Thursday, August 13, 2009

My creative space

This is my first addition to My creative space, by Kootoyou.

This is my new blog, which I am having fun with so far. My creative space today is the leftovers from yesterday's efforts. Seems to be a green theme going on, projects sitting there waiting to be finished (maybe not finished today, but hopefully progress made). I like the light through the window, and the way it is overexposed.

A green jacket I have had for ages, but never wear. I am going to refashion it so I like it more, replace the buttons, add some contrasting cuffs to the sleeves and trim to the hem (maybe). On the chair is a green and blue playmat in the making for the bubba. It's a smaller one that can hopefully be taken places along with us without being too cumbersome. Picked up the bright fabric at the Amitie sale last Friday. Love it. I am having trouble with it though and the more I think about it, the more I think I need to unpick and start again. Oops. I tried backing it with a fleecy material, which is stretchy. And its fine, I can control the stretch on the edges (sewing stretchy material to non-stretch is always difficult), however I was also hoping to top stitch some of the pattern to keep it together and so the other plain side is also decorative. I think this will be too difficult to achieve. So I have two choices, unpick and get new backing material. Or hand embroider it. Hmm.

13 comments:

  1. Love the sunlight and what vibrant beautiful colors..I hope you find success in refashioning!! Better post it when it's done :P

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  2. Great space! I am inspired by your productivity - can't wait to see the results.

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  3. What a beautiful space! The sunlight is just perfect :) I tend towards the hand embroider choice, but you probably already know what you want to do ;) It looks fabulous - good luck with whatever you decide! K

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  4. Great light, and I love the greens!

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  5. Welcome to the blogosphere. Such lovely creativity too ~ lots to keep you busy!

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  6. Good luck with the refashioning of your jacket. Your plan sounds great. And the fabric for your baby's mat is beautiful. I hope you solve your stretchy dilemma.

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  7. Welcome! I vote for hand embroidery.

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  8. What a lovely creative space. Your fabric is gorgeous. The colour is fantastic.

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  9. Welcome to creative space! Your space is gorgeous. Have fun with the refashioning!

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  10. Good luck with your crafting decisions! I love the greens in your space - I've got a green jacket this winter which I lurve, it must be after a summer (and more) of drought!

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  11. Lovely creative space. Nice playmat.

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  12. Oh I hate it when things don't go quite right and you have to unpick. Still it's a learning curb and we must value the lesson. When I want to sew stretch to non-stretch I sometimes (depends on what I am making)use iron on interfacing. This helps stop the stretch stretching and depending on what you are making, you could use a light weight or a heavy one.

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  13. Thanks for all the comments! I've had fun for my first creative scpace.
    To those who voted for the hand embroidery, you've made me decide to step outside my comfort zone and give it a go (plus now I don't need to unpick!)
    It might be a while before the results get posted tho...

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