”Doorstop Dumpy” Elephant in a flat cap

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”Doorstop Dumpy”
elephant

After coming across some super soft flannel cottons in my local fabric shop I couldn’t resist buying just a little. In fact just about enough to make one of my handmade”Doorstop Dumpies” fortunately I had bought a little of the coordinating red flannel too which was perfect for highlighting the ‘ears’ and ‘feet’ . I set about cutting the pieces from the pattern I had designed and created for this particular ”Doorstop Dumpy” character.  As ever when working with pattern material and all the twists and turns of the character shape pattern pieces I try my best to get everything lined up as near as possible and I think this little chap has turned out just fine. For a little quirkiness I made him a flat cap topped off with an old button and found just the right colour of satin ribbon to give him a little bow tie too. Finished off with some recycled buttons for eyes, he is weighted and ready to go to my upcoming craft fair as another unique hand-crafted creation

Super soft and stylish he’s ready to hold back any door – while sitting smartly on the floor!

Cute crazy craft creations

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Alternative use of materials, Applique, Caren's canvas and craft, Collage, Craft creation, Crazy craft creation, Creative crafting, Cute crafting ideas, Cute sheep art, Decorative handmade, Fabric picures, Framed felt sheep, Handmade, Patchwork, Sheep art, Upcycling bits and bobs

Sheep knitting

With felt and fabric festooned all around I decided to carry on making rather than tidy away after I found some more square fames I had bought in a sale last year. For some reason sheep seemed the obvious choice as the art subject – really can’t explain why, other than I had a collection of my doodles lying around with lots of sheep on them, so I made that my inspiration for creating a fabric collage. Once I had cut all my little bits I tested my own patience by knitting embroidery thread on two wooden tooth picks – it wouldn’t have been so bad if it was single stranded but to knit six ply thread with extra sharp tiny wooden stakes did get a bit testing – eventually I did a little knitted sample of about seven rows, which seemed about the right size for the fluffy sheep.

To start off I frayed one of the fabrics to give a grassy border effect then stitched the green cotton print ”hills” onto the blue cross stitch background material which will also act as the sky. Small offcuts of plastic coated tapestry backing were used to create a little the fence for the sheep to sit on. I then hand sewed the felt sheep pieces in place adding the tiny ‘knitting’ as a finishing touch.

To keep the little fabric picture dust free I placed it into one of the square glazed wooden frames. Then made a couple more!!!

Counting sheep

Sheep in boots

 

 

 

 

Bags – Handmade Designed Patchwork and Appliquéd – Shopping Bag

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‘How “mushroom” do you need in a bag?!”

This handmade and designed shopping bag was made from green linen and cotton canvas for the main structure. Each little piece of felt has been hand appliquéd to create the overall picture on the front. On the rear of the bag is also a picture of a toadstool/mushroom which I hand embroidered and then stuffed slightly to make it three dimensional. I hand quilted, with a combination of echo and ditch quilting. Inside there is one of my multi-pocket features, a double pocket – one with a zip, and a coordinating lining of green gingham. Finally I finished off the bag with some colourful old buttons!

I reckon there is as “mushroom” as you need in this bag for a good shopping trip!!!

Bags – Crazy Patchwork Handmade and Designed Quilted Bag

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Bag with multi pockets, Buttons, Coordinating fabrics, Cotton fabric, Craft, Craft creation, Craft ideas, Crazy, Crazy patchwork, Cream, Cream cotton, Cream cotton lining, Deep pink, Deep pink cotton, Design, Designed patchwork, Designer bag, Ditch Quilting, Fabric scraps, Fashion, Hand quilting, Handmade, Handmade and designed, Magnetic clasp, Multi pocket, Old buttons, Patchwork, Patchwork and quilting, Patchwork bag, Patchwork fabrics, Recycling buttons, Scraps, Shoulder bag, Style, Unique bag, Unique design, Unique patchwork

Crazy Patchwork Bag

This was another exercise in using small scraps of left over fabric. I found coordinating, deep pink, outer fabrics and added little pieces of those to the centre panel to pull the design together. On the reverse is a hand quilted design, whilst on the front it has been simply ditch quilted. The shoulder bag is approximately 17″ Sq. Internally I lined it with a plain cream cotton and added a multi pocket, one with a zip as well. There is a small loop with a magnetic clasp fastener and decorative buttons to finish off. Another unique patchwork creation!

‘Doorstop Dumpy’ – Handmade and designed Character Doorstop

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Matilda Flop the Doorstop! (Not quite so ‘Dumpy’- more slender and streamlined!)

I decided to create more doorstop patterns, and with the idea of moving away from just animals to hold back the doors in my range of ‘Doorstop Dumpies’, I firstly created Lenny the Leprechaun (See other page in ‘Doorstop Dumpies’) and then my second was Matilda Flop as above. still using the principles of basic patchwork and weighting with an internal sealed fabric bag of cat litter. I absolutely love the noses on these two characters, which are stuffed so solid with synthetic wadding and then hand sewn to their face. A finishing touch of a few old buttons, scrap pieces of lace and wool for the hair and she was complete!