kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Sewing
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Hand-sewing a curtain for the bathroom, from reused fabric
Practical re-use of a lace dress and tatty shawl into a curtain using no-sew techniques and minimal hand stitching
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Staying in Dos Hermanas near Seville
Cooling my heels in Seville waiting for solar system repairs, taking in beautiful tiling and architecture. Mending some garments and reappraising van living.
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Crocheting a ukulele cover
Planning; creating a ukulele cover with crochet. Designing and sketching before commencing the crochet.
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Winter crocheting 2015
Crochet projects completed over the winter. Blankets, pillow cases and jewellery.
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Sewing a faux fur muff tutorial
Sewing a faux fur muff, simple to follow tutorial Found a great tutorial for sewing a faux fur muff via Pinterest. You can find the link here at Ange Marsden’s Creative You! Here is a work in progress and a finished result: And the tutorial – simple, succinct and totally effective:
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Nooooo! A very painful thing just happened
Noooooo! A very painful thing happened to me the other day… My thumbnail just snapped right off. I use that thumb so much! Sewing has ground to a halt (sadly, I am only proficient in hand sewing).
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More clothing repair while travelling
Repairing clothes during travel
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Travelling textiles tools
A collection of travelling tools
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Zine workshop results
Zine workshop I was supposed to post about the results from this event awhile back. Unfortunately, life gets in the way sometimes and I am certainly behind on writing about some recent artist events. Today I am also celebrating having access to a computer again! I haven’t had one for the last couple of weeks
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Clothing alterations; adding to a slip to make it correctly fit
So, another thing that I tried out in January was learning a new stitch, and using it on a boob-tube style slip that I purchased that just wouldn’t stay up (but that’s why it’s called a slip, right? Hur hur). First things, the new stitch: The stitch is commonly known as broomstick lace crochet, and
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