This is my first one (and I have a few more in the planning stages)
The colours and the design are fairly unimaginative, next time I will create something a little more interesting! - however it has been a good learning experience.
I have never sewn with nylon thread before. It is very slippery - I need to check my machine settings and manual.
The spacing of each flower is a little too close - I could have spaced them out more to get a 'floatier' look.
I need to work out the best way to space them - if I run my machine a few stitches with no material to sew the nylon thread twists and catches easily - maybe if I arrange the flowers on tissue paper and use the tissue to sew through in between the felt pieces?
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They are looking great! Would love to know how you did the christmas ones...
ReplyDeleteThanks Keera - The for the Christmas ones I simply cut a whole lot of circles in a couple of sizes (approx 2-4cm diameter) of double sided red Christmas paper (I used Scrapbooking card) and sewed them together in a string using the sewing machine. I found this tutorial which might help explain a bit better. http://www.curbly.com/chrisjob/posts/9451-how-to-make-modern-paper-holiday-garland-on-the-cheap
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