Beanbag galore

I made 3 beanbag covers and 3 insides for them, and I re-made them several times :)

The story started, that my husband came with the idea of a beanbag as his birthday present. Since he hardly ever gives any hints for his presents, I immediately started to look for a pattern. I have found quite a lot, and it was quite difficult which is the ideal one. I chose one which seemed to be fairly easy, moreover, it was creased by a Hungarian girl living in Costa Rica!

https://hungaricanjourney.com/how-to-make-a-convertible-bean-bag-chair/

I had a big faux-fur material and decided to use it as a cover, but there were no direct dimensions for the inner lining, so I made one I thought will be ok. It turned to be too small, so I mage a much bigger one, which fitted much better, and also redesigned (with a scissor:) ) the cover as well.

When I sent some photos to family, it turned out our niece is asking for a beanbag for ages, so I quickly made one for her, but from a different pattern. When I realised the adult is huge for her room, I made a smaller one as well. By that time I was so quick the it took me only one evening to put it together, and the longest time was to trace the pattern to the fabric!

The pattern I used:

Sizes: 

adult: top 20cm / bottom 40cm , width 50 cm, height 120cm

teen: top 17,5cm / bottom 35cm , width 45 cm, height 110cm

Kid beanbag:

I used quite a big amount of textil for thebean bags, but still did not make a dent in my stock. For our niece first she had chosen a beige fabric from my stock, but I realised it is too thin, so I checked the local fabric store for some sturdy material. The girl advised me to use upholstery fabric, and they had some super beige leather fabric one, so I bought 4 metres. Then it turned out she needs smaller one, so I went back for more, but there was only 1.8m remaining - but after playing a little with the placement I managed to fit it on!

Big bean bag pattern:

Outer: cc 4m of strong canvas ( 300x130+ 80x80+ 60x60 in cm)

Inner linig: 

Lavender sac for Mariann (Sajou 601 - M)

After a long-long hiatus I will restart my blog. In the last couple of months I hardly stitched at all, instead embroidery I was reading a real lot. But then an idea came, and by took on the needles once more!

In July we have visited Paris and stayed with a cousin of my husband. She was real nice to let us stay in her appartment and I made this little present for her.

Sajou 601: Letter M

Fonal/Floss:Caron Waterlilies Iris

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart 40ct teadyed by me

Baby book for a boy

I have created a baby book for my husband's aunt, who took it to a baby shower of her neighbour's baby boy. She was a designer and when she closed her shop she gave me a lots of supernice fabrics. I tried to use then in the pictures, and I really like the results!

I also tried to document how I put the book together. The inner pages should be 1/2 inch smaller than the covering ones. The original size of the cover is 6 1/2 ", the final one after turning in the pages somewhere around 6"

original sewing order:

Textil usage is real small, less than 0.5m for all of the book.

Sailing ship cover

My hubby bought a used sailing boat last summer, and came with a very old cover, which was not a real good fit either. During winter it was really torn up, so he was looking for a new one. What he had found, that ship coverlets are priced like made of gold with diamond studdings, and moreover, there is not one in the size he needs it. Having finished several king sized quilts on my Bernina I was jumping in when my he asked me to sew a cover for his smallish (5m length) treasure. 

The material is superstrong and superheavy (630g/m2) UV & water resistant, I had real sore muscles moving it. I added a breathing hole, a place to fit the middle column, and it can be fitted with a sailing cord to be tight. It survived several bad weather since, and still good as new!

Fabric from: Interponyva, Budapest Vágóhíd út 55, interponyva.hu

 

Pomarium ready to be framed

Pomarium is ready! Please be prepared for a picture heavy post, with all the beauties loaded here. Next week I will take it to the framer to spend half a fortune for the framing, but 5 years of work (33 posts!) worth it.

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Finished box

I have finally finished my Around the World in 80 stitches piece. This is only a small part, actually Part 1-2 what I have started in 2018, stopped stitching in 2020 and which were sitting in my box for 2 years.

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor

Slippers

I have made a few slippers before skiing, it was a project I was planning at least for a year. Not perfect, but I like them anyway. It is for the cold winter evenings, or guests, we usually go barefoot.

The base was some old IKEA slippers I covered with many scraps. I was really digging deep, the internal part is babysoft and some pluch materials remaining from some backing, the top came from an old grey jeans, and even the bindings are from some old ones I found in my binding box.

 

A short reminder how I did it:

1) Putting the top together, inside up, batting (200), outside down, and drawing the form with chalk

2) Adding straight lines to the top:

3) Sewing on the straight lines to keep them together.

4) Sewing around the top form

5) Cutting the top around the stitching

6) Adding binding to the top

7) Sewing bottom parts together with zigzag: original ikea bottom, strong material below, soft material on top

Sewing top and bottom together with zigzag (1.5/1.5)

(no photo)

Adding external binding with straight stitch, first with the bottom, then turning on the top.

First finish - new pillow to the sisterhood

Writing a year-wrap helps to kick in the new year as well! 

I was pushing forward finishing the 3rd pillow, because when I did my list of nice things from 2021, I realised it is really a small thing to finish the 3rd pillow and move this project as far as I can. There is 2 more circles waiting to be finished, but one is not too nice neither the design nor the work how I put it together, and the other is waiting for a partner. I also out of blue background, so either I buy new (I have huge amount of fabric, so I would rather skip) or chose something from stash, but that blows up the symmetry. So I am at the moment happy with my 3 pillows and even more happy that I have something out of my sewing machine. The pattern of the pillows is from the quilt Round the Year by betukbandi.

 

 

 

Bagmaking - 1st sturdy bag

I have tried to create a summer bag for me. I have my ideas but could not find any bag that fitted - not because it was overcomplicated, more like it was too exact. I have my favourite one for a while, and it started to get a too used look, so I was looking for an exact replacement - but unfortunately it was discountinued and no similar one was in the shops. So I grabbed all my materials and started to sew, and here is the result:

 I made many pics to remember the process, because I reality I want a lighter version, but this greyish one is a forgiving trieal piece.

1) External hidden pocket opening backside strengthened, and pocked sewed on, then turned into the inside. 

2) Internal pocked also sewed on (no picture)

3) Zip added to external material: (handles should come later, I mixed up the process !)

4) Handles sewed on, I uses double sided tape to keep it on place. For the handles I cut 4 long strips and paired them together and folded them.

 

5) final construction

exterior and interior

 

 

Sewing of the interior and exterior: matching the materials facing together

  

Cutting of corners and sewing them together to have a stable bottom:

 

THE BAG IS READY