And craft begat consciousness
Some of you will remember the pattern I designed for the venus symbol aka the feminist symbol. At the time I designed it I didn’t really have any plans to actually stitch it, it just kind of came to me so I put it together. I guess I knew that the right purpose would come along some time.
I scored this hoodie down at the local opshop and thought it would be perfect to stitch on. Dunno if any of you have stitched on polar fleece but it is one of my favourites. It has just that right level of fluffiness to hold the floss really well. Sometimes when you use waste fabric in this way it leaves the floss sitting a bit out from the fabric and it never looks quite as good as while you were stitching it. But polar fleece solves that issue beautifully. And even better it gives it a cute little wonkiness which just proves it wasn’t done by a boring ol’ machine!
I did use some different variations on the colours compared to what it says in the pattern (’cause I didn’t have them on me), just lighter versions. If anyone wants to know the specific colours, let me know and I’ll go look them up. Using the lighter colours worked really well against the grey and they seem to glow a bit. I’m super happy with how that worked out.
And the hoodie itself is really cool. It has that great ski hood neck going on so you keep super warm. And it has nice long arms and body. AND it has pockets (with hidden zips) so it’s a useful garment! What is it with women’s clothing not having pockets, or even worse, fake pockets? That’s just stupid. And it didn’t have anything written on it which is rare in this day and age, so a super find!
This wee baby (the hoodie, not the model!) is for sale in the radical rags etsy store and is absolutely one of a kind. Yeah, I’m gutted it’s too small for me!
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Love the hoody! Would buy it but too small for me too
Hi mum! *waves*
Nice to see you round these parts!
It would so fit you perfectly! I’ll make you try it on when you come over, unless someone buys it first
Do come again!
xox
I agree with the previous commenters, this hoody seems great ! How do you manage to stitch so regularly on fabric with no visible weave ? I’ve tried it once and it was all wonky…
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I use some aida fabric as my guide. I do a couple of loose stitches in each corner to hold the fabric in place and then stitch on the aida and the other fabric. When I’ve finished, I trim the edges of the aida and then gently pull all the threads through, leaving the stitching on the fabric. Next time I do it like this, I’ll take some pics and put up a tutorial.
Ooh, awesomeness. Now I want to start stitching on clothes too. I just gotta think of what to do first…
I absolutely believe that cross stitch should be worn on bodies not walls. I know I sell patterns, but they do have instructions on how to stitch on wearable fabric.
OK I have to think of a new project that I can do to show you all. Hmmmm….
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