the little flower out of felt, a plain cloth covered button and purple pen.
