My buddy, Beth, gave me some more quilt scraps! Yay, because I’m addicted to making hearts, kitties, bunnies, birds, anything from these beautiful remnants.
I’m still working with the old velvet bits and pieces, plus she gave me a bag of silk and cotton quilt scraps too.
Most have all the gorgeousness needed built in, but on others, I add a snippet of lace or embellishments.
The eyes are typically vintage, glass buttons, and the bunny tails are pom poms.
Look at the seamstress’ signature on this one! What a lovely touch.
On the red silk, I added embroidery of my own and teensy millenary blooms.
The fabric can be tricky to work with, it’s pretty fragile. I need to touch up some frayed areas with dots of glue here and there.
These are definitely not suited for a child to play with. They aren’t that kind of stuffy, even though that kitty looks huggable, doesn’t she?
The hardest one to make was this swan, that neck, like kitty tails, isn’t simple to sew and stuff when the material wants to disintegrate while you stuff it.
This piece of fabric was mostly patchwork, so I needed to add extra stitching to liven her up. Not that I don’t enjoy doing it, plus these critters keep me awake instead of dozing off in front of the tv at night. And if I didn’t have so many other things to get done, I’d be making even more of them.
For now, I’m taking a break. I don’t want to use up all the precious fabric in one big blast. I’ll save some for later. But mostly because of my upcoming shoulder surgery To keep my booth at Good Juju full, I need to tag, prep, and pack a couple months worth of inventory in advance.
I’d rather be making bunnies!