My wonderful husband bought me a sewing machine for my birthday! It is a Viking Emerald and I love it. It does everything I wanted, and then some, and it is built like a tank. It even has an alphabet! I have been sewing up a storm with this thing - I have only had it for a month now and I have made several projects.
My most recent project was a craft apron. The pattern I used was in the 2007 holiday issue of Adorn Magazine. In the magazine all the pockets are block printed with some really cute cut out patterns designed by The Small Object. I didn't feel like carving the linoleum stamps for this project so I did some applique as decoration instead.
I really miss Adorn magazine. It had a lot of good ideas and patterns in every issue without a ton of irrelevant ads. I only own two copies and I flip through them whenever I need a little bit of inspiration. Now I wish I had bought a subscription when they were still publishing!
You can probably find the Tutorial online somewhere, but if you can't find one, I will be happy to post one. It was extremely easy and fun to make and I think I will have just as much fun wearing it!
My art desk and my new sewing machine! The apron matches my chair pretty well, don't you think?
This applique is a little felt owl. I have been addicted to sewing owls recently. I also love rick rack!
Yo-Yo flower made with a Clover medium round Yo-Yo Maker with two felt leaves sewn to the back.
I just love this little heart pincushion! Here you can see some light green bias tape on the left that I used to bind off the edges. I have never used bias tape before, but it was really easy and it gives the edges a nice finished look.
I am committed to blogging more now that the holidays are over! Also look for some more art for sale in the shop soon!
1 comment:
I love the apron! It is so cute! I'm glad you're getting into sewing. I am also feeling the sewing urge. I want to sew some toys, though. (No pressure about them fitting anybody! kinda like quilting...)
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