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Monday, 17 March 2025

Hereby Hangs A Tail 2025 Part 2

Hereby Hangs A Tail 2025 Part 2

Now I have my Cord I can continue with my idea.

Attach End

I Attach one End of the Cored to the Bag. This is a good Thumbs Width from the Bottom Edge.

Attach Cloth

I have made a Hemmed Rectangle of Black Cloth. I am Attaching it to the Back of the Bag. I Sewed all along it.

Attach Other End

With the Black Cloth in place I Attach the other End of the Cord. I make sure that it is Secured so the Cloth will hide it when Folded.

Finished Cat

I have Sewed the Folded Material and now you cannot really tell that it was ever damaged. Also I can now hang this by its Tail.

Friday, 16 August 2024

Boxing Clever 2024 Part 3

Boxing Clever 2024 Part 3

Apologies. In the last blog I stated that I had Covered all the Sides except the one with the Button. Actually I had left the Lid of the Box as I thought it would be thick enough without another layer.

Pin Measure

Before I start adding Colour Cloth I Measure it and stick some Pins in to roughly Mark where I want to Cover to.

I start Gluing some Deep Blue Denim at the Top. This is going to represent the Sky.

Move Across

I Overlap the Cloth and Move down the Lid. I then add another piece to Move Across. I don’t need to put it all the way across as I have something else to go there.

Camouflage Bottom

I have a nice piece of Camouflage Cloth to Glue at the Bottom. This is the start of the Land.

Move Up

I have some small pieces of Cloth that I can use to Move Up towards the Sky. That is the good thing with my boyfriend being so tall I get so much Material out of his old Trousers.

Friday, 28 June 2024

Test Trouble 2024

Test Trouble 2024

I am about to start a Project that I have meaning to do for a few years. I always need Hair Scrunchies. Since I have lots of Material laid around I am going to make some. This will be my Test Run.

Thread and Elastic

First of all I need to collect my Tools. Since I don’t know which Material I will be using I got out my box of Threads. I also need Elastic and probably Scissors. Of course my straight pair had disappeared so I found my Pinking pair.

Bundle of Cloth

Since this is going to be a Test I do not want to use good Material. Therefore I selected these Combat Offcuts.

Unpick

In my wisdom I decided it would be best to Unpick the whole lot so I could get as much Material to choose from. This is going to take some Time.

All Unpicked

All Unpicked. Take some Time was an Understatement. It took me nearly 7 DVDs worth to get it finished.

Selected

I have sorted through all the Material and have Selected the pieces that I think would be best suited to the task.

Thursday, 22 April 2021

Out of Zone Accessories 2020 Part 3

Out of Zone Accessories 2020 Part 3

On to making the Brooch.

Brooch Edging

I took a piece of black material approximately 3 inches Wide. It was quite long so I Folded behind and Hemmed it all the way around. I took my Copper Wire and made a Knot.

I Sewed through the Knot to secure the Wire. I then Sewed through the Copper Wire Links all around the Edge.

Brooch Timepiece

Amongst the items that my friend Laura of https://www.alyssa-rose.co.uk/ was a delightful little Button Timepiece. I Sewed this into the middle of the Cloth.

Brooch Cog 1

I started in the Bottom Right Corner and began to Sew some of the Copper Wire onto the Cloth towards the opposite Upper Corner.

I Sewed the 1^st Silver Cog into place then bent the Wire around it and secured it.

Brooch Cog 2

I continued Sewing the Copper Wire and placed a Bronze coloured Cog on the Material. I Sewed the Cog in place then manoeuvred the Wire around it and under the Button.

Back Brooch Pin

At this point I thought it would be a good idea to tidy up the Back of the Brooch. I used a Backstitch along the two Edges.

I Sewed the Flap and added a Safety Pin after I had finished adding the rest of the Cogs and Copper Wire.

Brooch Cog 3 & 4

Starting from the Upper Left Corner I added another Knotted Copper Wire. Using the same technique I added two more Cogs.

Finished Brooch

I had found one more Cog hiding amongst my bits and pieces. I had Sewn the Copper Wire in place and slipped it into place and secured. I now had a Finished Brooch to add to my collection.

Thursday, 18 March 2021

La Costumière 2020

La Costumière 2020

I have made many Costumes for Mademoiselle Marionette so I thought it was time I made somewhere to keep them.

Lid and Cloth

I started with an old Ice Cream Tub and some Black Cloth.

Getting Stuck

I cut to size and Stuck down. It was a complete shambles. I couldn’t get it stick properly under the lip. The Glue dried badly and the Cloth was so thin that the pattern showed through. I needed a complete rethink.

Bazaar Surprise

I decided since I was as always against the clock to try and find some kind of Box as a basis. I found what I wanted in a charity shop. It was a felted wooden Box originally from an Indian Bazaar.

Stripped and Scrubbed

I Stripped the Box of the Interior Felt and then Scrubbed Box with Antibacterial cleanser. I had to wait for it to dry properly for the next part.

Try for Size

I found some White Felt and tried for Size on the Interior of the Box.

Cut and Press

I Cut and Pressed the White Felt. The Original Red Felt for the Bottom of the Box was in good enough condition to reuse.

Glue and Line

I Glued the White and Red Felt in Place and waited for it to dry.

Blue Hole

I selected some Blue Felt for the Lid Interior. I had to Snip a piece out before I could Glue it on.

Stuck

After I had Glued the Blue Felt. I then painted the Edge of the White Felted part with White Paint. Unfortunately I closed the Lid before it was completely dry and ended up getting the Paint Stuck on the Blue Felt. I will have to sort that at a later point.

Thursday, 27 August 2020

Back Up Masks 2020

Back Up Masks 2020

A short blog this week but never the less quite a useful one. We are having to wear Face Masks in more and more places as the Lock Down eases.

However if like me you wear Glasses you spend half your time wiping the Mist off them caused by breathing. Here is a Tip to avoid that.

Hemmed Cloth

I took one of the Masks I made in this case the Joker one. I cut a length of Cloth a little Longer than the Mask. This is to allow for Hemming.

The Height of the material was roughly three quarters of the Mask. This again was to allow for Hemming.

Sewn Cloth

After Hemming the Cloth I Sewed it to the Top of the Mask. I Sewed the Sides of the Cloth but not the Bottom. This is very important.

The Canvas I have been using for the Masks after a few Washes was beginning to Fray. Adding this extra Layer not only stops this but also adds more protection from Germs.

Tissue Envelope

I repeated the process with the Bottom Half of the Mask. This made an Envelope. Since the Mask is quite Long I used a piece of Kitchen Towel to Fold up and place inside.

I tried the Mask on and found that it had worked and I had no longer Glasses covered with Mist.

N.B

If you are worried about the Tissue falling out you can always sew the Flaps part way either side.

Thursday, 2 May 2019

More Blooming Flowers 2019 Part 2

More Blooming Flowers 2019 Part 2

I am not having a good week. Apart from being ill my Embroidery has taken a beating due to being beset with problems.

Pencilled Leaves Complete

First I had to go around the whole Cloth and go over the Leaves in Pencil. I finally managed to complete all the Leaves in their different colours.

Faint Lines

I could now move on to colouring in the Petals. However as soon as I took a look out had to come the Pencil again.

Blurred Transfer

If that wasn’t bad enough some of the Transfers must have slipped whilst being put on as in the above photograph

Blurred Part Pencilled

This is tricky. I am slowly going over each individual Petal. I am trying to get it as accurate as I can by comparing it to other Transfers that aren’t as Blurred.

Petals Too Close?

I think I have done mostly okay on this Bloom but I am not happy with the Bottom half of it. I think the last few Petals are a bit too close together.

I think that when it comes to filling them in I will have to adjust the Pattern slightly.