Comments on: Pirate’s treasure bag

By: Rabia Ahmed

Rabia Ahmed — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:50:06 +0000

hi lucy,
i’m rabia remember me,
my uncle nad’s nniece,
this is some cool bag,
you know how i love art and crafts but i can’t undertand all this text can you a simple way.

By: Lucy Patterson

Lucy Patterson — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:19:43 +0000

Oh, and I forgot to say that we ended up not being able to go to the little boy’s actual party yesterday after all, so I have a little bit more time to do the eyes and teeth now : )

By: Lucy Patterson

Lucy Patterson — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:17:45 +0000

Hi Amy and Tipsy! Thanks for your great suggestions and supportive comments! Aim, I’d totally had the idea of doing the teeth like that as well and then forgot about it, so thanks for reminding me (great minds think alike and all that!). I think I’ll definitely do it! : ) And Tipsy, great idea about the reverse embroidery. I’m planning on doing some other skull and crossbones things and thought I’d cut eyes out of the felt first for them, but it hadn’t occurred to me do it for this bag after I’d already sewn on the skull. Clever! (Although a little nerve-wracking to do incase I cut right through the backing fabric!) Hope you’re both having a great weekend. See you tomorrow! : ) Lucy xx

By: Tipsy

Tipsy — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:22:37 +0000

I love this Lucy! I can feel all the love that’s gone into making this lovely creation via the telephone line…did you finish the eyes yet? How about: define the eye shapes in running stitch, and then carefully cut out their centres (on the inside of the stitching leaving a few milimetres clearance), to reveal the background. I think its called ‘reverse applique’.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:26:44 +0000

that’s so cool Luce, i reckon you should embroider the eyes with white, and do them like crosses. and then a line of teeth as well: a horizontal line and then a bunch of short verticals along it for teeth. Go you! fun projects rule! xxx