#Diy handcrafted

[kentnaturaltribrid]

“Everyone thinks I’m this loveless monster. But it isn’t true. I loved someone…who loved me.”

Got bored and decided to add on a bracelet for the set. Finished up the rest of the pieces for the most part, up to maybe halfway through. Still thinking though since have some extra colors left. Might do something later. In the meantime, still got a few left to finish up if there’s a plan.

[thecassafrasstree]

Had a few folks interested in how I made the patches I posted for Solarpunk Aesthetic Week, so I thought I'd give y'all my step-by-step process for making hand-embroidered patches!

First, choose your fabric and draw on your design. You can use basically any fabric for this - for this project I'm using some felt I've had lying around in my stash for ages.

Next, choose your embroidery floss. For my patches I split my embroidery floss into two threads with 3 strands each, as pictured. You can use as many strands in your thread as you prefer, but for the main body of my patches I prefer 3 strands.

Next you're going to start filling your design using a back stitch.

First, put in a single stitch where you want your row to start.

Poke your needle up through the fabric 1 stitch-length away from your first stitch.

Poke your needle back down the same hole your last stitch went into so they line up end-to-end.

Repeat until you have a row of your desired length (usually the length of that colour section from one end to the other). Once you have your first row, you're going to do your next row slightly offset from your first row so that your stitches lay together in a brick pattern like this:

Make sure your rows of stitches are tight together, or you'll get gaps where the fabric shows through.

Rinse and repeat with rows of back stitch to fill in your patch design.

When you're almost to the end of your thread, poke your needle through to the back of the fabric and pull the thread under the back part of the stitching to tuck in the end. Don't worry if it looks messy - no one's gonna see the back anyway.

This next step is fully optional, but I think it makes the patch design really pop. Once your patch is filled in, you can use black embroidery floss to outline your design (or whatever colour you want to outline with - it's your patch, do what you want). I use the full thread (6 strands, not split) of embroidery floss to make a thicker outline.

I use the same back stitch I used to fill the piece to make an outline that adds some separation and detail. You could use most any 'outlining' stitch for this, but I just use back stitch because it's just easier for me to do.

Once you're finished embroidering your patch, it's time to cut it out!

Make sure to leave a little border around the edge to use for sewing your patch on your jacket/bag/blanket/whatever, and be careful not to accidentally cut through the stitches on the back of the patch.

If you have a sturdy enough fabric that isn't going to fray, you can just leave it like this. If not, I recommend using a whip stitch/satin stitch to seal in the exposed edges (I find that splitting your embroidery floss into 3-strand threads works best for this).

And then you're done! At this point you can put on iron-on backing if you want, or just sew it on whatever you wanna put it on. Making patches this way does take a long time, but I feel that the results are worth it.

Thanks for reading this tutorial! I hope it was helpful. If anyone makes patches using this method, I'd love to see them! 😁

[lebakasmadl]

SWIRLY WONKY VEST

My first knitting project and I think it even came out looking wearable!!!

The knitting pattern I was following loosely

(Crochet) Ribbing tutorial

[ratbastarddotfuck]

looking for your silliest simplest plushie patterns to make as chrissie gifts for my family. preferably free or cheap patterns.

I'm doing that ridiculous cat that's going around

the classic tumblr frog pattern

possibly a couple cube critters?

what else have y'all got? I know there's some weird shit on the internet. I'm after somethin that'll get a good laugh when they open it up & ain't too hard to put together with scrap fabric

[inullset]

Share my handmade work:

Sending you a bouquet of sunflowers so that you can get through the upcoming winter. これからの冬を乗り越えられるように、ひまわりの花束を贈ります。

[sabretoothleather]

Thus of ould

Leather punk bootstraps c. 2019. Refining the pattern. Aggressively handmade, hand dyed, hand studded

[darius20020]

I'm relaxing

Felt stuffed animals because i wanted a lobster mascot. And some badges I made in the summer. I made the one with the cat twice to give to a person (they didn't pay me and said I was doing bullshit...) BUT, my studient friends like it.

[stc317]

made robbie from cardboard :))

[fennopunk]

Cowl is finished!

There's two straps looping from back to front, closed with two wooden buttons my parents bought for me from Estonia. The front flap tends to flip up and the cowl may rotate around my neck, so the straps keep the whole thing in place.

[diy-with-ira]

My first amigurumi:

Celeste from Animal Crossing New Horizons.

Pretty proud of it 🥰 and it turned out taller than expected 😭

[behaemoth]

Haven’t done any quilting in months bc my apartment has no ac and simply is too hot to be standing up ironing and cutting fabric, but soon it will be time. And it needs to hurry tf up bc I need to get one done by December for a gift.

I did make this tho

[orichalkstudio]

Back to cross stitch with Ajaw 🪡

I cut and glued the fabric onto a small square of felt. I'll try to make the angry version too.

[minimewtreasures]

Crafter: Riley Sheehey

[lebakasmadl]

Flower sweater!!!!

Just got done and absolutly can’t wait for winter

It’s a bit rough and rustic looking, but that’s what I lowkey wanted

(Pls don’t ask how much I spend on the yarn 🥹)

(Flower granny square tutorial)

(Cuff tutorial)

[linalibertine]

I made my very first basket today!

It‘s made of ivy vines I harvested from my garden.

I might have a new obsession now…

[otterlodge]

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