#stitching
My plushies take on The Bad Batch fellas, Crosshair & Tech ☺️
Guillermo & Nandor. Such a fun commission
Happy Halloween
If this lil munchkin shows up at your door, please give him all the snackies!
Midnight Mass plushies made thus far
Yet another trio of what customers call the “Latino Star Wars” plushie fellas ☺️
A customer amassing a collection of Pedro Pascal plushies, asked for a plushie of his ensemble from the Casillero del Diablo ad
Been asked to make a bunch of plushies from Midnight Mass.
Here’s Father Paul
Combining the two cutest fellas
For the first time ever, the three DEA agents from S3 of Narcos plushified!
Who is your fav?
Final plushie commission for August. ‘Tis Oscar Isaac’s character Duke Leto from Dune
English paper pieced Dresden block: I’ve been wanting to make new pillow covers for a while, to replace the ones that I made about 5 years ago, which have been very well-used and worn.
I figured I would take the opportunity of having more time at home to do some hand sewing - English paper piecing. I decided on Dresden blocks, using a pull of Carolyn Friedlander fabrics. I used free Dresden templates from Occasional Piece Quilts - I have used her templates before, for a bag I made several years ago. They work perfectly with 2.5″ x 5″ pieces of fabric - which is half a charm square (a great project if you have some charm squares around!) I just printed one sheet of templates, traced shapes onto thicker cardstock for piecing, and cut them out by hand.
I finished off the first patchwork section the other day, which I’ll appliqué to a solid colour background. I think I’ll leave the centre open, like a ring or wreath. I’ll start on a second one, so I have a pair of pillows. I may hand quilt these as well, or at least add some hand stitching around somewhere!
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Shibori stitching: At the cottage last month, I also brought “prepared for dye” fabric that I wanted to stitch up, shibori style. Using “Stitched Shibori” by Jane Callendar as a guide, I tried a few different stitch patterns for different motifs. The book was great in terms of showing technique and methods.
I also read a few library books about natural dyeing, including “The Modern Natural Dyer” by Kristine Vejarand“Natural Colour” by Sasha Duerr and really enjoyed and learned a lot from reading them both. If you have any other books to recommend on natural dyeing, I’d love to hear!
It was lovely to spend a rainy day at the cottage reading and stitching, with Ollie underfoot relaxing, too!
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