Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

I have printed off a colour chart for me to work from. Waiting for block to dry before adding more sewing lines. The lines are chalked on as guide lines.

Tilli On The Quilt.

This is the quilt so far. All the blocks have been quilted, I will be joining all the blocks with red. Aussie Hero request is for horses, hiking, sunsets, blue and red. The two middle blocks have been hand painted and stitched.

Quilt In Progress.

 Decision has been made. They are going to be quilt as you go blocks, at the moment they are 10 inches and will be finished as 9 1/2.  3 blocks wide and 7 blocks long. The fronts are all on dark backgrounds of black and white. They will be joined together with white.

 This is the back, all the same horses in shades of grey. The back will be joined with teal.

Batting and fabric for the borders which I will do after the rows have been done to get the size right.

 My bias binding collection. The colours will be used to frame the teal cat pictures.

All the other blocks will have this bias binding which I was given at the last cloth doll club meeting.
I like it when a plan comes together.

Mr Men and Little Miss Appliques.

These are the appliques so far. all of them are pinned except for the one in the middle, that one has running stitch to hold in place before sewing it with the machine. I have used a contrasting thread to make it easier to take out once it has been sewn on firmly. I will be doing the same thing with all the other characters and trimming the colours of the pieces once I have hand stitched them on. This will ensure that they don't move and I won't have to worry about pins.
When I have done that I will iron on the heavy weight vliesofix.

School Library Chair Makeover.

These leaves will be added to the bottom of the chair with roots that go along the bottom to give the tree balance along with grass and hand made felt mushrooms.
This is Pearlie the Fairy that went to Paris.
The Eiffel Tower in black with pearls added to represent lights. Not finished yet. Still having fun with it!

School Library Chair Makeover.

This side of the chair is sea side and water scenes. Harry by the Sea, I am going to add sewing thread to the seaweed to make that pop. Then I am going to colour in the drawings to make them show up more too. since doing the r2d2 on the back i decided to give drawing the go. This is so much fun.
Spotlight had 40% off fabric yesterday ans along with the masculine fabrics I already had i have made a box of fabric to go to the Aussie Hero Quilts to post on Tuesday. It was very busy in Spotlight as you can imagine, so being my usual self I asked people what they are making, (I get so excited in Spotlight and I am very nosey) and told them what i was going to do. One lady ahead of us in the queue is in the forces and she had not heard of Ausise Hero Quilts and her mum is a quilter so I gave her the details. It was really lovely to talk to someone who may in the future be recieving one of these lovely creations, and i thanked her for what she is doing. She gave me a hug which was wonderful. The hour while we were waiting to be served went by very quickly.

School Library Chair Makeover.

I have been working on the tree added the branches with leaves and oranges and lemons for a colour pop. The cat and the ape have been sewn onto the tree too.
All the animals have been sewn in place on this side of the chair. The panda needs a kite that will apear to be flying then this side of the tree will almost be finished. I have a fairy to add and birds too in the tree.

School Library Chair Makeover.

Not finished yet, Still work in Progress, Calcifer from Howls Moving Castle the cartoon movie. He is needle sculpted felt perched on fabric logs. this is on the front lower part of the chair.
This is my interpretation of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Legs are curtain fabric from England many years ago, the yarn for the spine and the head is from my stash, the body and underbody are trousers from Savers.
A different view. Face to be sewn on. Just pinned for the moment.
Other side view.

School Stuff. and Fun Fabric.

Continuing with my puppet, I am making the hair. This is going to be a knitted wig, made to measure by adding and subtracting stitches as I go along. pinning on as I go.

Just how darling is this fabric! I think it is DIVINE! the picture has been taken from the blog with permission, If you would like to know more then go to A Few Scraps to learn more. (click on the picture to be taken there).

School Chairs.

This is the back of the Child Throne. The school logo and crown have been painted on in gold paint.

School Chairs.

This is the base for the mushroom chair. The windows will be more 3d, they will have curtains and a clear plastic windows. The door will be more wood like paneling with a beaded handle and the flowers and branches will be fixed right onto the stem and only those that look like trees will be used. It will also have a lizard running up the stem and a lizard on the ground sewn to the side of the stem.
The seat part will be covered too.
This is the metal frame of the chair, All the parts except the webs on the back have yet to be attached but this gives you an idea of the working out.
This will give you an idea of how it will come together. there will also be grass all around the base which will be attached to the seat and so will be one piece.

Halloween

I am working on the coat right now, It needs to be pressed and the sleeves and ruffles added. This is right sides out with slanted pockets. The umbrella is finished.
The inner front lining is a different colour because I did not have enough of the original fabric, I like it.

Halloween

Getting rid of the plastic look on the umbrella by covering the handle, the top of the umbrella and the umbrella tips with leather. The way i have done it is the same for all pieces. First make the end covering by cutting out a circle larger than the piece you want to cover. Make notches and cut them out to eliminate bulk. These tabs will then be glued onto the umbrella.
First glue the top on. then flue the tabs down.
Using your leather strip, wind and glue into place all the way around. Stretching the leather tight as you go.
When you reach the end, glue it into place.
I have covered the glue on the top end of the handle with a strip of thin leather just coiled around it gives a nice finish.




The same method has been used for the umbrella point.
Also repeat these steps for the umbrella arms. Before.
After.

Halloween

Crochet on the umbrella his finished, pinned onto the frame and will be sewn on and a thin thread of glue will be run on the seams.
All the plastic has been cut off.
The skirt has the pleated bottom added. Just needs to be hemmed on the bottom.

Halloween

Crochet in progress.
Bustier in progress. It needs adjusting before I bone and line it. Upholstery swatch from Savers.
These beautiful books are from my sister in England. I am beside myself, All the lovely knitted goodness, Where to start first? Her husband is here for a quick visit to his Auntie who has just had her 99th Birthday.

School Play Props and Things

This is the prototype based on my own foot at the moment for Peter Pan shoes. I am waiting to borrow a pair of shoes to make his properly. The real pair will be made out of green outer and red inner with a red non slip sole and a red hand made feather which will tie it nicely to his hat.
Currently i am working on making a giant spider web in crochet.

School Play Props and Things

I designed a logo and added piggy ears to this hat.
Fisherman's wife skirt is finished. They have felt fish, silver studs for eyes and have been sewn on with metallic thread. I have also finished the rest of the piggy headbands, worked more on the sword, and finished the tiara. A really good day.

School Play Props and Things

Piggie ear headbands done so far, waiting for more headbands to finish
Noses finished except for the elastic to hold.
New project, Fish to applique onto a skirt.

School Play Props and Things

Dress is finished.
I have beaded pearls, clear crystals and silver beads onto copper wire for firefly headbands.