So I made a pig. Mum bought the pattern and an FQ of fabric at the Festival of Quilts and asked me to make him for her. He is weighted down and holds a basket for threads. I'm not sure what made me decide he was a he. It's not like he caused my any trouble at all. Do you randomly assign things as male or female or is it just me?
The pattern is by Cross Patch. I've got no idea who designed the fat quarter as it was selvedge-less. I had an urge to sew and, coincidentally it was an empty Sunday so off I went.
The pattern was quite good, other than it didn't give any instructions at all for making the nose! As you can see in the photo above, the snout is rounded, but pigs have a flat nose and the pig in the photo had a flat nose. There was even a template to cut his nose out of felt. I wung it and it was fine.
The eyes are embroidered on, I'm not that happy with them, but you can barely see them as the ears flop over the top all the time anyway. Another thing overlooked by the pattern designer is a tail and I didn't think to add one in. This could be a Manx pig.
There is supposed to be a yo-yo on his bum somewhere, but having made the yo-yo as instructed, I thought it looked silly on his bum so I left it off. It was my first ever yo-yo. And my last. Don't like them.
I used a Tilda fabric to line the basket in mum's other favourite colour. She's going to use it when she's beadweaving to catch all the bits of beading thread that get cut off. She also said she'd use it for keeping her scissors in after finding a small collection down the side of the sofa cushion.
He's weighed down with aquarium gravel so sits very sturdily and securely on a table top, waiting for bits of loose thread. At the end of the pattern I was instructed to sew the basket tabs to the bottom of the rabbit's feet. Good job I didn't get confused and go and sew up a rabbit...
If you are a pattern designer, can I suggest proof-readers??
Good Monday everyone,
This weekend wasn't as productive as I would have liked it to have been, however I have completed a new project - more at the bottom of the post. Today is the day to post my month's results for Cathy's Christmas Countdown. I had been aiming for 15 presents this month, but I've not quite made it - I've made 12. Some are birthday presents but with my family having birthdays in November/December, I lump them all into the same bucket!
I've posted about all but one of these gifts before so if you want to know more, see previous posts, but here they are in all their "glory":
1-5. 5 sets of 2 appliquéd lavender hearts
There are 6 sets shown on the picture (wow, check out those maths skills!) but 2 of them were my one measly gift completed in September.
6-7. Two embroidered bookmarks:
(the one on the left is actually green and that carpet is blue - I didn't change any of the settings after taking the picture above...? I don't think I'll ever be a photographer!)
8. Patchwork pig:
(This is the first item from my Craft Book Challenge)
9. Shoulder bag:
(This is the second item from my Craft Book Challenge)
10: Set of 4 coasters:
11: Sewing machine cover
12: Drawstring bag:
I made this yesterday - I'd been working on the Peter Rabbit Cross Stitch (Item 3 of my Craft Book Challenge) and decided to mount it on a little bag (it's about 30cm x 30cm / 12inch x 12inch). It's the first time I've attempted anything like this and I am really happy with it. I cut an aperture in the pink gingham fabric and used a fancy top stitch (the choice is limited on my mum's machine, but I do like this one). It's also lined in pink cotton:
Which kind of shows through the white cotton and makes a very pale pink effect.
So there we have it! Go over to Cathy's blog and see what everyone else has been up to.
Tonight is my first Sew Something class at the Husqvarna shop, I'm really excited. We work on our own projects, but there is a teacher to help us out - I want to attempt a zip!
