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Superstar This project was by Crafty Superstar #14: Betz White

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Published almost 4 years ago

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Time:0h40
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cutie-pie tutorial


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Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials by Betz White

Published by Abrams

By its nature, do-it-yourself sewing is environmentally friendly. In Sewing Green, Betz White takes stitching to an even higher level of sustainability, presenting 25 projects made from "repurposed" thrift-store and back-of-the-closet finds and organic fabrics.   White’s whimsical yet practical designs include an apron constructed from men’s dress shirts (and a wallet from the shirts’ cuffs!), a soft blanket pieced from secondhand cashmere sweaters, and even a tote bag refashioned from used Tyvek envelopes. Along the way, White dispenses tips on everything from how to deconstruct old garments for reuse in new creations to how to wrap gifts with resusable fabric scraps instead of paper.   Inspiring profiles about well-known le...

© 2013 Betz White / Abrams · Reproduced with permission.

Instructions


  1. Step 1 1

    Cut a circle out of the Steam-a-Seam (mine is 7" diameter). Peel off paper from one side and fuse to the solid wool felt, following product directions. ***(1/3/07

  2. Step 2 2

    Cut the solid felt out around the edge of the Steam-a-Seam. Remove remaining paper.

  3. Step 3 3

    Place fusible side face down onto wrong side of sweater felt. Fuse and trim out circle. Be sure your work is totally fused around the edges so it doesn't de-laminate once your start bending it around. I like to cover it with a damp press cloth and go back at it with a lot of steam.

  4. Step 4 4

    Make a sundial...no, wait, just kidding. Place your felt balls around the perimeter to get a feel for how many you'll need. I used 14. There's is probably some kind of "pie-R-squared" formula to calculate # of balls based on circumference, but that's just not my style...

  5. Step 5 5

    Thread a needle with yarn, double stranded for strength. Start to sew through the felt circle, through the ball, then back through the felt again. I started about 1/4" from the top edge of the felt and went through the center of each ball so that the tops of the balls would peek out a little.

  6. Step 6 6

    Keep going making sure that the felt wraps about half way around each ball. Keep adding balls, alternating sides of the felt circle.

  7. Step 7 7

    Stop and check about halfway around the circle, making sure you have used half the balls from your "sundial" estimate. Scientific, I know...

  8. Step 8 8

    Keep going around until you're back at the beginning. When you're happy with the look, knot the yarn in an inconspicuous place. This one took me 2 tries to get it to space out right, but it went pretty fast regardless. Felt is pretty forgiving as long as you don't expect it to be perfectly uniform!

    I think these would look really fun with various size felt balls or beads as well. Do me a favor and send me your photos if you make some cutie pies of your own!

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