pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

Design-wise, I have been experimenting with colors. Spoonflower has an amazing tool that lets you change out colors with the greatest of ease. Result: White Flowers +Sea Serpent Colorway Sea Serpent White Flowers +Sea Serpents Colorway Sea Serpents That's right, a floral and monster set specifically designed with moms in mind. It's hard to find mother and child sets that appeal to each side of the proverbial coin. I am going to be putting more of this idea into action soon. ................................................................................................................ And sewing machine update: she is working beautifully. It zips through and gets the job done in no time. So far all that has gotten done are simple test projects so that I can get a good feel for it before tackling anything serious. Fixing a small worn out drawstring bag that was literally held together with safety pins was test run number one. I had a few issues with the severe...

Wallet front, closed Now for Sale!->  http://www.etsy.com/listing/67858411/left-handed-botanical-lion-wallet?ref=v1_other_1 This tropical lion wallet is another project I've been meaning to post about. To get the lion on the front of the fabric like I wanted, turned it into a left handed wallet. The entire thing was hand-stitched in a few hours. Outside, open Inside, open The inside of the wallet is divided into four card holders. I've put in an old PacSun gift card for scale. Money pocket, open The whole project is done in a large scale botanical with lions that gives the wallet a coordination without much repeat that I think is wonderful. I only bought a yard from Ebay, so I'm going to have fun seeing how much I can do with the little bit that I have left. Stay tuned!!

One of my newer fabric projects, this pincushion, started from a simple gift of homemade shortcake. It came in mason jars that had fabric circles in between the flat metal seals and the ringed parts of the lid. I turned one of the fabric circles into a pincushion by 1. going round the edge with my thread, 2. pulling it like a drawstring, 3. adding stuffing, 4. and sewing a small hemmed black circle to the bottom to finish it off. I really love how the dot and dash pattern lets me be OCD with my pins and needles!

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I'm relatively new to Spoonflower and fabric design in general. I am making this blog mostly in the hope that I can share my fabric photos and projects. I am trying new things and I'm prepared to learn and fail along the way. I have an old Singer sewing machine that I'm getting in working order, so until I get this ball rolling everything is going to be hand stitched. Yay for manual labor! It will take me much longer to do things, but hopefully it will just mean that I'm more selective about what I make and quality will win out over quantity.