Showing posts with label hand stitching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand stitching. Show all posts
9.10.2014
Work in Progress Wednesday
It is Wednesday again and time seems to be flying by. The kiddos have been in school for a week and I've been struggling with setting a schedule for myself. My main work in progress is grading my Anna Blouse. Basically grading means taking a pattern and making it larger and smaller. I learned to grade in design school but that was over 20 years ago! A task that I dreaded at first, but have come to enjoy as I measure each seam, feeling very satisfied when the pieces sew together!
I have a stack of fabrics to make more versions of the blouse and can't wait to share them here!
To help keep my sanity, I have set aside some time for sewing. In celebration of National Sewing Month, I will be sharing a project that uses a technique that is new to me - appliqué. I was inspired by the book Playful Patchwork by Suzuko Koseki. The project pictured will be a sweet little bag which I will share on the blog later this month.
I hope you enjoy these last few days of summer.
xo
Charise
2.27.2013
Work in Progress Wednesday - Hexie Love
Quite a few months back I was searching for vintage feed sacks on ebay and came across these wonderful pot holders. The photo on ebay was not great but I thought what the heck.....
I was so pleased when I received them and couldn't wait to make my own version!!
I made these for my mom's birthday......
I finished the hand stitching on this one while watching PBS lastnight.
This one was started lastnight and I think it is my favorite. I love the yellow, brown and red combo!
The center print is a reproduction of a vintage feed sack. The teapot and two brown prints came from vintage feedsack and the yellow prints are from the soon to be realeased Moda line Glamping.
Have a lovely day!
xo
Charise
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