Snovi o moru - Dreaming about the sea

Već dugo vremena listam knjigu Doodle Stitching autorke Aimee Ray i maštam o tome kako da ostavim svoj život po strani i izvezem sve njene motive (a ima ih preko 400 i sve jedan lepši od drugog). Eh, kako to jako teško može da se izvede, svela sam svoje snove na motive mora. Imala sam jedan beli čaršaf za bebeći krevet, bez ikakvih ukrasa, pa sam odlučila malo da ga osvežim. Ovo je prvi put da prenosim motiv na platno, pa je to zahtevalo malo dodatnog truda i logistike. Ovako je to izgledalo u mojoj izvedbi, korak po korak.

 

Prvo sam izmerila gde želim da se motivi nalaze i grafitnom olovkom povukla liniju koja će prolaziti kroz sredinu motiva (slika 1). To je jako važno ako motive slažete jedan ispod drugog, kako vam ne bi otišli ukrivo.

 

Potom sam fotokopirane stranice knjige washi trakom zalepila na prozor i flomasterom podebljala linije na papiru (slika 2). Platno sam naslonila na prozor i vodoperivim flomasterima precrtavala motive (slika 3). Flomaster se posle oprao bez problema. Ako se bojite da boja neće izaći, probajte nešto da nacrtate na ivici platna pa operite.

 

I evo i krajnjeg rezultata (slika 4).

 

Uzgred, knjiga je odlična ako ste početnik u vezu, ali i ako ste naprednija vezilja. Sadrži detaljna uputstva o koncima, iglama, platnima, kako preneti uzorak na platno, vrstama bodova, opšivanju ivica, itd. Sadrži i disk sa svim motivima koji se nalaze u knjizi, a koji su prelepi i prikladni za različite prilike. Hvala bensedinart na pozajmici :)

 

 

I've been browsing through the book Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray for a while now, wondering how to put my life on hold and embroider each and every motif she gives (there are 400+ motifs, each cuter than the previous one). Since that is highly unlikely to happen any time soon, I scaled my dreams down to the seaside motifs. I had a plain white bedsheet for a crib, so I set off to give it some spark. I have never transfered a motif to a fabric before, so I needed to put in some extra effort and planning. This is what it looked like, step by step.

 

First I measured where I wanted my motifs to be and used a pencil to draw a line that would pass through the middle of the motifs (picture 1). This step is very important if you want your motifs to be in a straight line.

 

Then I put up the photocopied pages of the book to the window (used some washi tape) and made the lines thicker with a black marker (picture 2). I put the fabric over the page and copied the motifs using washable markers (picture 3). The marker came out without any problems. If you are sceptic about it (as I was), try out the marker on a corner of the fabric and give it a wash before starting the project.

And in picture 4 you can see the final result.

 

The book is simply amazing. It is great for a beginner, but also for more advanced crafters. It contains detailed instructions on needles, threads, fabrics, stitches, ways to transfer a motif onto a fabric, etc. It also has a CD with all the motifs printed in the book, and they are amazingly cute and appopriate for so many uses.