First the finished project!
I used Badbird’s free January pattern for this wall-hanging gift for a sweet baby boy I know.
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{I ironed it after taking the photo so it doesn’t hang so funny anymore}
I added the color & name on the computer, printed it on transfer paper from bestblanks, transferred it to the fabric then finally outlined stitched everything.
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That was the easy part…the sewing, as always, gave me some trouble because I’m just not comfortable using a sewing machine yet. I added the orange dot fabric, which is actually a vintage napkin cut in half & the ric rac pretty easily. It was putting that binding on that just about killed me! I faked it at the corners, which I think gives it a very handmade look – that’s my story & I’m sticking to it! The other side is a very cute little orange dot on red fabric I got at Joann’s as a fat quarter & in between is a piece of quilt filler.
I didn’t come up with a good hanging solution but the sweet parents of the sweet baby boy were clever enough to think to add a dowel to make it hang nice – I wish I’d thought of that! Overall I’m very happy with how this came out & really enjoyed seeing how much the recipients liked it.
11 comments:
wow! i've never heard of adding color to fabric like that.. genius! :-) it looks great!
this is darling.
Machine sewing a binding on is really difficult, even for experienced sewers.
It is much easier to do a combo of machine/hand sewing. There is a good tutorial at Hello My Name is Heather.
I don't know if I would eat that cake after seeing the look on Kitty's face. Your gnome is cute!
Glad you're back again! The hanging is so pretty. I agree - Kitty is planning something evil for hubbie I reckon. Laxatives or poison - who knows!x
I think you did a super job! Very cute!!
I am so glad I stumbled across your blog. I love the gnome project!
oh jeez that came out great. Good for you!!
its so cute..
what a great idea on adding color, it looks beautiful :)
:D
I embroidery spys sent me messages about the gnome. You, madam, have been blogged.
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