Tuesday, August 18, 2020

A small catch-up on sewing this last week or so

 Hello, everyone.

As it's August in South Texas, projects that can be done inside, in the air conditioning, appeal more than others.

Besides, Christmas is coming. (All y'all that think I am making things for you, close your eyes.) 


The Flowery Bull is making another appearance. 


Pinning the facing (outside facing) onto a new garment.

And a pair of "Woopsies"--The top stuffy was embroidered onto the reverse side of the minky-style fabric. (He doesn't look too bad, but all the lovely cuddly fuzz on this one is on the back side.) I may give the birdie away to someone...well, as I'm too old for lots of toys, all the toys are give-away items. And if you don't know that his front is on the wrong side of the fabric, he's fine. Perhaps some folks prefer him the way he came out!

The bottom stuffy was an experiment with a free design. The directions called for felt, which I used. The photo with the directions online didn't show felt as having been used, it showed something in the linen or cotton woven zone. There is a reason for that. The felt fabric doesn't have a lot of strength to resist pulling, such as the pulling involved in turning a tiny pillow right-side-out through a 3/4" wide hole. In the event, I widened the hole some, and used needle-nosed pliers to *carefully* pull out as much as possible. The pointy bottom of the heart was not going to come out at all, as it's just too narrow at the bottom. Then I stuffed it and closed the opening with red thread and ladder stitches. 

I guess the heart is good for a bowl filler piece. It's about palm-size.


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