#makedontbreak

Today’s #makedontbreak is this cushion I completed for @a.r.star and @brady.t.hansen . Cool monochrome for some cool folk. Just enjoying playing around with scrap appliqué collage and machine/hand embroidery. It has some matching covered buttons on the back #scrapaplique #fabricscraps #machineembroidery https://www.instagram.com/p/CKH-bmCHMncYBOSzF8SDylkh3dnJ7VouKdiGIU0/?igshid=aj2gdbqnzi1h

The finished little basket. Image: small woven basket of rolled newspapers held with one hand on a wooden table. . . . #SundayVibes #SundayMusings #NewspaperCrafts #WovenBaskets #NewspaperBaskets #Reuse #Recycle #ReuseRecycle #MakeDontBreak #Weaving #WitchesWhimsy (hier: Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CleMstgsu0L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Had a sweet little commission and gave them some choices. So many cats! Did you know how difficult it is to stitch tiny black cats? Anyhow the twins on green are taken. The rest here are up for grabs. Slide into my DMs if you'd like to snag yourself a last-minute holiday gift for yourself or a loved one. Images: Six embroidered necklace pendants with cats against colorful backgrounds. Swipe for individual images of each pendant: two small black cats with big eyes against a bright green background, sleeping black cat curled on her side against yellow, black cat loaf against red and white stripes, sleeping tabby cat loaf against green, curled tabby cat against blue, playful black cat looking upward against pink . . . #Cats #SewCrafty #MakeDontBreak #Embroidery #EmbroideredJewelry #FibreJewellery #FibreCrafts #CatJewelry #Joy! #WitchesWhimsy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_AsSEMN5F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Somehow the twins didn't feel finished. Now they have gorgeous locks and are ready to fly out into the world. (Image: pink sock dragon with big embroidered eyes and fuchsia pink yarn hair) . . . #SewCrafty #SockDragon #SecretToySociety #MakeDontBreak #makersgonnamake #CrawlingAlong #CraftivistReadingGroup #witcheswhimsy https://www.instagram.com/p/CSAWSOZt2oH/?utm_medium=tumblr

It grows. / Es wächst. . . . #CrawlingAlong #englishpaperpiecing #quilting #MakeDontBreak #MakersGonnaMake #CraftingTheRainbow #WitchesWhimsy (hier: Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ1PFubnVv8/?igshid=f745oqaxw58s

Some little bags. Essentially an upcycle. Little embroidery musings covering up the logos on these small bags from various advertising freebies. Nice bags so I thought it would be nice to continue to be able to use them. And generally I want to leave no fibre behind, so... another example of me wandering through the various piles in my studio as I attempt to counteract my January sadness and sogginess. If you're also experiencing seasonal depressive episodes, please be gentle with yourself, go slow, give yourself time. Its ok if you don't have it together right now. If you want to stitch together or chat a bit, write me. Really... I mean it! Luv ya! Image: two little fabrics bags lying on a wooden table. The black velvet bag has white fuzzy creatures resembling Miyazaki soot sprites embroidered in white against a blue patch. The white bag has two white fluffy abstract cats embroidered on a blue patch. Around the bag are a small car used as a pincushion with bits of thread on various colors still in the needles, some embroidery thread and pair of gold crane scissors. . . . #MakeSomething #MakeDontBreak #Upclying #TinyJoys #Cats #SootSprites #Embroidery #LeaveNoFibreBehind #SeasonalDepression #SewCrafty #JanuaryDarkness #SewSomeJoy #WitchesWhimsy https://www.instagram.com/p/CnubLRYsE6J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Mending is truly an attitude and a conviction. And also a joy. It can be so much more than darning socks and fixing a hole in a sweater. It is looking at the things around us everyday and learning to love them differently. I fixed this kitchen knife a while back and I feel so happy now every time I use it. The colors, the feel of the handle, the balance. It sits better in my hand now than before. What do you have near you that could use your attention? Image: A heavy kitchen on a cutting board with oranges and ginger. The handle of the knife has been mended in red, green and blue sugru. . . . #MakeDontBreak #MendingMatters #RepairAndCare #RepairIsRadical #AttentionToThings #MendingIsMagical #MendAndLove #Repairen @sugru https://www.instagram.com/p/CnWfryIMc-b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Working on a new wall hanging.... arting my way into a new year. . . . image: black cloth hand with a white starburst pattern against a black fabric background. In the lefthand corner are big scissors and a red toy car pin cushion. #SewCrafty #MakeDontBreak #FibreArt #MakersGonnaMake #HandStitching #StitchersOfInstagram #Stitcherhood #Hand #WallHanging #FollowingSpontaneousInspiration #WitchesWhimsy https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUpmTGsG9X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=