applique Archives - Clobber Creations https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/tag/applique/ Handmade quirky decorative and practical items! Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:14:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-CC_Logo_Transparent-32x32.png applique Archives - Clobber Creations https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/tag/applique/ 32 32 147295580 Crocheted Bunny https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/crocheted-bunny/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/crocheted-bunny/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:00:28 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=750 I haven’t done a lot of crocheting beyond the string bags I make for the Etsy shop.  However, this bunny pattern has been a project I’ve been looking forward to making for a long time. Published in Simply Crochet magazine, this bunny originates from a lovely looking book called Edward’s Menagerie by Kerry Lord. I made […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/crochet/crocheted-bunny/feed/ 0 750 Stitching Cats https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/stitching-cats/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/stitching-cats/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:00:34 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=536 I haven’t made a lot recently, as I have been finishing up a couple of craft courses I took this year.  However, I have got around to practising free machine embroidery again. I’m very fond of pets, and regularly doodle my cats, Harry and Fizz.  I decided to have a go at designing some more […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/stitching-cats/feed/ 4 536 Recent inspiration – Jane Hunter’s ‘Haud Oan’ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/recent-inspiration-jane-hunters-haud-oan/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/recent-inspiration-jane-hunters-haud-oan/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:00:30 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=518 Since learning some free machine embroidery this year and combining it with appliqué, I have found it to be a great outlet of creativity.  However, when I heard the news on 24 June regarding the EU referendum, I found it very difficult to produce anything. Jane Hunter’s new piece ‘Haud Oan’ is a great inspiration […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/free-machine-embroidery/recent-inspiration-jane-hunters-haud-oan/feed/ 0 518 Free Motion Embroidery – drawing and writing with my sewing machine https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:17:53 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=289 Got your eye on an expensive yet impressive embroidery sewing machine?  Think again! I’ve been admiring the lovely embroidery machines with their numerous stitch options and the possibility of embellishing handmade gifts with a name at the touch of a button (or a few).  I remember watching a demonstration of someone programming in a word and then […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/free-motion-embroidery-drawing-and-writing-with-your-sewing-machine/feed/ 0 289 Upcycling jeans – the sewing pinny! https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:00:10 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=228 One of the projects I made during #miymarch16 was the upcycled pinny from an old pair of jeans. I got these jeans for my 21st.  I’m a bit of a hoarder, and while they had a tear in them where the fabric was so thin and worn out, I hadn’t had the heart to chuck […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/upcycling-jeans-the-sewing-pinny/feed/ 0 2165 #miymarch16 https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/#respond Thu, 26 May 2016 18:00:12 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=184 #miymarch16 may have been a couple of months ago, but here are the resulting images I posted from it below. Make it Yourself March is an Instagram event.  It involves posting an image based on the daily photo prompt – a list can be found on Wendy Ward’s blog from this year. New to Instagram, […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/miymarch16/feed/ 0 184 Crafting with Family – March https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/crafting-with-family-march/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/crafting-with-family-march/#respond Thu, 19 May 2016 08:34:41 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=144 It’s been a while since I have posted and my post is all about a craft meet up two months ago! Mum’s house is quite a good meeting point for her, my sister and I to meet up.  We managed to meet up in March and here’s what we got on with: Having purchased a […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/crafting-with-family-march/feed/ 0 144 Mother’s Day gift making – bath hats and bags https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/mothers-day-gift-making-bath-hats-and-bags/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/mothers-day-gift-making-bath-hats-and-bags/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:52:41 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=77 It didn’t take long to come up with this year’s mother’s day gift – mainly because I knew she wanted a new bath hat! I made her one years ago from the Cath Kidston “Sew!” book.  Unfortunately, the waterproof fabric I chose for inside the hat was quite thick and stiff.  Also, we have big […]

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]]> https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/mothers-day-gift-making-bath-hats-and-bags/feed/ 0 77 Making Individual Gifts – for Dad https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/making-individual-gifts-for-dad/ https://www.clobbercreations.co.uk/craft-skills/making-individual-gifts-for-dad/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2016 11:35:09 +0000 https://clobbercreations.wordpress.com/?p=13 For my dad’s birthday this year, I decided to use my new skills to make some different gifts to normal. Cufflinks Here is a photo of him wearing the cufflinks I made in glass.  I had no idea you could make cufflinks from fused glass (or didn’t think of it until it was pointed out […]

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