I just discovered a fantasticvintage fabric and craft supply store here in Portland, and made these simple pillow dolls with some of the fabric I found. The faces are machine embroidered. The twins love to pretend they are putting the dolls to bed.
wow, how fun! They look really small in the first picture, then when you scroll down you realise how big they are. Love the faces embroidered on the black. Ps- discovered your blog recently, and love it. Thanks for the inspiration!
Camille Dawn - Yeah, the store is quite a find. It's also where I got the vintage yellow zipper for the pouch in my last post. I got a whole bag of zippers for 45 cents each! crazy.
Naomi - Yes, I decided to make them big! When sewing, I find that bigger is usually easier than smaller, and I need all the help I can get.
And hopefully someday I might have enough time to make stuff for selling. Maybe this summer. Thanks for the compliments!
so adorable! one more reason for me to really miss Portland even more...that shop looks awesome. question for the girl who is new to sewing (me), when you say machine embroidered, does that just mean you stitched over it or is it a special thing your machine does? (sorry if that is a dumb question!)
Sarah - Yeah, I'm pretty new at all this too, so I know what you mean. Machine embroidery is just sewing a stitch on your sewing machine and making a drawing out of the stitch. To do this, I just sketched out the faces with some white chalk, and followed my chalk drawing with my machine, then dusted off the chalk. simple.
There is also a special embroidery foot that you can get for your sewing machine. I just got one and it's pretty cool! This is a great youtube video that shows you the foot in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ADupRXK8Y
Then the other type of embroidery is "hand embroidery", which is very awesome, and actually a lot easier than machine embroidery (I think), but it's slower of course. Also, hand embroidery is totally cheap. All you need is some embroidery thread, a needle and a hoop. Do a youtube search for hand embroidery and you'll find tons of cool stuff. Here's a quick one I did, but it doesn't explain how to do it:
Yay, Knittn Kitten is great! I love that store! If you feel like doing any techy creations, there's Free Geek tech thrift store on about 10th & Hawthorne, and have you been to SCRAP? It's off of MLK, and has all kinds of amazing recycled materials for creating stuff.
Heather - Yes, I have been Scrap, ooh, and also the Rebuilding Center down the road from there is amazing. I've not been to the Free Geek tech thrift store though. Definitely checking that out! Thanks!
Fantastic! So simple, so fun! And that shop, what a find! I'm up in Olympia, so will be planning a trip down ASAP!
ReplyDeletewow, how fun! They look really small in the first picture, then when you scroll down you realise how big they are. Love the faces embroidered on the black.
ReplyDeletePs- discovered your blog recently, and love it. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow. Every single thing you post, I love. How do you do it? :)
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I wish you could sell it. I would buy a pair for sure. Thanks for the sharing.
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL!
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody!
ReplyDeleteCamille Dawn - Yeah, the store is quite a find. It's also where I got the vintage yellow zipper for the pouch in my last post. I got a whole bag of zippers for 45 cents each! crazy.
Naomi - Yes, I decided to make them big! When sewing, I find that bigger is usually easier than smaller, and I need all the help I can get.
And hopefully someday I might have enough time to make stuff for selling. Maybe this summer. Thanks for the compliments!
Those would also make fun pencil cases too. Smaller of course and with zippers :)
ReplyDeleteso adorable! one more reason for me to really miss Portland even more...that shop looks awesome.
ReplyDeletequestion for the girl who is new to sewing (me), when you say machine embroidered, does that just mean you stitched over it or is it a special thing your machine does? (sorry if that is a dumb question!)
Sarah - Yeah, I'm pretty new at all this too, so I know what you mean. Machine embroidery is just sewing a stitch on your sewing machine and making a drawing out of the stitch. To do this, I just sketched out the faces with some white chalk, and followed my chalk drawing with my machine, then dusted off the chalk. simple.
ReplyDeleteThere is also a special embroidery foot that you can get for your sewing machine. I just got one and it's pretty cool! This is a great youtube video that shows you the foot in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ADupRXK8Y
Then the other type of embroidery is "hand embroidery", which is very awesome, and actually a lot easier than machine embroidery (I think), but it's slower of course. Also, hand embroidery is totally cheap. All you need is some embroidery thread, a needle and a hoop. Do a youtube search for hand embroidery and you'll find tons of cool stuff. Here's a quick one I did, but it doesn't explain how to do it:
http://madebyjoel.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-embroidered-bird-shirt.html
so simple and sweet! just perfect!
ReplyDeletehugs from Brazil!
LOVE THEM, perfect:)
ReplyDeleteYou're awesome!
ReplyDeletewhat a fantastic idea!! simple is best as they say!
ReplyDeletethese are so cute.
ReplyDeleteand i am going to have to check out that store, that's for sure.
OMG - I love these!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!
ReplyDeleteYay, Knittn Kitten is great! I love that store! If you feel like doing any techy creations, there's Free Geek tech thrift store on about 10th & Hawthorne, and have you been to SCRAP? It's off of MLK, and has all kinds of amazing recycled materials for creating stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody!
ReplyDeleteHeather - Yes, I have been Scrap, ooh, and also the Rebuilding Center down the road from there is amazing. I've not been to the Free Geek tech thrift store though. Definitely checking that out! Thanks!
great idea! loved it!
ReplyDeleteso lovely !I will try to make one for my daughter hannah !! I will le you know ! Nice week !
ReplyDeleteI love that they look like they're already tucked snug into bed. Adorable!
ReplyDeleteI love these. I can't wait to make some for my kids. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas.
ReplyDeleteQue lindos, para abrazarlos todo el rato¡¡¡¡
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