Little Owl Cushion

I started making this for Cam's Nan last year. It was going to be her Christmas present...fast forward to today and the Owl is finally finished, the quote for the back is started and soon it will actually be sewn together to become the cushion it's suppose to be.

Progress...
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The finished project...
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The beginning of the back...
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Hopefully it won't take me as long to finish the back as it did the front. I have two months to get it finished.

Taggies

Ok, so not truly stitching, but they are handmade.

I decided that because I wasn't working I was going to make Taggies. I set out to Spotlight to grab my material, and after half an hour or so spent just in the ribbon section I was ready.





I grabbed my helpful assistant and had her sort the ribbon for me. Note to self, some things are best done yourself.




Because I'd never made anything like this before I guessed the materials I needed. I used quilting fabric for the front and Terry toweling for the back, thinking it would be good to mop up dribbles. I know now that this is not the best fabric to work with and will use Minkee next time.




The inside had a nice crinkle and the little tags on the outside are great for the little uns.





These have since become a UFO because of how difficult I was finding the toweling and how to flip the material right side without tearing the crinkle material inside. I will get back to the one day soon.

Quotey Cushion

I made this one for my aunt for Christmas as it is a quote that is quite close to her heart.

When I bought this cushion I didn't realise it was all sewn up with no zipper. So I had to make do.





I printed the quote out and then pinned it to the cushion. From there I went over the words with a pen until I presses though onto the fabric. I probably could have just written straight onto the cushion but I wanted a particular font for it.

I then had the issue if how I would secure the thread one I had finished/run out of thread. In my last minute rush super glue seemed like the obvious choice.

Of course these things never work out like they're suppose to and I ended up getting a drop on the fabric. I was gutted, but consoled myself with the knowledge that now it definitely looked handmade.






Apologies for the photos, they're taken from my iPhone.

The Tribal Dragon

In order to distract myself from from the brain fuzz that was The Horse I decided to work on a new piece. Same designer, just this time I wouldn't try and mix up the colour. It was still a little difficult trying to work out where to end sometimes.








You can kind of see how it might be confusing to follow.






Over halfway there.






Horns done.






The complete project. I think once I've finished The Horse I'll turn them both into cushions. Hopefully I will be able to give them to the friend they were intended for, 3 or so years to late.

The Tribal Horse

This is still a work in progress, mainly because the pattern was in grey scale and there was about 8 different shades.

I tried to work it up in at least 3 shades but even that proved to difficult, especially has it was hard to tell where to end the stitches.

One day I'll pic it up again.

The beginning

This is one of the first pieces I worked on. A cross stitched seahorse with the quote "thanks for not eating me".

My friend had decided to become vegetarian partly because of a dream she ha where a Seahorse on a plate had spoken those words to her.

I did an online meme where I asked if 3 people wanted something crafty made and I would make them something within the year.

So far this is the only one I've completed.





The colour first. I think he looks pretty badass with out the black work.





An eye and the outline.





The tail...






And the finished product.
I love how this turned out, although next time I would try and center the text more. The seaweed and shells were added after the initial design was finished.