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SPARE POM-PEAR


2016
04.11

Tags: Christine Leech, free project, how-to, Pompomania, Quadrille books, SewYeah.co.uk, sneak-peak
Posted in love'it&covet, needle&thread | 1 Comment »

A free project from the new craftastic Pompomania!

Sneak-peak-pear-banner

As promised in our last post, the lovely folks at Quadrille and craft author Christine Leech have kindly provided a wonderful sneak-peak at one of my favourite projects from the book: the beautiful blush-kissed pear!

Pompomania Pears Project

NICE PEAR
This pompom pear is unbelievably tactile. It looks best when trimmed hard, so do not be afraid to go at it with the scissors.

YOU WILL NEED
– DK-weight acrylic yarn in the following colours: pomegranate, shrimp, meadow, lime, walnut;
– 7cm (2 ¾ in) and 9cm  (3 ½ in) diameter pompom makers;
– Scissors;
– Glue gun;

STEP ONE: For lower part, using a 9cm (3 ½ in) maker, wind 100 wraps of pomegranate in a wedge, leaving one quarter of maker empty at both RHE and LHE.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 2: Wind 20 wraps of pomegranate and shrimp together over previous layer, covering wedge.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 3: Wind 30 wraps of shrimp and meadow together over previous layer.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 4: Wind 15 wraps of shrimp, meadow and lime together over previous layer.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 5: Wind 20 wraps of meadow and lime to fill gaps at each edge, then 50 of meadow and lime to fill maker.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 6: To finish, fill other half of maker with meadow and lime. Complete pompom and remove it from maker.

STEP 7: For top, using a 7cm (2 ¾ in) maker, wind 40 wraps of shrimp, meadow and lime across three quarters.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 8: Fill maker with 120 wraps of meadow and lime. To finish, fill other half of maker with meadow and lime.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 9: Complete pompom using three strands of walnut to tie it together. Remove it from maker.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 10: Trim flat base of smaller and top and base of larger pompom. Fix together, matching speckled areas.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 11: Trim the pompoms into a neat pear shape. Keep trimming until you are happy with the shape.

Pompomania Pears Project HOW-TO
STEP 12: For the stalk, plait the three walnut strands together for 3–4cm (1 ¼ – 1 ½ in). Knot and trim.

This is so easy and such a knockout addition to any fruit bowl!

Pompomania Pears Project

Thanks again to Christine and Quadrille for letting us share this!

For more fabulous pomprojects, order (UK) or pre-order (USA & Canada):
Pompomania: how to make over 20 cute and characterful pompoms, by Christine Leech, shot by Joanna Henderson. Published by Quadrille

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i heart felt sew good


2013
05.09

Tags: Christine Leech, Felt Sew Good craft book, felt sewing projects, Quadrille books
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I was supposed to be productive last weekend.
Having set aside a whole day to tidy (and as a reward for tidying, craft), instead, I found it impossible to tear myself away from my advance copy of Felt Sew Good by my friend Christine Leech!
You may remember Christine’s brilliance in the forms of the books Everything Alice and Everything Oz, her showing you how to make the cutesy coolest hand puppets (here), her beautiful blog SewYeah, or even from just a few weeks ago where she let me share her free Easter printables (that I must declare are not just for Easter).

Anyway, after months of hearing snippets about it and seeing the occasional snapshot, the lovely people at Quadrille chucked a copy my way so I could sing my little heart out about it in time for the launch ­– which is TODAY – so soak it up!

This jam-packed book, part of Quadrille’s Simple Makes series, is the paper home of 33 projects made with one of the funnest fabrics of the craftosphere. Felt has so many loveable characteristics and Christine’s book brings out the absolute best in our fuzzy friend.

And the projects, shot lovingly by Keiko Oikawa, range from the sophisticated

to the downright adorable

and the book kicks off with all the stitches you need to know to make these projects perfectly,

and ends with all of the patterns for you to copy and cut. Beautiful and generous!

Look for it from today in bookstores that are worth their shizzle, or buy it online now if you want to set yourself up for hours of felted fun.

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