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HSF #1 – Make do and mend – upcycled 18th century mitts completed

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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18th century fingerless mitts, HSF 14 challenge #1, Make do and mend, winter crafts

I’m participating this year. I’m so excited. I feel it will really give my sewing direction and purpose, not that it lacked that in the past, but knowing that a project I started before Christmas fit one of the challenges and then putting in that last stitch and getting to photograph myself was very rewarding! 

I wrote about this project before while it was in process, but now it is all finished! As of now, I don’t have an event to wear my new mitts to, but I don’t care. I will find one!! I do have a worsted wool gown in rose that will go nicely with the embroidery pattern on the mitts, but I would like a nice fancy jacket to go with the mitts as well. 

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Me modeling my new mitts (in the back staircase of the 1843 log cabin part of our house)

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The mitts

And now a silly picture…..

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Twiggy was intrigued as to why we were posing on the stairs

Here are the details of the project: 

The Challenge: #1 – Make do and mend 

Fabric: Cream (or ivory) colored wool 

Pattern: my arm (I looked at a few examples online for the embroidery pattern and noticed it was a herringbone/X style with a little flourish at the end. I need my mitts to come over my elbow I realized. Otherwise they don’t keep me warm at all. 

Year: 18th century……ummmm…

Notions: linen thread for sewing the new width and tacking down the raw edges; pink silk died with cochineal bugs! 

Accuracy: Fairly, though I didn’t have enough left over fabric to construct thumb pieces and not many of the pictures I’ve seen online are without thumb pieces, so I’m not really sure. (If anyone cares to weigh in on this, I’d be curious and welcome any suggestions). 

First worn: taking pictures! But not to an event yet

Total cost: I don’t remember how much the sweater cost back 10 years ago, so I’m not counting it and only counting the cost of the notions which was $5.00 total (3 for the linen thread and 2 for silk embroidery thread). Yay! 

Hand made Christmas ornaments

26 Thursday Dec 2013

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Christmas ornaments, embroidery, hand made gifts, winter crafts

I had fabric and embroidery thread to spare. I could not help myself! 

 

Not the best photo, and it is unfinished at this point and of course I forgot to take a photo of the finished product, but the green wool is from Royal Blue Traders. 

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In this photo, it is also unfinished, but the idea is clear. 

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Easy garland

17 Tuesday Dec 2013

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garland, ribbon and paper crafts, winter crafts

I don’t know why I love garland so much, but I do. I want garland for every season and every day in between. After looking at way too many photos on pinterest, I decided to make my own. I have a leftover stash of scrapbooking paper so I chose reds, creams, and blacks for a “Christmas/festive season” color, but also to match our decor. 

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I grabbed my paper puncher flower shape and punched away. I cut more than I needed, but that’s alright. I’ll use them for something else. Then, I took linen thread and just did four running stitches per cut out. I didn’t care how neat/perfect it was because it’s supposed to be a little random/rustic looking. 

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I can’t wait to make more. I’m going to experiment with different colored ribbon of different widths too! 

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