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    Sew Birthday Fun: Beautiful Projects for Special Celebrations
    Sew Birthday Fun: Beautiful Projects for Special Celebrations
    Sew Birthday Fun: Beautiful Projects for Special Celebrations
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    Sew Birthday Fun: Beautiful Projects for Special Celebrations

    By Mandy Shaw

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    Beautiful projects for special celebrations!Sew Birthday Fun by Mandy Shaw includes:
    • Birthday Cakes
    • Birthday Badges
    • Crowns and Tiaras
    • Techniques
    • And more!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid & Charles
    Release dateJun 15, 2013
    ISBN9781446360361
    Sew Birthday Fun: Beautiful Projects for Special Celebrations
    Author

    Mandy Shaw

    Mandy Shaw runs Dandelion Designs, a craft design and kit company. Her work has featured on BBC2’s Leisure Hour and she has written for Popular Patchwork and Fabrications magazines. Shaw also appeared on Kirstie Allsopp’s Homemade Home (Channel 4). She is also the author of Quilt Yourself Gorgeous. She lives in East Sussex.

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      Book preview

      Sew Birthday Fun - Mandy Shaw

      Get Ready to Stitch

      If the great celebration ideas in this book and the beautiful photography have inspired you to get creative, but you are new to stitching, this chapter will give you all the advice you need to begin with confidence. There is helpful advice on choosing fabrics and threads, essential tips on working the appliqué designs, as well as hand embroidery stitch diagrams for both left- and right-handers. All the projects contain a variety of sewing techniques to teach you new skills and perhaps brush up on ones you already know.

      Fabrics and Threads

      The fabrics I have used for the projects in this book have a retro Fifties feel with lots of spots, checks and stripes. I used a colour palette of pastels and primary colours which, I hope you will agree, gives a fresh, bright look that will appeal to all ages.

      Fabrics

      If you are new to making things from fabric you are in for a great treat. You have so much to look forward to as you build your fabric collections, from sourcing fabric shops, to stashing your buys on little shelves or in a special drawer. I love to work with 100% cotton to give a clean, crisp textured look to my makes. It is advisable to wash and press your fabrics before you sew in case the colour runs. Fabrics are often treated with a sort of starch dressing to make them easier to sew; after washing and drying, you may find that giving your fabrics a little spray starch will aid sewing.

      Felt

      I adore working with felt as it does not fray; it is lovely to sew, and especially to blanket stitch. There are various qualities of felt, which perform differently with wear; always buy felt that has a percentage of wool in it – the higher the better – as this will help to prevent the felt’s surface from going bobbly over time.

      Vintage

      Vintage fabrics are a favourite of mine – embroidered cloths, lace hankies, cotton monogrammed linens and similar treasures can be sourced from internet auctions, car boot sales and secondhand shops; you never know what you will discover.

      Tip

      Use a fabric spray adhesive to attach wadding (batting) to your fabric. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and spray the wadding (batting) not the fabric.

      Embroidery threads

      As the projects call for different styles of stitching, I have used different types of embroidery thread. Stranded cotton (floss) is good for fine work but can be used to embroider thicker lines too, while coton à broder is sometimes too thick for the detailed work required on some projects, so mix and match as you choose.

      Coton à broder

      A favourite of mine, this single strand thread has a matt finish. It is available in different widths in several colours. I prefer No.16 which is quite thick and ideal for blanket stitching, outlining, backstitching, and quilting. Although shops rarely stock the whole range, they can be ordered.

      Stranded cotton (floss)

      This is available in skeins consisting of six strands which can be pulled out individually for use. It is most usual to use two strands in the needle, but for fine detail use just one, and for a chunkier stitching line use three or more.

      Maderia Lana

      This is a machine sewing thread that looks like wool and sews up a treat to give a hand blanket stitch appearance. You will need to use a larger size 16/100 needle; make sure you

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