Cute fabric art collages – Creative patchwork and applique pictures

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ARMCHAIR BUNNY KNITTING! One of my new collage creations…a scene inspired during a conversation some time ago with MRS P. http://craftodyssey.wordpress.com/about-3/ Mrs. P has constructed the most brilliant gigantic floral fabric bunny which travels with her as a front seat passenger to and from craft fairs, whilst talking about it she mentioned giving it some giant knitting needles and a pot of tea on a little table – well… this is my interpretation… on a tiny scale ! :-)Having finished my latest commission last week, a large lap quilt, designed as both a memory quilt and a Wedding gift for the happy couple to be, My Lady was uuuuber thrilled when she called to collect it..YAY!.. AND, I have permission to do a post about it after the Wedding when the couple have been given their unique personalised gift! So, after the 23rd of August keep a look out for that one! 🙂

Some of you may have seen my little creations of ‘Sheep knitting’ collages before, which include little knitted items on toothpicks, and, as they have proved quite popular, I thought I would down size my craft projects this week (but increase my table mess into the bargain!) to make some new ones, with a few new characters knitting as well! As mentioned above, Mrs. P’s bunny was the inspiration for me to create a couple of inside knitting character scenes. As ever, the couple which I planned…turned into a dozen unique original final framed works of art! 🙂 which are now resting for a little while in my Etsy shop!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/carenscanvasandcraft

Below are a couple more examples 🙂

Knitting piggies collage (with a close up of the fabric border before framing)

Sheep in Wellington boots collage
…’they told me it was the only pair they had!’ was going to be another option for a title after seeing the expression of the front left sheep! 🙂

Black sheep knitting collage

Knitting country hen

Armchair knitting hen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

”Tree” mendous patchwork bag for Christmas shopping trips!

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In between making cute Christmas cards I felt the urge to have a rest and make a patchwork and quilted Christmas themed shopping bag, I really do need to pull in my reigns, its no wonder I make such a great pile of ”stuff” all over my table, there are just too many ideas flying around my head all the time.

Anyway a couple of days saw this handmade bag as a result (see below) – which is now on my Etsy shop.  http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/carenscanvasandcraft

Its perfect for those Christmas shopping trips, large enough to get plenty inside, with a multi-pocket in there too, its an item that can be used year after year.  A complete one off, not available any where else it could be the perfect solution for a unique gift or a little self indulgence. Also, a great feature of a quilted shopping bag, is, that it keeps your legs warm whilst travelling if you have it on your lap!

….then I went back to making my cards! 

”Tree”mendous Patchwork and quilted shopping bag

Multi-pocket feature

…coming up , what I made with the fabric I bought from my Birthday money…

 

Bags – Handmade Patchwork and Embroidered – Shopping Bag

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‘Handmade patchwork shopping bag’

Setting myself a challenge, I went shopping for fabric, on a cheer myself up day.  Above are the seven cotton decisions I made (NOT counting the plain cream, which I already had) Careful consideration was put into them all being compatible, but also contrasting. Choosing the colours was only part of the challenge to myself. I wanted to see just how far, and how many functional/decorative items I could make with just half a metre of each fabric. (So far I have made two shopping bags, both different in size and design and two cushion covers both different again of course! But carrying on the button flower theme with them all.) They will be posted another time. There are still some fabric scraps left  which I am sure will reappear again, to be used in future projects!!

The flower button, patchwork and quilted shopping bag above was the first I completed from my set of seven fabrics challenge. After piecing it all together, I embroidered a border in stem stitch all across the centre panel and then hand sewed old buttons to make it look like a colourful flower border. As I had made the bag in one continuous width, there is only one side seam. Inside I gave the bag a multi pocket, including one with zip and added a magnetic clasp to a small over flap to secure, and finally long straps, either to wear diagonally or on the shoulder. Patchwork made stylish, colourful, fun, functional and unique.

Patchwork Quilt – Handmade and Hand Quilted – Cotton Quilt

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Handmade Patchwork Quilt

This is another of my own designs for a patchwork quilt.  After selecting my cotton fabrics, I basically started with the squares in the middle and just kept going, surrounding them with borders until it fit perfectly on the bed. A few different patch-working techniques were used for the borders, such as; Flying geese borders, Pin-wheel squares inter spaced with simple quilted squares and nine patch turned diagonally within a larger square. It would seem however, whatever method of pattern I decide on for a quilt, they always seem to take 5oo hours of hand sewing to complete. A simple little quilt I was really pleased with!

Cushion Covers – Pink Patchwork – Cushion Covers

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Perfect – Pink – Patchwork

Having accumulated quite a bit of pink cotton fabric scraps I decided to make the most of them by turning them into patchwork cushion covers. Arranged in candy stripes and little patchwork squares, I also added some preprinted heart squares to the mix as they coordinated perfectly in the grand scheme of scrap bits. As a little extra I added a little lace trim and some matching old buttons to finish off!

Still not having used all the scraps, I carried on and made another unique pink cushion cover, again trimmed with lace offcuts and old buttons. See below!