SEWThriftyCollection............Have fun. ................................................ *winter

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Purse!!

My recent accomplishment ...

purse making!!

Fully lined in stylish cotton, with a faux leather exterior.(up cycled of course) A matching hair comb and tissue holder, what more could a girl need?

This kanzashi hair comb,

hand sewn and attached to a comb for beautiful hair accessorizing!

Do you love it?

I do.

Next up, the same purse only with upcylced leather in various colors...

YAY!

until next time,

have fun

*winter

Monday, March 1, 2010

Sew Etsy

Sew progress

I have posted some new items on Etsy.com and in doing so have come to realize that with the layout I have created with my logo, Etsy will never be able to place my item on the front page.

I was informed by the Esty blog that lured me in with fancy photos of things I liked, that they do not use logo or watermarked photos on the front page.

I guess that means I should change it up a bit.

My new project!

Also, a new style of photoshoot is in order.

Good thing I have a mass collection of clothing to practice with!!

Wish me luck and please send any ideas you might have or themes you'd like to see poytrayed through clothing and photos and art. Thanks for reading!

have fun

*winter

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Kanzashi

Spring flowers!

I wanted to know how to make fabric flowers with no raw edges or close to it.

At first, I found nothing I really liked. Just felt flowers and rolled roses, but not really what I had in my mind.

Then I found Kanzashi.

The Japanese hair ornament, which is adorned in beautifully folded leaves and petals made of perfectly coordinated colored fabrics. There are rounded petals, pointed petals, delicate leaves and all hand fastened to a comb.

I found two photo tutorials:

Kurokami-kanzashi. deviantart.com

mookychick.com.

I grabbed some extra fabirc I had sitting around, and quickly folded and stitched.

I did not iron the fabric, like I should have and just quickly folded without properly pressing and cutting. However, I still like the way they came out and Just Think how nice yours will look when you do iron, cut and fold perfectly!!

My results so far.

I chose different fabrics just to get a feel for the folding . Terry cloth, felt, a soft cotton, and a shear eyelet fabric. The green leaves are fuzzy.

My favorite is the terry cloth flower. It's blue and all the way to the right. It makes me think of a cartoon. I made one with a stem, butI don't seem to have a picture of it. Well, I used a yellow flower pictured above and added the stem that fits a pen inside and it's got a leaf.