Hey @NeedleWorkMonday community!!
This is Danaidh B posting to you from Scotland!!
So a few years ago I undertook 6 months of Art Classes (once or twice a week) where I chose to start a sewing project recycled materials and all the leftover scrap materials in the art room I could find.
Every material I used was either never going to be used again, or binned and sent to landfill or something, so I had to do something with them.
I had a good thought about what I wanted to make, and what kind of materials I wanted to use: the colours, the feel and texture, the age, and thickness etc.. etc…
So after I finally decided on some fabrics that I liked, and what I wanted to make from them… I got started.
Now unfortunately I don’t have the drawing plans anymore and I don’t have any set up photos but I do have the finished piece here to show you :)
This is “Sophie Scrap Cat” she consists of ‘mustard crushed velvet’ scraps on her body and back, with a ‘tartan (plaid)’ stripe down her back, irregular buttons for eyes, a fuzzy felt tongue and lentil filled big paddy paws
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER? :)
It took me 6 months to hand stitch this lovable plush toy for my middle child Julia, who really loves animals (cats at the time).
She sits on her ‘special cushion’ or ‘throne’ as I like to call it.
This cushion is also made from ‘mustard crushed velvet’ and many other recycled fabrics, materials, buttons, and gemstones from an old necklace by partner Georgia made me when we first met and fell in love then decided to have children (now 3! Aged 12, 8 and 10 months.
This also took me some time to create and finish, (about 2 months of weekly classes) this one with no planning or thought, just fired straight in without measuring anything 🤭
I actually wanted to make a ‘standard/normal cushion’, which turned into a ‘meditation cushion’, and now it’s “Sophie’s Special Throne”
My daughter Julia named her Sophie when I presented it to her. She loves it, although a couple of years ago she did pull her fuzzy felt tongue off and some of the lentils I used to stuff her big flappy paws had spilled out.
She always cheers me up when I see her.
She is in need of a little TLC and is strictly ornamental just now.
Some day soon I hope to patch her up
Just look at her face, doesn’t she make you smile? She is a little rough around the edges, but she would have never been created if I didn’t put so much effort into her from having never sewn anything in my life!! except from a few holes or badges on my clothes or something!!
Let me know what you think of my work. I am a complete novice at textiles and sewing but I do come from Dundee, in Scotland, which is famous for its Jute Mills and I know my Nana worked in one most of her life from a very young age! So Hopefully the crafty hand work runs in the family. :)
Thank you for viewing my post.
If you would like to know anything more about “Sophie Scrap Cat” ?? Please let me know and ask away!
Many thanks,
Danaidh B
Scotland
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