My parents’ old peg bag has seen better days; the handle was too long and the bag itself too deep so I made them a new one from my 2CV fabric.
Luckily I had a length of cream canvas tape stashed in my sewing kit which matched the canvas 2CV fabric perfectly, so I used it as a handle and to bind the edge.
A super quick and simple craft project that’s made hanging the laundry out a little bit more fun.
My parents are big tea fans so their tea cosy (left) has taken a bit of a battering over the years.
I decided to spruce it up with a layer of my 2CV fabric (below).
And here’s the revamped tea cosy, resplendent with its little cars!
Here are my most recent home sewing projects: making cushion covers from light cotton canvas fabric that I’d had digitally printed with my illustrations.
This one (left) features a white on black version of my extra large cockerel circle design.
The cushion cover has an ‘envelope’ style closure and measures 38 x 35 cm, comfortably accommodating a 40 x 40 cm cushion.
The two covers on the right feature my Two-Tone 2CV design, measure 50 x 30cm and have a zip closure.
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Two of my latest batch of digital fabric prints…our old friend the cockerel in two sizes
I recently sewed these two scarves featuring my dragonfly and 2CV designs digitally printed on super soft silk. What luxury….
These cushions are my latest cockerel fabric creations, made with love for Blanca and Alain, my dear friends and neighbours at La Casa del Arco in Vejer de la Frontera
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This fabric design evolved from a stencil project I started in 2012,
since when Mr Cockerel has adorned numerous hard and soft surfaces.
Last year I spent many happy hours in the Photoshop turning the original image (above) into several repeating patterns (below)
the last of which got made into a baby cushion in light cotton canvas.
I’ve been really keen to make myself an item of cockerel clothing ever since, so I ordered custom printed fabric samples in several cottons until I was totally happy with the size and colour of the design, and then got cracking with sewing an A-line skirt.
It’s had a very enthusiastic reception and I’m cock-a-hoop!
A few months ago I had some fabric samples printed with a few of my designs. I was recently inspired to make these into bunting and cushions to show alongside the digital prints on paper of the same designs which I’m currently exhibiting in the beautiful tea room Chokolata in Vejer de la Frontera.
Here is a cockerel (which started out as a stencil on wood) being sewn with a contrasting border prior to his edges being frayed.
Here is the finished bunting hanging at home. To see photos of the bunting at the exhibition click here
I also made bunting from the fabric sample printed with my 2CV design (which evolved from my ‘7 Days’ illustration project).
Click here to see the bunting at my exhibition.
Here are the cushions.
I backed my printed fabric samples with contrasting velvet, cotton and corduroy to make them go further.
The Dragonfly pattern also evolved from my ‘7 Days’ illustration project.
To see photos of the cushions at my art exhibition in Chokolata click here