Category: creations

Jul 10

a polite cat

I’ve had my second crack at making a plush toy this time for my niece India lily’s, baptism pressy. This is Millie, she is a polite cat. Indy’s first reaction was to chuck her on the floor and go for the next pressy, but hopefully they are good friends now! Millie is made largely from mauve gingham, a super cute owl print and has a felt face.


The hardest part of Millie was her face, so many round bits that that take ages to sew! I chose the bright blue eyes to match Indy’s eyes and the owl print because she is in love with Hoot on ABC kids.It wasn’t until I was wrapping this little cat that I realised the irony of a cat with owls in it’s belly – ha ha!

The pattern came from the meet me at mikes books as previously mentioned in the Ferdinand post.

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Jun 19

an udderly lovely cow

I’d like you to meet Ferdinand, an udderly lovely cow. He is the new friend of a little guy called Archie and a testimony to my return to the sewing machine. I haven’t sewn anything using a machine, since I was in year 9 textiles. But I was recently inspired enough to purchase the Meet Me at Mike’s books by Pip Lincolne. So when Archie arrived on the scene it was time to get cracking. I pulled out the power blue singer (it actually has “blue magic” printed on the side of it!) that my Mum gave me, looked up the user manual online, gave it a service, figured out how to thread a bobbin and I was off!

Ferdinand is made with a mixture of new and recycled fabrics. The blue floral fabric is taken form some 70′s sheets, that were recovered from my Grandmother’s house. There are a total of 7 different types of fabric.  He took me around 8-10 hours to complete, but I think that was directly linked with me not being overly confident with what I was doing and still getting to know the the sewing machine.

 

In true toy story style, I decided to stitch Archie’s name into Fernidand’s right foot, for easy identification. This bit and Ferdinand’s face, were all freestyled and have loads of character, hence his crooked little smile!

The books have great easy to follow patterns. I’m in the process of sewing curtains for our back room at the moment (not in the books!). The curtains are much more straight forward than the curved lines of Ferdy, but I’m so proud to have given this guy a crack and being able to give the newly born Archie an ace handmade gift made with loads of love! You can check out Pip’s gorgeous blog here or visit her store Meet Me at Mike’s 63 Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.

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Mar 19

crushness

Goodness just flicking through these pretty spesh cards from able and game. And they are gorgeous! You can find their creations for sale in their etsy store.

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Aug 14

today i saw

Today I Saw

Jill Wager sees something, draws them and then sends it to someone she likes! This awesome little project came about in June 2009. Jill says:

I wanted to create a new project for myself which would be rewarding and not to demanding. I used to be very good about writing to friends and sending letters and packages, I have missed doing this on a regular basis. I decided that sending a postcard everyday would be a good thing for me to do. I’ll draw a picture of something i have seen that day and I’ll send it someone I know. I’m going to try and do it for a month. If I manage a month I’ll keep on doing it. I’ll update them on this space when I can.

Check it out here.

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Jun 13

racing birds

chinnychinchin_pigeonnecklace

Sydney based designers, Ruth Bellotti and Adrian Elys are the brains trust behind chinny chin chin. Wandering through their website is like finding a rusted tin box in the backyard that is full of treasures. There is a range of porcelain pendants, firebombed cars, stickers for unworthy causes and home brand tight ass greeting cards.

But the one thing that did catch my eye was the homing pigeon ring necklace. What a delight to have your very own numbered piece of pigeon racing history; stung up on a pretty sterling silver balled necklace! Complete with your order is a image of the pigeon who once proudly wore the ring and an individual profile so can feel at one with your new charm. Each piece will set you back a cool $49.95 plus postage.

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Jun 07

tell it like it is

zoebrand_speechbubbleEver need an accessory that completely says what you need it to say? Then Sydney based designer, Zoe Brand has some rocking little badges to help you tell it like it is…

With a tissue and a bit of spit you can change the message on your own little speech bubble. All you need to do is carry around some chalk with you.

Each badge measures around 50mm and come in oval, rectangle or square. They retail for around AUD$47 shipped  at the Etsy Store.

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Jun 03

stitch that tweet

http://twitter.com/michaelianblack

Twitter goes cross – stitch. @youheartus decided to do something with one of her favourite tweets and one sunny after noon cross stictched out this baby. Not a bad piece of work when you consider she hasnt done much cross stitch over the years. I would love a nice little badge with my fav tweets on it.

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