Dress project – cuckoo clocks & chicken pox prints
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under sewing
Left: It actually looks exactly like them – the cartoon kids :) Right: Cuckoo-clock parade
I guess you all know about Spoonflower by now. But if you don’t – you have to visit them and start making your own prints! They have started their print-on-demand shop now and it’s open for everyone. I was one of the lucky to be in the test group so I have already ordered two of my prints. I’m so excited because I have a lot of DREAM PRINTS in my head that I will never find in the shops and now I can make them!
My next Fashion project will be two dresses out of my prints. The beige one is a sketch of my girls when the had chicken pox. It’s fun because if you see the print from a distance it looks like a kind of floral striped pattern – when you come closer you see the chicken-pox-girls :)
The Cuckoo clock fabric has always been a dream print for me but I have never found something like it anywhere – until now. (it’s the same clock from the dress embroidery)
Can’t wait to put the scissors in it. Unfortunately I have to start making the pattern for the dresses – pattern making is a bit time consuming… but it’s more fun if you get EXACT the dress you want.
Tags: clothes
Fall craft theme is Clothes ~ Make & Remake
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under embroidery, sewing
Dear friends!
I have had a longer blog-brake due to too much work. I’ve got a new job with a project at a wonderful place with super creative and talented people. This was decided very fast so I had to work nights finishing all my freelance work (& I have two kids….)
Have been thinking every day about crafting though :)
And now I’m back. This fall I’m going to concentrate on clothing because I really love clothes and I fancy some new fun garments to wear! My plans are to both sew new stuff from scratch and remaking old and boring new clothes to wearable garments.
Started off with a little ”fixing the boring new dress”-crafting with embroidery. Drew some mushroom with bows (kitsch ♥), a cuckoo clock & a dear. Traced them with white tracing paper to the fabric of the plane button-down black dress from H&M – satin stitch with DMC thread.
A couple of mushrooms down the top and a couple more plus the cuckoo clock and the deer beside the buttons at the bottom of the skirt.
Didn’t manage to take any photos of the whole dress, It’s barely daylight here when I come home from work :)
Feels good to be back Crafting!
See you soon.
/Inger Carina
Tags: wardrobe refashion
Two Molys on Key- words & dreams
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under comics and sketches, moly x project
I post two Molys in one post – was on a roll :)
Keyboard dreams (Lotta’s Moly) & Keyboard Keywords (Lisa’s Moly)
Left: I don’t think I need to give you many hints of what this sketch is all about :) Working a lot nowadays……dreaming of other things. Is it textile or lettuce?? :)
Right: Since I’m on a roll with the keyboard keys. I zoomed in a bit and made my letters for Lisa’s Moly.
Notice that J has less keywords for me than the others…strange. But maby there are less words starting with J in Swedish.
Translation: J – juggle, hunted, me, aha?, work, compare, YES!, jumbo jet, java/coffee, jogging, baby talk, Japan, S:t Jacobi (highschool/college), Earth, damnit!, hurray, tricot(fabric), jeans?(haven’t worn any since 1998), fighter aircraft.
K – Coffee, cottage cheese, kiss, love, art, cookie dough, kids(children), driving licence, friend, career, money, maybe, capable, party, cross-stitch, cognitive, concept, catalyst, cramp, kitsch , cat.
L – read, Saturday, long, happiness, ridiculous, vivid, life, summer home, peace & quiet , fun, scarry, time of work, langett(stitch), lego, live, light, sound, lumen, temperament , learn.
If you want to check out our project please visit http://moleskinex16.blogspot.com/
and the project word wide at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/moly_x/
♥♥ Carina
Moly_x_16 (Maria's Theme climate Moly)
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under moly x project
Maria’s Theme climate Moly:
It’s one part paper & one part fabric in this Moly. I worked from a couple of sentences. On the embroidered ”drawing” it sais in Swedish: ”Eating organic, recycles the morningpapers and buying fairtrade”. Last sentence: ”but it’s still a rainy summer…”
The embroidery shows empty childfood jars with an organic brand from Denmark called Hipp, which you end up with hundreds when you have an infant (very environment friendly….not….and it has traveled all the way from Denmark to Sweden…).
Drawing of pills and text: ”hight levels of anti anxiety drugs in the Stockholm tap water” and ”are you feeling happier lately?” Technique: drawing and collage. Pencil, Copic marker, white opaque, ink and Stabilo.Vacation
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Uncategorized
I’m going to bake large cakes, cupcakes and pies for my kids, make me some coffee and sit on the porch. I’m also going to bulid me a studio in the garden. Heavy duty DIY with flooring, walls and everything :)
Custom made flightcase sewing/work box
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under sewing
A little bit of DIY & remake.
Took a custom made smaller flightcase, normally used for fragile music equipment when you travel on tour.
Very good for my purpose! It has a padded interior.
Starch it! Join me in new Flickr group!
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Crochet, Starch it, textile stuff that normally are not textile
You all know I have made 3D pieces with filetcrochet and sugarwater :)
Today I started a new Flickr pool called Starch it!
My plan is for you all to join in and we can explore what we can make with this technique together.
You don’t have to crochet – you can use pieces of old Doilys, filetcrocheted bedspreads & other flea market finds. We can share recipes of starch (I only know about sugar/water but I’ve heard about glue and potato/water etc)
What do you say?
I would love if you joined me ! Just email me or make a comment here with your email and I send you an invite to the group.
Kind crocheted regards from Inger Carina
The Craftzine blog liked the idea. I’m so excited!!! :) > Craftzine blog
Floral USB memory stick
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Crochet, flowers, textile stuff that normally are not textile
A little more flowers in your life can’t hurt… can it?
Started out with a 2Gb Usb memory stick – boring boring… had to cut of a plasic bit on the end and smooth the edges with a file.
Then I crocheted tight around it in two pieces, one top & one bottom. I used embroidery yarn (Perl) multi colored green. A little bit of what I fancy = flowers. I took linnen embroidery yarn and made random tiny leafs and flowers.
Sewed them all on the crocheted USB cozy cover.
It’s working well and it nearly blends in to the floral background here on my work desk at home.
Sorry, I didn't mean to disappear
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Uncategorized
Hello! I’m still alive :)
Unfortunately I have to many things to do right now.. But I’m working on two mini craft projects – hope to finish and post them this week. (floral USB-stick)
Hope everyone is having a good time in the summer weather!
♥
Inger Carina
Sold our beloved retro pram this week – goodbye farewell lovely pram! – go and nurse a new cute baby.
Making the stuff in your home your own style
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under sewing
Sometimes you don’t want the stuff for children (or other products) they sell in the stores because it has A LOT OF strange prints that you don’t like :)
My quick tip for today is: Unpick the seams, save ribbons with buckles, elastic ribbons etc cut out new fabric from the pieces and sew it all back together again in a fabric that you like.
Maybe you have a nice fabric — make a remake.
A pram for the dolls and a bouncy seat that I’ve made new fabric for that suits better with our style & taste.
