Wishlist Wednesday: Cause I Felt Like It

Bunting Birds - Red and Grey by LilliputLoft

I so want to buy this bird bunting but alas cannot afford to. Any family members that may be reading - consider this a hint for Christmas/birthday :)



I Heart White Rabbit Brooch by Redeem Designs




Black Felted Cat Hat by Fiberpuppy




Wool Felt Eco Friendly Bunnies by JulieBlanchette Felt and Fiber Creations

Ky

Sewing Tips: Hemming

Have you have ever wanted to know if there was a different, better or more interesting way to hem a garment. Check out this awesome article by Nicole Vasbinder where she explains her favourite hemming techniques.

A Herd of Zebras

We were sent this photo the other day from Sue (she also made this Grug toy). She purchased a meter of zebra fabric from our Japanese fabric haul and made this awesome herd of zebras from it. Each zebra is approx 20cm tall.

Have you made something from one of our fabrics? We'd love to add it to our blog so please send us a photo or a link.

On a side note, Sue has kindly given us a copy of the Grug pattern that she drafted and I will do my best to post it up here as soon as possible.

Ky

Fabric Friday: Bambi Goth

Today we are featuring another of the awesome fabrics that we bought back from Japan. Kawaii deer, skulls and cherries feature on this heavy weight cotton drill from Cosmo Textiles, we have nicknamed it Bambi Goth.

The coolest thing about this fabric is that it is reversible! That's right it is reversible, with a different design on the back.

Reversible fabrics are fantastic for anything with cuffs, roll ups or pockets - like a very sweet pair of shorts for your toddler, a cute skirt for a little girl, a reversible tote bag, a hat, a corset...

All of these items would only require a small amount of fabric, or you can stretch it further but using small sections as embellishments or feature panels on almost any handmade or pre-purchased item.

If you have purchased this item and made something out of it ,we would love to see!

Ky and Cloud

My Creative Space

I haven't had time to work on anything new this week so I thought that I would show off something that I have managed to finish, my Pink Skull Pinstripe shirt.

I managed to finish it in time for the Kustom Kraft Market and I also wore it to the Craft Fair on Tuesday. It is a much better fit than the first shirt of this style that I made. I shortened it by approximately 6cm (yes I am that short) and made a slight adjustment to to the side bodice so that the armhole no longer gaped. One other improvement to this shirt is that the number of eyelets dropped from 44 to 36 and I bought a pair of eyelet pliers to insert them, making the process much faster and neater.

What have you been working on recently?

For more creative spaces head over to Kootoyoo.

Ky