I love Karen's screen print fabrics ...
I also love what she makes with them....have a look here!
Now I love my new pincushion using a circle of her scrappy daisy fabric, some blue linen, some toy stuffing and stitching in my lovely Aurifil thread! I have to confess the original idea is Karen's but I have added my own little twist!
I echoed Karen's daisy design in a contrasting thread, made a stem and some leaves. Then I decided to finish the edge off the edge with the word flower and some simple flower designs and just to break the monotony I stitched a and the word buzz! The edge has been left raw - so no turning inside out and no hand stitched closure - all done by machine which was a little bit tricky at the end!
Loving it though and thinking of stitching more words in future projects! Funny thing is I seem to write better with a sewing machine than pen or pencil! But it would be a bit hard to carry my Bernina around to produce my signature....hehe!
My second little project was this little pencil case.... using Karen's triangle fabric! I was surprised at how small this is and would use it more as a little change purse rather than a pencil case.
But I have now bought Amy's hexiecase pattern so that will provide a bit more room for that sort of thing!
I also love what she makes with them....have a look here!
Now I love my new pincushion using a circle of her scrappy daisy fabric, some blue linen, some toy stuffing and stitching in my lovely Aurifil thread! I have to confess the original idea is Karen's but I have added my own little twist!
I echoed Karen's daisy design in a contrasting thread, made a stem and some leaves. Then I decided to finish the edge off the edge with the word flower and some simple flower designs and just to break the monotony I stitched a and the word buzz! The edge has been left raw - so no turning inside out and no hand stitched closure - all done by machine which was a little bit tricky at the end!
Loving it though and thinking of stitching more words in future projects! Funny thing is I seem to write better with a sewing machine than pen or pencil! But it would be a bit hard to carry my Bernina around to produce my signature....hehe!
My second little project was this little pencil case.... using Karen's triangle fabric! I was surprised at how small this is and would use it more as a little change purse rather than a pencil case.
But I have now bought Amy's hexiecase pattern so that will provide a bit more room for that sort of thing!
