Cute and colourful, quilted patchwork cushion cover.

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My completed little Sausage dog/Dachshund cushion cover 🙂
If you saw the last post, you’ll see it has moved on slightly, a bit of stem stitch embroidery, lots of blanket stitching for the hand applique, some simple hand quilting and a green border were added before the cream cotton envelope backing to finally complete!
Such a cute feature cushion cover….looking at the rest of the pre-printed squares still left, there could be a couple more in the future!! 😉 

Finally finished this little feature cushion at 9.0 am this morning to allow for the rest of my busy day….. 🙂

Creative Patchwork and Appliqué –

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DALLYING DUCKLINGS DAY OUT Fun framed fabric art collages

Cute creativeness freshly framed!

Another of my little fabric collages. Simple ideas to use small scraps of leftover fabrics. Green cotton prints to form a background panel, floral prints for flower meadows and a little strip of shaded blue fabric for the stream, a strip of cross stitch backing for a fence, some simple embroidery for grass and flowers along the edge, a little quilted sky and hand stitched felt pieces for the appliquéd ducks.

All those little bits that were once a jumble in my scrap bags have come together to form a pretty picture – no two will ever be exact copies  – my imagination has too many different things to get out there to make more than one exactly the same!

Framed fabric art collage – ‘ Don’t rain on my parade’

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”Don’t rain on my parade”
Framed fabric art collage

Creating little pieces of art from fabric .

This little picture has been made from a selection of different fabrics to create a cute quirky scene. whilst I have machine stitched the background fabrics together, all the little applique pieces after that have been hand drawn, cut then stitched in place. The little line of ducks is one of my own drawings and though I may do a similar scene no two are ever completely alike, making them a unique piece of art!

Ever the artist, I turned the green fabrics round in the foreground to give a little perspective to the picture, by having the lines on it converge in the background. Some simple embroidered grasses and flowers to decorate the banks of the ”river”. On the back face of the picture I placed a piece of felt and then a cream fabric border around the whole piece with the final finishing touch of diamond quilting the sky to create texture on the plain fabric!

As I have done before, I photographed without the glass in the frame for more detail to be seen, without reflections getting in the way, then replaced the glass to keep dust off.

I must say, the pile of things on my table seems to be growing rather than diminishing as I create these little pictures… no rush to tidy though, we only sit around it at Christmas now, the unwritten rule, Its’ MY space for the rest of the year! 🙂

Handmade decorative animals -Definitely the last of the Bunnies for a while!

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Its another bunny! From the front and then the rear…

Then another………

Okay, this is maybe getting a bit weird now, even for me. Its no wonder my children call me ”Crazy Woman!’ And, they are used to my over indulgence on a theme! If you haven’t caught my last couple of posts, you will probably be thankful, for those who have, sorry, promise no more bunnies:-/ I am just going to put the rest of my bunny creations from last week below…and promise no more bunnies for a while! Though I was thinking of making a ”Doorstop Dumpy” bunny…hmm!

But at least I have gone some way to preparing for Easter and the mad bunny rush! They are everywhere, looking at me from inside their little plastic covers…I hope they get new homes soon, I seem to be overrun with them. Good job they are all female, well nearly all, Mr Bunny is definitely fastened in tight with his Mrs bunny and she doesn’t look ”in the right mood”!!!… if you know what I mean?

As a bit of variation I have also started adding some more original artwork and prints, as well as these hand-crafted items to my Etsy shop: Carens canvas and craft,

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

(…just a little footnote to those who have been asking about more originals..and there will be more in the future to come!)

(Last of the bunnies – these are giants in comparison to the others!)

Handmade bunnies

”That’s all for now folks!” I’m off routing in my buttons again, I just had a new idea….!

 

Cushion Covers – Handmade and designed patchwork applique and quilted – ‘Cat Napping!’ – Cushion Cover

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Cat Napping!

This was another of my own designs for the centre panel of my patchwork pieces. (If you have been in My BAG section you will notice I have used this design for the front of one – Even though I reuse my designs they are always different and unique as I never recreate the same one twice using the same fabrics). This little cat napping is designed for those cat lovers as the little kitten is sleeping on heart cushions.  All the small pieces which create the panel are hand appliquéd as is the quilting on the cushion cover. Coordinating buttons were used for finishing touches. A cute, stylish and decorative feature for any chair or bed!

Creative Patchwork and Applique – Stylish Shoppers

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Stylish Shoppers

Simple Hessian shopping bags have been given a face life by adding geometric felt shapes, hand stitched to create a three dimensional feature. Whilst the bag to the left had little foam flowers, butterflies and pompoms hand stitched to it. Simple and effective!

Creative Patchwork and Applique – ‘Posh Peg Pouches’ – Handmade and designed

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Posh Peg Pouches!

This idea came about after another bored moment. I sketched some simple designs for what could be on a washing line, other than just clothes. After lots of scribbling, and many little picture scenes I set about cutting all the little pieces for my peg bag pictures out of felt. I then hand appliquéd all the small bits to form little garden scenes with a washing line. As you can see there are some with birds on the line, others with soft toys, Squirrels, little lady and little pieces of clothing.  Another fun touch was adding tiny little craft pegs to the line and giving the sense of a lawn and flowers below by stitching in green embroidery silk and sewing on old buttons as flowers. Finally,  I inserted a little coat hanger. See below for other designer ‘Posh Peg Pouches’!

Creative Patchwork and Applique -Craft utensil storers

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Crafty bags

These little craft utensil storage bags, with a fabric handle, are made from patchwork and quilted. Each panel has an appliquéd felt character hand sewn to the front whilst inside behind each panel there is also a storage pocket. Coordinating cotton fabrics were used along with lace and trimming, as a finishing touch I added old buttons for decoration. Each one handmade and individually unique.

They are perfect for storing little things like scissors, cottons, tape measures, pencils/crayons etc, Each bag has five pockets as well as the centre for keeping things separated and tidy!

Decorative Dolls – Handmade Snow Men and Women – Dolls

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Aida, Arty moment, Broom, Brooms, Brushes, Buttons, Buttons and beads, Carol singers, Choir singers, Craft, Crazy craft, Creative craft, Cute, Cute craft, Cute craft doll, Fabric scraps, Felt, Handmade, Handmade decorative dolls, Handmade snow women, Handmade snowman, Hats and scarves, Orange felt, Out of tune, Pipe cleaners, Pompoms, Quirky, Quirky Christmas decorations, Quirky decorations, Seasonal craft, Seasonal craft doll, Seasonal snow people, Sweeping brush, Tartan fabric, Tiny beads, Tiny buttons, White aida, White pompoms, Wreaths

“Who’s not singing in tune then?”

These funny little, handmade, quirky, ‘snow men and women are really cute and all the more so when arranged as a group. They almost make you imagine they are a small choir of carol singers!

I made them from pure white Aida with little scraps of tartan fabrics simply folded to make hats and scarves then hand sewn to the body shapes.  Tiny buttons and beads were used for decoration as well as bright orange felt for their noses. Finishing touches using pipe cleaners to make broom shapes and wreath shapes and finally small white pompoms for snowballs

Soft Animals – Penguins in scarves

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Aida, Beads, Black and white, Black and white penguin, Black cotton, Creative craft, Cute penguins, Decorative craft, Decorative penguin, Decorative soft animal, Felt, Felt characters, Handmade, Handmade characters, Handmade soft animal, Orange felt, Orange nose, Penguind, Pompoms, Seasonal craft, Seasonal decoration, Snowballs, Tartan scarf, Tartan scarves, Tiny buttons, White aida, Wondering penguins

“Anybody know when the next bus is due?”

These handmade penguins are made from black cotton for their bodies with a small oval piece of pure white Aida stitched  to the front. Bright orange felt had been used to create noses and flipper feet. Small scrap pieces of tartan act as little scarves with finishing touches of tiny buttons and beads for their eyes, lastly small white pompoms for snowballs. Cheerful, decorative soft animals for seasonal display!