Fox T-Shirt

I found out that knitted fabrics roll as hell after washing, and I didn't want to lose the edge of these beautiful fabrics. So I washed them folded in half, basted edges. This is one of ways to eliminated the rolling.

 

I drew a pattern and decided where will be the cuts for fabric alternation.

I joined the fabrics with serger and hemmed with coverlock (including sleeves).

I attached the seam with a straight stitch. To keep the stitch line flexible, I pulled it during sewing. Iron then helped to get back to shape what was pulled out.

For a neckline, I used 3 cm band cut from the main fabric. I ironed it in half, pinned the middle points and pinned evenly. Serged on, facing the band upwards.

The seam was attached again with a regular sewing machine, pulling along the way. I altered the thread colors to match the fabric.

Finished sleeve.

This is my dream come true. I love the fox painting!

Fox Bodysuit

I had bought beautiful knitted fabrics for my fox T-Shirt. And now there is a newborn celebration in our family...

I have some russian pattern from the internet, I printed it and taped together.

I embroidered his name on a piece of the fabric. First I wanted to do it with freeform machine quilting, but it was never perfect.. So hand embroider in the end. Disappearing marker is the best!

I had ironed a fusible web before embroidery. After sewing the label on, I cut the web right at the seam.

My first experiments with ribbed fabric showed that it's too rough for a baby's garment. I'll use the base fabric.

3cm strip - folded in thirds and ironed.

I sewed it on with a coverlock. I didn't measure or pin anything - the strip is pulled at the neck and the base fabric is pulled at the other part of the curve. Pulling is done during sewing, nothing is prepared or exact. Surprisingly good results.

I basted the pieces together at the armholes - both the front and back panel and each sleeve.

I sewed one side + sleeve together with a serger and finished the bottom with the strip of fabric. Then I sewed the other side + sleeve.

I tried my new tool for setting press buttons. Again, I considered them to be too rough for baby's dress. I ended up sewing on three little press buttons in hand, total distance is 6 cm.

Ready for the baby!

Bird Feeder

 This was an idea caught on Pinterest. The usual ball bought in a supermarket, hanging on a string inside a cage made of sticks. It took me some time to realize that all the joints were not tied with knot in fact. It was connected with a hot melt glue gun! However, the knots are great there anyway, as the glue works the best on rough surface, better than on smooth bark.

I also used a crooked birch branch to hang the feeder so that our balcony stays clean even with the bird visitors coming. At first, the birds were frightened that the cage moves when they fly in and break just before it - it began spinning. But after some time, they got the hang of it and a flock of tits kept coming regularly, having fun on the feeder.

Boxer Shorts

 I bought a bunch of rubber bands with funny writings on them.

I cut the right width and sewed each rubber band to a circle. I tried to flatten the seam as much as possible with two lines of stitches and an extra zig-zag line.

Now to the boxer shorts themselves. The front piece has a slit in the middle. Sewing it together is the first step.

The rest is in one piece. So I sewed one side of the center front piece with the rest at a side seam.

Then I wrapped the big piece so that it would fit inside the smaller...

...so that I could sew them together right sides in.

One short seam at the bottom.

And I hemmed the legs on coverlock machine.

Rubber band is sewed on in an unusual way - wrong sides in!!! Then it's turned over and added one more line of stitches at the rubber band side. The seam is neat from both sides this way. However, this way you mustn't forget to stretch the band while sewing as much as possible. If not, the threads can bread during taking the garment on.

Seven pieces as a weekly set, as a gift for my beloved husband. I can't wait till his birthday already! :-D

Brown Skirt from Leftover Knit

 A small project from scrap knit. I cut out a half circle skirt according to my waist circumpherence.

 I sewed the sides on both the skirt and the rubber band and pinned it by halves together.

I used a technique that I'd learned on boxer shorts - I sew WRONG sides together, like a centimeter from the edge of the rubber band, then I fold the skirt panel down and add one more line of stitches at the very edge of the band. Of course pulling the rubber band a lot so that the seam is stretchy.

The fabric was so nice, dense and super lightweight, that I didn't hem the lower edge.

Blue Woolen Belt Poach

 I missed embroidery in my life so I made something for sale to medieval bazaar. I picked a woolen pouch with some design from real medieval textiles.

Here are just some pictures of how I made the strings for hanging. I tied two pieces of wool of different colors that would match the design. I used a drill to twist it and when the twist was tight, I folded it in half. It twisted together nicely.

Medieval pouches were often decorated with tassels, so I added some to the corners and to the fastening cords.

Ready to ship!

Cajon Case

I cut a strap from stroller fabric and sewed it with a thick strap inside. Three lines of stitches secure it in place.

I quilted the upper panel, following the design.

Quilting is lined with some rag fabric.

The side pieces are already thick, so no need for quilting.

I prepared the body and fitted on the drum.

I folded the edges and sewed them. I measured the zipper to match the corners and sewed each half to the lid and body of the case.

Finished zipper matches! Yes!

I made a little strap and cut it to four pieces.

These would be handles for the carrying strap.

Five ways to carry :-) Backpack is the best of course!

Battery Pouches

It's been several years since I've known I need to have my batteries sorted, like visibly sorted. I've had pouches, but without writing and I never knew which one contained what.

I cut out rectangles and serged the edges. I made some tests and finally I used two layers of stiff cotton canvas under the embroidery. I made a sample of each writing and measured its length to know where to place it.

I sewed the edges, one of them not up to the very top, leaving a gap for cord fastening. I sewed the tunnel and that's it.

I was annoyed how it keeps opening, so I made a knot which slides on the cord and keeps the pouch closed.