Here’s something I’m working on at the moment, an embroidered Lum from Rumiko Takahashi’s manga series. She is roughly based on a Takahashi illustration, I started off trying to copy the original illustration exactly but that caused some problems as parts didn’t look quite right when embroidered so I altered the image slightly to better […]
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As part of my project to make handmade Christmas gifts for friends and family this year, I embroidered two little Moomintrolls for my two closest friends. Luckily for me we weren’t able to meet up before Christmas which gave me time to get them finished. The image is based on one of Tove Jansson’s original illustrations. They are supposed to
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Before Christmas is well and truly over I thought I’d post images of some homemade baubles I made for our tree this year. Me and my partner Phil bought and moved into our house this year so it was our first Christmas together and we had to start from scratch with the decorations. I was
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A few months ago I attended a linocut printing day class at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, which is based on the University of Birmingham campus (where I also happen to work). The gallery has long been one of my favorites, as it’s collections are relativity small but of a very high quality. It means that, unlike
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A few years ago me and a friend attended a weekly pottery class. We were supposed to create a vase each week, but we soon started creating other items instead. Mine included the piggy bank and slime (from the Dragon Quest series) below.
Baby octopus crochet amigurumi, a photo by EnglishGirlAbroad on Flickr. Unfortunately, I never find the time to do enough crochet or knitting to get very good at either craft. However, every now and again I get the wool and my crochet hook out from under the bed and create something. Here is a little octopus
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As part of my Nans’ Christmas presents I made teapot shaped coasters or stands to place under a hot teapot or pot in the kitchen. I only had thin felt so cut two layers and machine sewed them together.
Here’s another felt plush toy created using a pattern from a Japanese pattern book. This is the Sanrio character Usahana. I couldn’t decide what to do with her once I’d made her so I added some ribbon and made her into a Christmas tree decoration!
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Homemade plush Doraemon, a photo by EnglishGirlAbroad on Flickr. I adore Doraemon so I often end up sewing/drawing/painting him. This is a small plush Doraemon I created as a gift for my partner (also a Doraemon fan). I created him using a pattern from a Japanese Doraemon pattern book. Expect more Doraemon related posts in
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I work at a University which means I get nice long holidays at Christmas and Easter; I usually set myself a craft project or two which I might not get time for otherwise. Last Christmas I decided to have a go at papercutting. My three first (and only) attempts are enclosed below. I keep meaning to get