crafts

Finalmente, e proprio adesso che manca poco per partire in vacanza ... sono arrivati i libri che mi servivano per eseguire nuovi progetti della mia piu recente passione : il cucito. . Anche i disegni dei miei figli sono fonte d'ispirazione per ricami...

I got inspiration from here to start making my first skirt. ( I did it for my daughter, it's easier to do child clothes I suppose.) At SewMamaSew, I could find some links to nice and easy skirt tutorials like this. Since I really don't have much serious...

It's nice to do your own personalized gifts , specially when you don't have any shopping mall around ... So, here's another zippered pouch and a necklace made with african beads, mostly glass pearls. What do you think of it Bicho de Contas ? C'est pour...

To make this bag I traced the shade of an old bought bag on to the fabric (linen), cutting all the pieces. Then serged together ... I used african wax for the interior and for the patchwork applications. It was real hard work ! I promise myself I'll do...

I did this zippered pouch in less than an hour (!) to give as a present to my canadian friend J. She loves african batik fabrics. That's what I'm using on it. We went exploring together some local batik manufactures some time ago and we bought some fabrics....

I used the sewing machine to do this mini quilt appliqued on a t-shirt (made with a mixture of african fabrics that i'm using for some other things...) and I made a fastener to this straw bag in order to avoid dropping out all the stuff I carry with me...

Mi diverto a fare esperienze ... Ho usato le stesse stoffe per la borsa per il ventaglio, la scatola e la t-shirt (prima esperienza di "customizing") : cotone africano stampato. Ho provato la tecnica di applicazione con il punto zig-zag intorno al cerchio...

Have you seen Booga's Pincushion Challenge ? The theme for March/April is "Eats" and this is my entry for it ! For awhile now i've been inspired by many craftbloggers so when I came across the Pincushion Challenge I decided to give a try ! Anyway, a sewer...

Che fine hanno fatto i tessuti ? cap.II : Una camicia "african style" , taglia 6, con il motivo della faraona (e le mangiamo spesso qui ... buonissime) La passione per il ricamo continua, ma siccome i motivi delle nonne sono troppo minuziosi, laboriosi,...

Domanda : che fine hanno fatto i tessuti ? Risposta : Prima realizzazione : questa borsa stupenda.