Monday, January 17, 2011

PDCC #64

In between sewing sequins, beads, and felt for Dylan's stocking I worked on my submission to The Play Date Café's challenge #64 with Julie Ranae's colors teal, grey, and tan.
This small wall hanging (appr. 12" square) is titled "Oh, Snap!". The background is grey and tan fabric cut in curves and then woven together. The pieces were stitched together with teal thread and a decorative machine stitch.
The flowers are recycled wool fabric, the teal is from a thrift store jacket and the grey is from a jacket I had made years ago when I worked in the fabric store. The flower centers are snaps and the stems are a zipper. I added silver/grey sheer ribbon for leaves and the finished edges of the piece. Grass is again the teal felt and I literally dropped the buttons onto the piece and sewed them down where they landed.
I was inspired by Cheri's hangers and made a decorative hanger to finish the piece. It was good to create in the midst of mindlessly sewing sequins!

7 comments:

  1. so lovely to see a sewing project as an entry to the PDCC :) thanks for playing along!

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  2. What a FANTASTIC entry! Just adore what you've created from the zipper stems to the stitching to the snap, flower centers! Amazing! Thanks so much for playing with us in the Cafe!

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  3. I'm so jealous of your sewing skills! ;) This is such a wonderful project and it looks like it was a lot of fun to create! So glad you shared it with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  4. Fab use of those zips! Great fabric collage. Thanks so much for joining us at the play date cafe this week :)

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  5. WOW!!!! So cool and unique!!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe :)

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  6. I LOVE this! What a fantastic use of this week's colors at the PDCC. Glad you joined us in the fun. Thank you for sharing.

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  7. What a fab idea--and this wall hanging is PERFECT!! It's filled with TONS of detail--love the zipper stems! LOVE IT:) Thanks so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at the PDCC:}

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