Wednesday 26 June 2019

WIPW - Baby 'Rubik's Cube'

Work In progress Wednesday, well one piece is no longer in progress, it is completed - the

Baby Blocks,
or should I say Baby 'Rubik's Cube'.

This soft toy is made up of 4cm cubes of foam rubber, covered with fabric.
A cube means there are 6 sides, and each side has one piece of the six fabric prints used.
The cubes are stitched together so they have 'hinges' and you can turn and fold the cubes until all eight cubes show the same fabric.
 Polka dots turn into stripes
 stripes become flowers
 flowers attract cats
 Turn the polka dots the other way and you see the hedgehogs and mushrooms
 or in another way, the berries
This toy is fun for children of all ages, even those over 70.

Crazy for Crazy
The pieces have been stitched down and the first embroidery added.


Vaxholmskudden
I worked on the centre piece of polka dot appliqué.

The six rounds are plastic cupped discs that I covered with fabric, appliquéd and couched with red wool.
I couched down some straight lines of Perle and worked an edge of Buttonhole Stitch around the circle.


Some swirls were drawn in with charcoal pen. These lines are the next to be stitched.








9 comments:

Lyn Warner said...

The baby Rubik's cube is most intriguing! And the cupped discs look beautiful.

Rachel said...

I've seen cardboard versions of those blocks, but never anything homemade - well done indeed!

Cynthia@wabi-sabi-quilts said...

Wow, congratulations on creating quite a complex and cute baby gift! I'm sure it will be treasured!

Pamela said...

The baby blocks are so creative! How did you think of such a thing! Your new crazy block is coming along nicely and the plastic discs are a great addition!

chitra said...

The fabric cube is very intriguing. Want to learn. what have you stuffed the cube with? can you upload the picture of rubber foam?
The block is starting off nicely. The vaxholmskudden is very attractive. the jewelry class at quilt festival is useful in embroidery also.
good work!

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

The baby blocks are a great idea. V is coming along nicely.

Tanya said...

The Baby Blocks are amazing! I can imagine how much planning that takes to get all the sides of the blocks to match up (especially the striped fabric!) What fun! I wish I could figure out how it all comes together!

The Vola... something, something, something is beautiful. What a lot of work on it! So many textures!

You always have such fun things going on!

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

The Vaxholmskudden is amazing! I am drooling over its beauty!

crazyQstitcher said...

Queenie, you are so clever with your projects. I have never seen a fabric Rubic cube before. The cushion is fabulous. Love the discs.