Blah, blah, on to the patches.
First up are the latest batch of Disney patches.
Letters P, Q, R, and S.
P is for:
Pongo and Perdita.
This picture doesn't really capture the detail well since it's white embroidery on white fabric. I outlined the dogs in white embroidery and the embroidered their collars. Their black markings (and pupils) are heat set fabric marker.
Q is for:
Queen of Hearts.
I didn't want to use the actual Queen of Hearts from the Alice in Wonderland because I don't care for her so much (and I didn't want to do all crayon tinted patches for this set). I was in the mood to do a more free-form type patch so a heart with a crown on it for the win. The heart is wool blend felt applique (lightly stuffed). The crown is just some trim I get at Target (of all places!). Super simple but really cute (I think so at least).
R is for:
Roz.
It's been a while since I've seen Monster's Inc. but how could I forget Roz. She just might be my spirit animal (we do have a similar physique and attraction to cardigans).
Roz is crayon tinting with some embroidery in spots.
Her face has the most embroidery, done with double and single strands and a few well placed french knots (I'm quite fond of her french knot mole)
S is for:
Stitch!
From the start of this series there were certain letters I knew would be certain characters. S was either going to be Si (but since I did Am for A, I didn't need to make another siamese cat) or Stitch.
Stitch is crayon tinting with some embroidery and heat set black fabric marker (for his eyes, to get a real pop of color).
I did his mouth bits in embroidery to give a little bit of texture and to really secure the top of the patch to the batting center. It also helped make his teeth pop a bit, since they are white on a cream background.
The backs:
Even if you couldn't see the frames on the fronts, you can pretty much guess what back goes with what front. I LOVE being able to include the backing/frame fabric into the theme (for theme patches). It goes with preferring the flat style patches (to make) over the puffy. I like the neatness of flat patches that are all theme-y. (ok, not always, but for theme sets like this I love it so much to get them all "perfect").
Next up, something very far from "perfect".
This pair are for an Anything Goes patch swap so in the spirit of anything goes I tried to puffy style patches (aka more like Teesha Moore's actual style). I don't dislike making this style but most of the folks I swap with prefer flat style and I like being able to be super neat and tidy when making flat style so flat has become my go-to style.
I digress.
Patches:
I will admit, I love the warped edges of the puffy style patches. It's fun when you're making them to see exactly how the fabric decides to curl and fold. The only thing I make sure to have happen on the puffy style edges is I catch the corners on both sides (meaning I do a stitch on the long side and then make sure the next stitch is on the top. . .so the corn is nice and secured). And I don't fold the corners or try to mitre them at all. Just make sure I catch the fold two times. Oh, I do try to make sure the backing fabric is dominant on the roll over, too. So I will trim back the top fabric if it's wider than the back (so it usually doesn't show through when the curl happens to make the edge).
Close up of that weird snarly looking thing on the patch.
It's a cut out. I was obsessed with doing this again on a puffy patch so I did it with these circle. It looks better in person. I did some free motion stitching along the rings (every other ring) the cut out between them and re-attached the center with two little stitches. It works but it could have worked better. But I'm pleased with it since it's supposed to be a really scrappy patch. Then I just added some beads and a bit of embroidery to get some puff to the patch.
This patch I really like. I was in a beading mood. Can you tell?
I did some free motion quilting on some of the fish fins then added beads to the bodies of the two main fish. SUPER simple.
I used actual pearl cotton for the edges. Usually I use three strand embroidery floss but someone sent me a thing of pearl cotton so why not try it out. It's an anything goes patch swap so go crazy.
And. . .the backs:
I like how the backs actually have a look to them even though you're just "seeing the work". I never want it to seem like I don't like puffy style patches. I love them (making and receiving) but the up tight side of me just really likes keeping the backs of my patches clean (don't "show your work"). It's like a challenge to me to show as little work as possible. So when I do puffy style I make sure to really show my work. It's just a weird thing with me, eh, whatever.
What's up next?
I have a Junker Jane doll swap, a Teesha Bag swap (minions, YES!), and a cool "mystery fabric" swap where you have to use the piece of fabric you're given in the item you make. That one is still stumping me but I know I'll come up with something good.
I'm also getting some Fluff sewing going. A night ago I cut out TWENTY items. Ok, they were super easy "baby" toys (meaning they won't have fancy faces or applique or any of that) but TWENTY items is kick ass. I'm making ponies and puppies (simple pillow style, no detail ones that are super baby safe, hence my calling them "baby toys"). I also need to clean up some WIP Fluff items and the stuff I never made the assorted Bratlings (aka my hubby's nephews and niece).
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