A work colleague organised a felt making workshop. She let me take pictures of every step, so here you can see how to make felt:
Materials:
– Llana per fer feltre
– platic de bombolletes
– guants de goma
– liquid rentavaixelles
– aigua bullint
– Wool for felting
– bubble wrap
– rubber gloves
– washing-up liquid
– boiling water
Monthly Archives: May 2010
TUTORIAL: FELT- FELTRE
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AIN’T I LUCKY?!?! QUINA SORT QUE TINC!!!
Wow… just before I go to work, there is something I have to tell you. I am the winner of Rachel’s giveaway quilt!
I can’t believe it and I’m really happy! I am working on my quilt and this makes me so enthusiastic to keep going!
Thank you Rachel so much for this wonderful piece of art!
Uau!!! Abans d’anar a treballar vull compartir una coseta. He guanyat un dels sortejos dels que us he parlat mes avall. He guanyat el quilt de la Rachel!
No m’ho puc creure, que contenta estic! Tot just he plegat la paradeta del quilt que estic intentant acabar i ara em trobo un email dient que soc la guanyadora. Quines ganes que tinc de cosir mes!!!
Gracies Rachel per aquesta obra d’art!
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PATCHWORK III
THE NEVER ENDING PROJECT
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GIVEAWAY DAY – DIA DE REGALS
Una mica tard, perque nomes queda menys d’un dia, pero he descobert que a Sew Mama Sew se celebra un dia de donar regals anual. Durant uns dies, tots aquells (mes aquelles que aquells) que tenen blogs creatius, donen alguna cosa a canvi de comentaris al seus posts o fer-te seguidor dels seus blogs. Es una manera de donar a coneixer el teu blog i d’intercanviar idees.
Si us interessa participar, cliqueu aqui, i trobareu una llista llaaaaaarga de blogs on podeu participar i potser guanyar alguna coseta. Val la pena nomes per poder veure la gran llista de blogs de manualitats i poder aprendre noves coses i adquirir mes idees.
Aixo m’ha motivat per intentar fer el mateix… estic pensant de fer alguna coseta per poder regalar-la. Ja us avisare quan la tingui feta i us dire com participar!
Probably it’s a bit too late by now, but I just came across Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway day event. Click here to view a long list of blogs and you can have the chance to win a little craft. It is worth it to have a look at the list, since it is a great way to know more crafty blogs and share ideas.
This encouraged me to give away something, so I’ll be thinking of a nice craft to give away. I’ll tell you when it’s ready and I’ll let you know what to do to have a chance to win.
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THE BARCELONA SKIRT – LA FALDILLA "BARCELONA"
Filed under COSTURA- SEWING
TUTORIAL: REVERSIBLE TOTE BAG – BOSSA REVERSIBLE
El diumenge passat vaig fer un taller de costura a Pippablue, on t’ensenyaven les tecniques basiques per cosir a maquina (jo anava una mica mes avanc,ada pero sempre hi a coses que s’aprenen), i el projecte era fer una bossa reversible.
La roba ja la tenien tallada, per anar mes de pressa, pero vaig poder escollir la d’un costat i vaig decidir-me per la col.leccio Love de l’Amy Butler.
El patro el van treure d’internet i tot i que he intentat buscar-lo per posar el link no l’he trobat. Espero que no hi hagi cap problema per posar els passos que he seguit per fer aquesta bossa aqui. Queda constacia que no soc la autora del diseny, pero si algu sap d’on ve, m’agradaria que m’escrivissiu per a poder posar el link i acreditar la seva autora.
Si voleu altres tutorials per fer bosses com aquesta podeu visitar aquesta, aquesta o aquesta entre moltes d’altres.
Per fer aquesta bossa vaig fer servir una tela blava amb estels de la Laura Ashley i Roman Glass Magenta de Kaffe Fasset.
Last Sunday I went to a sewing workshop in Pippablue. They would show you the basics of machine sewing while making a reversible tote bag. I was a bit more advance as I already know how to use the machine, but I did learn a few tips.
They already had some fabric cut out but I got to choose the fabric for the inside (or outside since it’s reversible). I chose Cypress Paisley Wine from the Love Collection by Amy Butler.
They took the pattern from one of the many tote bags tutorials on the internet. I’ve looked for it but I can’t find it, so I hope it is ok to show the steps to make it here as well. I want to make sure though, that it is clear that I am not the author of this pattern and if anyone knows where it comes from, I would appreaciate you telling me so I can link it to the appropriate website and credit the author.
I you want to have a look at more tutorials for tote bags you could have a look here, here or here…
To make the following bag I used Laura Ashley‘s fabric that I got a while ago, and Kaffe Fasset‘s Roman Glass Magenta.
Materials:
1/2 m de tela de coto (1)
1/2 m de tela de coto (2)
(Les teles que vaig comprar son de 110 cm d’ample)
1/2 m d’entretela prima (adhesiva amb la planxa)
fil de coto del color de la tela
tisores
paper per patrons
1. Talleu els patrons seguint les mides seguents:
– Pels costats de la bossa: rectangle de 33×46 cm (talleu dos de cada tela i entretela)
– Per la base: rectangle de 35×12.5 cm (talleu 1 de cada tela i 2 d’entretela)
– Per les nances: rectangle de 4.5×68 cm (talleu 2 de cada tela)
1 Materials:
– Side panels: rectangle 13″x 9 1/4″ (cut 2 of each fabric and interfacing)
– Base: rectangle 14 x 5 1/8″ (cut 1 of each fabric and 2 of interfacing)
– Handles: rectangle 2″ x 27″ (cut 2 of each fabric)
3. Dobleguem aquest rectangle per la meitat i amb el dit marquem el plec que ens servira de marca.
3. Fold the rectangle by half and finger press so you mark the centre.
4. Fem el mateix amb el rectangle base.
4. Do the same with the base.
6. Do the same with the other side so it looks like this:
10. To make the hadles take un strap of each fabric and put the RIGHT side together. Sew along the sides leaving 1/4″ hem.
14. Make sure the base edges are aligned. Fold in the top side of both fabrics 1/2″ and pin it together. Use the iron.
16. Do the same with he other end of the handle, leaving 1″ of each end between the 2 fabrics. Take this handle as reference to place the one on the other side. Topstitch all along the top. You can sew 2 lines or use fancy stitches for decoration too. It will also be easier to remove the base of your machine so you can slide your bag underneath.
17. Ja teniu la bossa. D’un costat…
17. Now you have your bag. From one side…
I’d love to see your work if you decide to give it a go!
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TUTORIAL: SILK PAINTING – PINTURA SOBRE SEDA
Materials:
-silk paint of any colour you like. I chose the primary colours.
– 1 brush
– a silk handkerchief
– a plastic binbag
– coarse sea salt
Meterials:
– pintures per a seda. Jo he escollit els colors primaris.
– un pinzell.
– un mocador de seda.
-una bossa de brossa gran.
– sal marina gruixuda.
1. Cut the bin bag and spread it onto a table to protect it. Wet the handkerchief under the tap and spread it all over the plastic bin bag, making sure the for corners are pointing out flat and leaving some wrinkles evenly all over.
Talleu la bossa i obriu-la de manera que protegeixi la taula com si fossin unes tovalles. Muuleu el mocador sota l’aixeta i esteneu-lo sobre la bossa de plastic. Les puntes han d’estar estirades cap a fora i arrugueu el mocador uniformement.
3. Start staining the fabric with the brush using one colour at a time, cleaning the brush before using the next colour.
Comenceu a fer pinzellades d’un color i recordeu de netejar el pinzell abans d’utilitzar el seguent color.
4. Make sure you cover all the fabric with colour and spread the sea salt all over.
Cobriu tot el mocador de color i tireu la salt per sobre.
5. Leave it to dry and then shake the salt.
Deixeu-ho assecar i un cop sec espolseu la sal.
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GINGERBREAD LOAF – PA DE GINGEBRE
I tried making a loaf of gingerbread for the first time and it turned out really nice, so I made a second one a few days later and it was a good thing to be nibbling on while I was working on my tote bag project. Here’s the recipe for it, enjoy!
Ingredients:
75 ml black treacle
75 ml golden syrup
115gr light soft brown sugar
75 gr margarine
100ml low fat milk
1 egg beaten
175 gr plain flour + 50 gr self-raising flour
pinch of salt
2 tsp ground ginger (or 3 if you like)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp baking powder
1. Melt de sugar, margarine, treacle and syrup in a saucepan and let it cool.
2. Add the milk and the beaten egg into the previous mixture.
3. In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, ginger and cinnamon and make a well in the centre. Pour the contents of the saucepan and mix until smooth.
4. Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake ina pre-heated oven (mine is a fan oven) at 160C for about 1 hour. Let it stand in the tin for 10 min before taking it out.
Vaig intentar fer el pa de gingebre per primer cop i va sortir bastant be, aixi que vaig fer-ne un altre uns dies despres i em va anar d’allo mes be per anar picant mentres feia el meu projecte de costura, la bossa reversible.
Aqui teniu la recepta, bon profit!
Ingredients:
75 ml xarop de melassa negre
75 ml xarop de melassa
115gr sucre more sense refinar
75 gr margarina
100 ml llet semidesnatada
1 ou batut
175gr de farina + 50 gr de farina de forc,a
polsim de salt
10 gr (o 15gr) de gingebre en pols
5 gr de canyella en pols
5gr de llevadura Royal
1. Escalfeu el sucre, els xarops i la margarina a foc lent fins que es desfaci. Deixar refredar.
2. Afegiu la llet i l’ou batut i remeneu.
3. En un bol, barrejar les farines i les especies, la sal i el llevat. Fer un forat al centre i afegiu la barreja de xarops barrejant be i que quedi tot lligat.
4. Abocar-ho en un motlle de plumcake umtat amb mantega i coure-ho al forn precalentat a 160C durant una hora. Deixeu el pa en el motlle durant uns 10 minuts abans de treure’l.
Que vagi de gust!
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