pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

Journal made using designs from my Great Barrier Reef collection on Spoonflower. The front cover features my Reef Sharks  fabric.  I embroidered a title on the fabric before sewing everything together. All the fabric that I used was in the form of 8"x 8" test swatches; So I had to add borders on the top and bottom to make the covers the proper size. Here's the back cover made with my Golden Reef Linen .   The base of the hard cover is just two rectangles of cardboard taken from an old box. I wrapped the fabric around the cardboard and machine stitched all the way around the edges.  I attached the front and back together with the two pieces of fabric (one outside and one inside) that make the spine.  I folded the raw edges under and stitched them together by hand. On the inside I added two pockets made from one swatch of my Pink Reef that I cut in half. And under those is a swatch of Pink Reef with Shark to fill the rest o...

Kitty Cuddle Stripe This was a fairly simple project.  The base is a  mouse pad that  had some annoying advertising on it. I gave that a few coats of gesso to keep the design from showing through the lighter parts of the fabric.    I  folded over the raw edges and  put a couple lines of stitches around the perimeter. And this is the final result!

Tiny prototype version of my Small Jet Pack Bag made to fit on a swatch for proofing! The one for sale that is made from a fat quarter is about 8" wide. You can still see all the fun details on the coin purse sized proof. The back of the tiny bag, and you can see I didn't bother to create straps since they would be useless at this scale. I had to use a separate swatch for the lining. Silver and Blue Spot I stuffed the little flames before sewing the hole for turning (in the lining) closed.

Chinese Paper Cut Dinosaur Red on Black Chinese Paper Cut Dinosaur Red on Black Pink Dinosaur Valentines Pink Dinosaur Valentines Winter Branch Paper Cut Winter Branch Paper Cut Alpacas White Doves in the Magic Show White Doves in the Magic Show Reef Reef with Shark Pink Reef Pink Reef with Shark Golden Reef Golden Reef with Shark Golden Reef Linen Golden Reef with Shark Linen Reef  Sharks