And once again ………. it’s been a while, I know!!! I can’t even say I’ve
been prolific, but I have a couple of things to show – in the velvet line, as
mentioned in my last post, which was ages and ages ago! So, first of all meet
Abigail
Yes, I know, a pink velvet elephant – well what else?? Abigail is from
a pattern by Angela from PC Bangles (Etsy). I love baby elephants, don’t you,
they’re so cute. Did anyone (in the UK) recently watch ‘Elephant Diaries’ on
BBC2? I spent most of my time crying, laughing and cooing – it was lovely!
Her
cardigan is hand knitted by me …. the pattern was made up as I went along as I don’t happen to have a knitting pattern for a 7-inch elephant LOL. It’s
not perfect, but I think Abi loves it; and it’s keeping her warm!! If anyone
knows of any clothes knitting patterns for small toys, I’d be grateful for a
link.
Did I mention how flippin’ difficult velvet is to sew with!!!! It frays
constantly. In the end, I put some of that Fray Check around the edges, but I was
covered all over with bits from where it was fraying – I think that’s because
it’s a pile fabric rather than a woven fabric like cotton – the end result
feels lovely though. All hand stitched too. That too is because of the pile –
have you ever attempted to machine-sew velvet – it moves and contorts all over
the place! So, pinning, tacking AND THEN hand-sewing is the only answer
Anyway, my other velvet finish is this heart scissor keep.
This is from
the Maggie Bonanomi book I bought not long ago – the one with the velvet green
peapod pincushion (last post)! Again, all hand-stitched because of the movement
of the velvet; and also because it has cardboard between the velvet and the cotton
to keep it firm.
The velvet is some I hand-dyed not so long ago and I was very
pleased with this colour in particular – kind of a chocolatey brown and I managed
to find some nice vintage style fabric that goes well with it from my stash. I hope
you like this too!
So that’s it for now – I might be back a bit sooner, because I do have
another couple of things to show (NOT velvet), but I’ll leave them for another
day
Bye bye for now
