Embroidery Edge Stitching

Lately I have been discovering how useful blanket stitching is.  However it also led me to wanting more than just blanket stitching as a decorative edge stitching.    Below is a pictorial depiction of a number of edge stitches.  Generally these are classified under Embroidery Stitches however in today's increasingly popular mix media world, these stitches are extremely useful for more than just embroidery.

Credit: http://www.duitang.com/people/mblog/42277457/detail/?next=34484822

How to Felt a Bird

How to Needle Felt a Birdie

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Needle felting is fun.  It is like drawing in 3D.  These are some basic steps from the transformation of a need, the bird-ing of an idea, and the felting of a wooly mix media felted bird.

Basis of idea for felted bird

I wanted a little birdie on my mix media artwork (to be shown later when complete).  So I thought about felting a birding.  I found the image above (sorry, I can't exactly remember where.  Mr Google might know). And thought it looked pretty much like the birdie I would want on my art piece.  So on to how to felt the bird.

DIY Birds Cushion

Today we will have a quick whizz at a DIY cushion - the "Birds" cushion.

"Birds" cushion (CH0304)

In the last 2 posts, I talked about how to make a Kenbo-san cushion and then how to make a cousin Gustave cushion.  Today we will go into a more traditionally shaped cushion - the Square!  But I wanted something that was more in keeping with Kenbo and Gustave than just the run of the mill cushion. And I really wanted a cushion cover - that can be removed, changed, washed.  (Kenbo & Gustave will have to face the dry cleaners at some stage in the future.)

So lets have a peek at how the quirky family looks together ...

How to make Gustave cushion

Yesterday I got to talk about how to make the Kenbo-san cushion.  Today lets talk about another quirky addition - let's talk about how to make the Gustave cushion.

How to make Gustave (CH0303)

First let me introduce you to Gustave - or rather I should say, cousin Gustave as he is cousin to Kenbo-san cushion. Then we will go on to how to make a Gustave cushion.