Sew Fun – Sewing Highlights

My personal work at present is part sewing and textiles, and part illustration drawn and paperart. Here’s the highlights in stitch, fabric and sequins…

Experimenting using sparkles, metallic thread and embroidery silk in different pretty ways to embellish the lovely bicycles on the fabric, ‘Sweet Escape’ by Bethan Janine for Dashwood Studio. I’m making a box pleat skirt in this lovely fabric, as its another designer’s fabric it has felt more of a collaboration, and I’ve just seen that the fabric designer is also in Sheffield. How lovely, maybe I can show her the finished skirt 🙂

The box pleat design taught me a number of new skills and some pattern adjustments with my wonderful dressmaking tutor Tracey at Sheffield College helped me learn how to adjust a pattern for set measurements. Proud to add my sublimation printed label, created on a heat press machine.

 

Just a few final steps and the skirt will be completed. Watch this space.

A new toy is this Singer Overlocker which gives a professional finish and speeds through making this jersey top, which will be worn with the bicycles skirt. The jersey fabric is from wonderful Berwick Street in London and feels fabulous. I’m made the pattern from my favourite top.

 

 

 

(Above) The pink binding will be a striking edge to a bolster cushion in this delicious sweet treats themed teal, grey and pink fabric. More on that in the coming weeks…

When my best friend was admiring some iPad rests in the lovely Annie’s in Sheffield I decided it had to be something I can lovingly make for her. I chose this ‘Glamour Mannequins’ fabric from The Henley Studio Makower UK which I bought at the wonderful Direct Knit and Sew in Sheffield this week last year.

 

I made the bean bag on the Singer Overlocker and finished the outer cover with a lovely twin needle stitch on my Bernina sewing machine, adding an Inspire by Kim label. I’m pleased with how the pretty fabric works and it holds the iPad nicely.

I’ve also been working on some house curtains and on paperer illustrations. Watch out for those on my bright Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/inspirebykim/

If you’re feeling like treating yourself pop across to my shop at Folksy.

Posts related to this, that you may like, are:

The Inspire Bear

Inspired Bags

Inspire by Kim Dress

Thanks for being here on my blog. Enjoy your time here x

 

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Instagram Highlights…

Here’s the latest bright posts from my Instagram feed.

Enjoy the posts…

There’s something lovely about pencil crayons, the potential to create and the nostalgia of art as a child.

Inspired by this leggings fabric I created a floral repeat pattern digitally.

Putting the repeat pattern into kaleidoscope created a stunning, striking pattern.

I had a little yarn left from the jumper I made which I put with my favourite yarn to make a Unicorn Inspired Pom-Pom. Love the effect and it feels so delicate and light to hold.

I created a repeat pattern with the Pom-Pom work in progress photo in my favourite app Pixelmator.

I celebrated International Women’s Day with a number of my fabulous females, here’s my favourite one. An illustration I created for a client who was organising a women’s empowerment event. This was created in Sheffield made product Brusho.

The inspired female brain, how it feels when my brain is inspired and loving an activity. A second Women’s Day illustration.

A surface design group that I’m part of on Facebook had the brief of a Fairy Doors pattern. I combined hand drawings with watercolours, techniques from Bill Wright’s Illustration ecourse. Bill is a tutor at Central St Martin’s within University of the Arts London.

I love the tulip, crocuses and daffodils of spring. These lush tulips were a beautiful Mother’s Day gift. 😍

The garden is looking lovely, just need some fine weather to enjoy it. On a cloudy day the tete a tete daffodils are like mini shining suns.

A trip to the Morgan Factory in Malvern was fascinated. Beautiful handcrafted cars in a great range of colours. You can have any colour you wish.

Snow outside was a great opportunity for a crafternoon. When it’s bleak outside the strongest colours appear in my art. Made this with markers.

Thanks for being here to see my art and Illustrations.

Feel free to take a look around the website and if you see something you like pop across to my shop or message me for a bespoke piece.

Kim x

Paper Art Time-Lapses

I’ve been enjoying it Paperart again as a means of illustrating. Having seen the time-lapse videos by artists on Instagram I was keen to have a go. So camera on tripod I was all set to create and capture the process.

Paperart Scene for Summer Alpine Fun.

You can see my cheery paper art at these links:

My Life In Paper

Papercut Pictures

Animated Papercut Pictures

More Paperart Pictures

My First And Last Jumper

The first and last jumper I will ever knit. Love the end result and enjoyed the challenge of the process of the first and last jumper I will ever knit. ✅ Here’s the work in progress pictures…

Making without a pattern was challenging and brain engaging. Other people said I was brave, but I don’t regard it as brave, there was no threat of danger.

I’m hanging up my needles now so a pair of jumbo knitting needles are for sale. Message me if interested.

Here are related posts…

This week on Instagram…

The Inspire by Kim dress

Colourful Yarn – Dress Designs

Ladies Loungewear Designs

Inspired Bags

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