WIPW - Vaxholmskudden Constructed and Completed

What's on the menu for Work In Progress Wednesday this week?

Crazy for Crazy
I just added a few basic seam lines which I will add beads or other stitches to later.

Baby Rubik's Cube

Many readers have been fascinated by this soft toy and I have now made a tutorial of sorts for it. 

Click on BABY BLOCKS TUTORIAL tag at the top of this blog, to see, and hopefully give it a try. Be prepared to work slowly and carefully. It IS tricky!

Vaxholmskudden

I have worked hard to finish this wool embroidery project, based on Karin Derland's style.
After completing the embroidery, I have constructed the cushion, added the back which has a zip, and made the inner cushion.
Vaxholmskudden is now ready to be wrapped in tissue paper and fancy gift wrapping, and fly off to Vaxholm, a charming town in Stockholm Archipelago.

 

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.