New "Wretched Hive" embroidery

I'm going to frame this sucker and try and sell it in my etsy/folksy shop...

Craft Swaps: OTT Star Wars Swap - Sent - Embroidery Case Tutorial!!

So! I sent this for the Star Wars OTT swap:

 (Death Star for illustration purposes only :-) )

I liked it so much I made myself one too!!

The pieces you will need are as follows:

OUTER:

2x circles (interfaced) - I used a side plate with a 8 1/4 inch diameter
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
LONG zip, doesn't matter too much how long as long as it goes most of the way around your circle.

LINING:
2x circles (with or without interfacing depending on quality of fabric. I did mine without.) - same size as outer.
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
Pocket piece - semi circle same size as other circular pieces with around 1 inch added to straight side for hemming.
Wrist strap (3x12 inches)
3 Needlebook pieces (5x4 inches) (5x6 inches) and (5x8 inches)


My Embellishments:
My labels and my Star Wars decal were made by interfacing fabric and then using iron on ink jet transfer paper to transfer the design, REALLY easy to do, and the possibilities are endless for you to customise this up any way you like.

EDIT: the image is from Deviant Art user Jasonpal - you should check out his gallery, it's great work! the speech bubbles were ALL my idea :-)

The Method:

Please let me know if you've used my tutorial, I'd love to see what other people have made using this design <3!!

x G

Craft Swaps: OTT Star Wars Swap - Recieved

An OTT swap is a very fun thing indeed. You and your partner each send each other One Tiny Thing on the theme of the swap. When I saw the Star Wars OTT swap I knew I had to get in on it, and I'm so glad I did, lookit!

 My partner SilentBlair has some embroidery skills (which is handy considering what I sent her!)

 I personally haven't got round to perfecting a long and short stitch (or am I mislabelling this?) as precise as this!

 Here's the star of the show... yes, it's...

Safely on my bookcase, next to my Yoda baby hat, waiting for my Squiggle to come and play! (this is seriously going in my overnight bag for hospital!)

x G

GC: Reader Submission! Wookie Wear - Chewbacca baby Mitts and Booties!

Crossposted at geekcrafts.com

SO, last week we had international Star Wars Day, which was celebrated on a host of different blogs across the galaxy.

Cheryl from Sew Can Do got in on the action too and brought her geek-crafting skills to the party. Check out these ADORABLE Chewbacca baby Mitts and Booties!! She knew that we'd be interested in seeing her work, so she hit us up on the "Submit a Geek Craft" link at the top of the page.

On another note: Small world, a friend of mine bought me a baby Yoda Hat from Cheryl's Etsy Shop, The, Green Hedgehog, in preparation for my growing tummy monster. I'm also really lucky to have recently received an awesome amigurumi Wampa from Craftster user SilentBlair in the "One Tiny Thing, Star Wars Swap". Star Wars Babies FTW!!

• Chewbacca baby Mitts and Booties.
• Cheryl's Blog, Sew Can Do
• Cheryl's Etsy, The Green Hedgehog
• check out my new amigurumi Wampa
• Star Wars on Geekcrafts
• Babies on Geekcrafts
• Reader Submissions on Geekcrafts