Wednesday 21 November 2018

Soft book - cover

For the cover, I started with an easy one - two single pages of canvas, with handles.




Monday 12 November 2018

Soft book - nature & motor skills

A series of pages about nature, to develop fine motor skills.

Fish maze
Inspiration: this blog and this one, from two Russian mums.





Braid the unicorn





Rainbow zippers

Inspiration: page from this blog




Flower buttons
Inspiration: page from this blog



All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Monday 5 November 2018

Soft book - smiles

A series of pages with a smiling faces.

Cat



Panda


Baby


Mirror


All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Thursday 18 October 2018

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Soft Book - Peekaboo


Urban squirrels






Urban Fox



Hen & chicks
Inspiration: the hen design is adapted from an Etsy pattern.





All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Friday 14 September 2018

Fabric bins

Carrying on with the sewing machine, I made fabric bins based on the easy tutorial of this blog. The foxy fabric is from the French fabric store Mondial Tissu.
My interfacing is really stiff; I sewn it on the inside fabric so that I would not have to flip the inside out. 



Sunday 9 September 2018

Soft book - pulling the knot

Rabbit: inspiration from this instagram picture from the same author as the hedgehog.




Rocket and stars: inspiration from this other Russian blog.



Pasta chef: inspiration from this Russian blog.





Jellyfish: inspiration from this cute page available on Etsy.



Hedgehog: inspiration from this picture on Instagram.



All book pages on the *Soft Book* tab at the top.

Saturday 8 September 2018

Soft book - textures

This cute fish has ribbons, buttons, plump felt belly, felt scales that you can lift up and fancy machine stitches on silky shimmery fabric. 
Inspiration: this Etsy item.




This time I made 4 textures in a page:
- silky fabric with heavy interfacing
- buttons
- felted and un-felted wool
- cotton wool




I have combined 9 textures in one page, which my mum advises is overwhelming for a young one, so next time I will do with only 4 per page.
Inspiration: this page available from Etsy.
I have used the following materials: 
- pom pom ribbon 
- thick fur
- velvet ribbon
- satin ribbon
- acrylic wash cloth
- buttons
- towel fabric
- bicone beads
- thin leather



All book pages on the *Soft Book* tab at the top.

Thursday 6 September 2018

Sur le bassin d'Arcachon

A few pictures from the "bassin d'Arcachon" where we spent a few days. The bassin is tidal and empties itself twice a day. 



Vue sur la dune du Pyla, depuis la pointe du Cap Ferret

Parcs à huîtres près du Mimbeau, Cap Ferret

Arrivée sur les cabanes tchanquées depuis le bateau

On peut désormais accéder à la terrasse d'une des cabanes,
devenue propriété de la Teste de Buch

Vue sur les prés salés de l'île aux oiseaux,
depuis une des cabanes tchanquées

Le village du Canon

Grand Piquey

Andernos, marée basse

La jetée d'Andernos

Le village oistréicole de l'Herbe