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Tea Time Quilt, Festival of Quilts 2011

Anjie Davison — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:03:24 -0600

I had an idea for a quilt, after seeing and making a soft structured cup and saucer, I wanted to incorporate soft tea cups into the design to give it a 3D effect. I started by collecting together old tablecloths and napkins, these would inspire the design of the 'soft crockery'. I sketched out my design for the quilt, it would be formed of nine main table cloth squares. Eight of the squares designed with cups in and the final square would be a mug.

Soft Sculpture, an Homage to Oldenburg

Anjie Davison — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:47:50 -0600

I have a soft spot for 'soft' sculptures, the kind made popular by the American artist Claes Oldenburg, it's the mixture of art, fabric and crafts I like. Claes Oldenburg's sculptures confuse our expectations of how ordinary objects should “behave.” Using ordinary, everyday items, he developed “soft” sculptures using pliable materials such as canvas and vinyl to create flaccid objects. I've included some photos of his work below, the light Switch, French Fries and Ketchup and Soft Toilet.

How to Make Snood Scarf - No Sewing - Cheap and Easy!

Anjie Davison — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:39:19 -0700

This idea is so easy, no sewing involved, just buy a roll of stockinette (it's mainly used for cleaning and polishing cars, Wilkinson sell it). Unroll a length about 60cm (24in) long and cut it. The stockinette is a tube, knitted in the round, just pull and stretch the 'loop' and that's it job done! If you don't like the unbleached colour you can dye it. I designed lampshades from stockinette for a book some years ago, I dyed it in lots of colours and it took dye really well. It's a nice scarf for spring/summer as it's made from cotton.

Felt Birds

Anjie Davison — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:13:12 -0700

Over the last couple of days I've been getting familiar with my new sewing machine, especially the embroidery stitches, a novelty to me!

Morsbags Competition Winner!

Anjie Davison — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:48:50 -0600

I entered the Morsbags competition arranged by the Knitting and Stitching show organisers twistedthread . I was really pleased to hear, last week, I had won the humour category. I entered three designs but I'm not sure which one was the winner, my personal favourite is the one I made from selvedge strips sewn together. The theme of the competition was 'Sew Salvage and Save', I embroidered 'Sew Selvedge and Save!' see what I did there?

Nuno Felting Workshop

Anjie Davison — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:39:10 -0600

On Sunday 26 September, along with my friend Sue, I attended a one day Nuno felting workshop arranged by the IFA (International Feltmakers Association) Region 5 and run by Emma Jackson

Fabric Pom Poms - How to Make Allium Flowers

Anjie Davison — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:28:38 -0600

Last week I wanted to make some pom poms from fabric, in particular try out some purple organza I had. I have noticed fabric pom poms seem to be a popular decoration at weddings at the moment. I get a lot of hits, from search engines, looking for fabric pom poms. To start with I tore the organza into long strips (the width of the fabric) of about 1.5cm wide, tearing makes the fabric nice and 'hairy'.

How to Make a Removable Cover for a Passport - Union Jack Design

Anjie Davison — Sun, 02 May 2010 08:08:35 -0600

This is how I made a passport cover following the basic removable book cover tutorial here. I chose small floral print fabrics instead of the normal plain red, white and blue for the Union Jack flag. I didn't neaten off the edges, of the applique, I wanted to leave them frayed to give a softer effect. To emphasise the frayed edges after I had sewn the shapes down, with a straight stitch, I washed the material.

How to Make a Felt Flower Brooch

Anjie Davison — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:59:30 -0600

These bright flowers couldn't be easier to make, just a little sewing involved.

Following my diagram make a pattern.

Cut out the felt.

The petals are formed by folding the main oblong of felt in half, making six cuts as indicated, giving you seven petals. Sew a running stitch along the bottom edge, pull thread to form a circle. Sew the two ends together, at the base.

How to Make a Fabric Flower Using Suffolk Puffs (yo-yo's)

Anjie Davison — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:18:42 -0700

After doing previous projects using the Suffolk puff (yo-yo's), and being pleased with the effect they give, I wanted to try something else. I liked a brooch I saw on The Eternal Magpie it was another twist on the Suffolk puff. This is my version of the flower.

I used a fine cotton lawn fabric, from this I cut out six circles for the petals and one in a contrasting colour for the centre.