Diy: Upcycled Stuff Garlands
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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Guest tutorial yesteryear Bobbi Lewin
I volition acknowledge it, I get got a niggling fleck of an addiction to garlands. I brand them out of everything together with hang them all over the house. I peculiarly dearest making crafty things out of materials I get got on hand. I get got spent means likewise much fourth dimension together with coin on arts and crafts supplies that I together with thence didn’t use, thence instantly I’m e'er looking for ways to purpose what I already have. I encourage you lot to create the same. This projection takes close an hr together with a one-half to do.
Gather your materials.
· You volition request ii dissimilar fabrics. I’ve used some of my husband’s shirts that hold off much improve every bit a arts and crafts projection than they did every bit shirts. (He gave them to me really!) Think how fun it would hold out to purpose former wearing clothing that get got some form of sentimental value, such every bit infant wearing clothing or the shirt you lot wore on your firstly appointment amongst your partner.
· buttons. I only cutting the buttons off the shirts.
· needle together with thread
· stuff pair of scissors or pinking shears
· pair of scissors for cutting paper
· a length of ribbon, rick rack, yarn, or string to purpose every bit the cord
· stuff marker
· pen
· slice of cardstock
· something circular to line circles of ii dissimilar sizes. I used a votive holder, together with traced both ends.
Cut them out. When you lot of a abrupt realize you lot are cutting newspaper amongst your practiced sewing scissors, exclaim, “oh no!” together with run inwards the kitchen to larn a to a greater extent than appropriate pair of scissors.
Decide how many bloom rosettes you lot desire on your garland. Using the stuff marking if you lot get got one, or a pen if you lot don’t, line ii large circles for each bloom on 1 of the stuff pieces. Then on the other stuff line the small-scale circles, ii for each flower. I wanted nine rosettes, thence I traced xviii large together with xviii small-scale circles.
Carefully cutting out each of the circles. You tin give the axe purpose pinking shears if you lot get got them. They give a fun border that doesn’t fray thence much. Regular pair of scissors volition move too; they’ll only give a dissimilar look. When I was a kid, my woman bring upward sewed a lot. I used to hold out inwards awe of her pinking shears (I wasn’t allowed to brand Barbie wearing clothing amongst them. Probably she knew I’d cutting paper). I don’t know why it took me thence long to larn my ain pair. If you lot create a lot of stuff crafts, I recommend a pair of pinking shears!
Place on small-scale circle on pinnacle of each large circle, inwards the center. Thread your needle, knotting 1 destination of the unmarried thread. You are going to stitch a small-scale circle inwards the center, stitching through both layers of fabric. If it helps, describe a niggling circle amongst your stuff marker. To secure the thread, at the kickoff of the circle stitch dorsum together with forth over a duet threads. Then brand long running stitches around, ending amongst the needle behind the fabric.
Prepare your cord. Decide how long you lot desire it to be, together with thinking close how far apart you lot desire your flowers spaced, cutting a length of cord. I had some ribbon yarn together with I crocheted a cord that is close threescore inches long. You could braid some yarn or string together or you lot could purpose a ribbon or a thick slice of yarn. You could fifty-fifty cutting strips of the stuff to brand your cord. That would give a actually nice, frayed together with primitive hold off to your garland.
Thread your needle again, amongst a 24” slice of thread. Don’t become longer or it tends to tangle. Double the thread over together with necktie both ends together inwards a knot.
Take the needle through the dorsum of 1 rosette. Make a duet stitches dorsum together with forth to secure the thread.
Place the cord behind that rosette; run the thread through the cord together with through some other rosette, dorsum to front. Take a duet stitches through both rosettes, pulling them tight together.
Now sew together a clit on each side. These buttons get got a real pretty woman bring upward of pearl finish; I intend I’ll become through the husband’s cupboard to meet if in that place is anything else I want;) You tin give the axe sew together both buttons on at the same time, only running the needle through each side. Repeat this along the length of your cord amongst all of the bloom rosettes.
Ta Da! Now you lot get got a real pretty garland that you lot tin give the axe hang inwards a window, on your vacation tree, inwards a door way, or on the wall every bit an accent. Enjoy!
Bobbi Lewin is a mixed-media together with fiber artist, who loves playing only about amongst all kinds of fine art forms. She draws her inspiration from the journeys through everyday life. Since she was a niggling girl, she’s had either a pencil or a crochet claw inwards her hand. Her grandmother taught her to crochet when she was close eight, together with some of her favorite treasures are the pieces of needlework handed downwardly through generations from the women inwards her family. It gives her nifty joy to hold out able to behavior on the tradition of this handicraft.
shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BobbiLewin
website: bobbilewin.blogspot.com
facebook: facebook.com/BobbiLewin
twitter: twitter.com/Bobbi_Jean
I volition acknowledge it, I get got a niggling fleck of an addiction to garlands. I brand them out of everything together with hang them all over the house. I peculiarly dearest making crafty things out of materials I get got on hand. I get got spent means likewise much fourth dimension together with coin on arts and crafts supplies that I together with thence didn’t use, thence instantly I’m e'er looking for ways to purpose what I already have. I encourage you lot to create the same. This projection takes close an hr together with a one-half to do.
Gather your materials.
· You volition request ii dissimilar fabrics. I’ve used some of my husband’s shirts that hold off much improve every bit a arts and crafts projection than they did every bit shirts. (He gave them to me really!) Think how fun it would hold out to purpose former wearing clothing that get got some form of sentimental value, such every bit infant wearing clothing or the shirt you lot wore on your firstly appointment amongst your partner.
· buttons. I only cutting the buttons off the shirts.
· needle together with thread
· stuff pair of scissors or pinking shears
· pair of scissors for cutting paper
· a length of ribbon, rick rack, yarn, or string to purpose every bit the cord
· stuff marker
· pen
· slice of cardstock
· something circular to line circles of ii dissimilar sizes. I used a votive holder, together with traced both ends.
On the cardstock, line 1 small-scale together with 1 larger circle.
Cut them out. When you lot of a abrupt realize you lot are cutting newspaper amongst your practiced sewing scissors, exclaim, “oh no!” together with run inwards the kitchen to larn a to a greater extent than appropriate pair of scissors.
Decide how many bloom rosettes you lot desire on your garland. Using the stuff marking if you lot get got one, or a pen if you lot don’t, line ii large circles for each bloom on 1 of the stuff pieces. Then on the other stuff line the small-scale circles, ii for each flower. I wanted nine rosettes, thence I traced xviii large together with xviii small-scale circles.
Carefully cutting out each of the circles. You tin give the axe purpose pinking shears if you lot get got them. They give a fun border that doesn’t fray thence much. Regular pair of scissors volition move too; they’ll only give a dissimilar look. When I was a kid, my woman bring upward sewed a lot. I used to hold out inwards awe of her pinking shears (I wasn’t allowed to brand Barbie wearing clothing amongst them. Probably she knew I’d cutting paper). I don’t know why it took me thence long to larn my ain pair. If you lot create a lot of stuff crafts, I recommend a pair of pinking shears!
Place on small-scale circle on pinnacle of each large circle, inwards the center. Thread your needle, knotting 1 destination of the unmarried thread. You are going to stitch a small-scale circle inwards the center, stitching through both layers of fabric. If it helps, describe a niggling circle amongst your stuff marker. To secure the thread, at the kickoff of the circle stitch dorsum together with forth over a duet threads. Then brand long running stitches around, ending amongst the needle behind the fabric.
Now, clit the thread gently to get together the fabric.
Run several stitches through the betoken on dorsum to secure your thread. Snip off the thread.
Repeat amongst all circles.
Prepare your cord. Decide how long you lot desire it to be, together with thinking close how far apart you lot desire your flowers spaced, cutting a length of cord. I had some ribbon yarn together with I crocheted a cord that is close threescore inches long. You could braid some yarn or string together or you lot could purpose a ribbon or a thick slice of yarn. You could fifty-fifty cutting strips of the stuff to brand your cord. That would give a actually nice, frayed together with primitive hold off to your garland.
Thread your needle again, amongst a 24” slice of thread. Don’t become longer or it tends to tangle. Double the thread over together with necktie both ends together inwards a knot.
Take the needle through the dorsum of 1 rosette. Make a duet stitches dorsum together with forth to secure the thread.
Place the cord behind that rosette; run the thread through the cord together with through some other rosette, dorsum to front. Take a duet stitches through both rosettes, pulling them tight together.
Now sew together a clit on each side. These buttons get got a real pretty woman bring upward of pearl finish; I intend I’ll become through the husband’s cupboard to meet if in that place is anything else I want;) You tin give the axe sew together both buttons on at the same time, only running the needle through each side. Repeat this along the length of your cord amongst all of the bloom rosettes.
Ta Da! Now you lot get got a real pretty garland that you lot tin give the axe hang inwards a window, on your vacation tree, inwards a door way, or on the wall every bit an accent. Enjoy!
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Bobbi Lewin is a mixed-media together with fiber artist, who loves playing only about amongst all kinds of fine art forms. She draws her inspiration from the journeys through everyday life. Since she was a niggling girl, she’s had either a pencil or a crochet claw inwards her hand. Her grandmother taught her to crochet when she was close eight, together with some of her favorite treasures are the pieces of needlework handed downwardly through generations from the women inwards her family. It gives her nifty joy to hold out able to behavior on the tradition of this handicraft.
shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BobbiLewin
website: bobbilewin.blogspot.com
facebook: facebook.com/BobbiLewin
twitter: twitter.com/Bobbi_Jean