Sunday 4 July 2010

Spontanious creation

I've finally created something again. This time it was a bit on the spot, 'cause as I was in the process of turning my old, crappy jeans into a comfortable pair of shorts the idea came to me; I need a pin cushion!

So, after finishing the pair of shorts, I took the pant legs that I just cut off (Yes, another pair of pants have been recycled.), a piece of old rubber foam I had in the closet, needle and thread and I was ready to go.
I really decided on the shape of a crescent moon, but it ended up looking like a kitchen chair cushion. Still love the shape though. Then I cut out the bits for it from the old abandoned pant leg, pinned it all together and sewed to my heart's content. I really think I'm starting to develop a liking for sewing by hand. I did it with the strap on the bag I sent off to Croatia and now this thing and I like having to really spend my time with the sewing and also having to be that thorough to make the seam neat and tidy.

After I finished the cushion itself I took out my bag of ancient embroidery thread, picked out a neat red colour and my flashy gold thread and got to work. My gran taught me how to do tiny knots a while back and I use that technique whenever I can because it looks fancy and it's fun to do. In this case I got little red knots, decorative in its own way, but also enabled me to give the cushion a little bit of structure change on one side by doing the knots tightly and pushing the cushion together a bit where I put the knots. And since I am Little Miss Obvious I embroidered "NEEDLES" in shiny gold letters as well.


Here you can see both the knotwork and my fabulous embroidery:


Here you can see its actual size (if you're able to compare it to the gold thread next to it) :


As I told my boyfriend earlier tonight when he was complaining about being bored; If you don't have anything to do, you got to make something up.

Have fun and stay creative!