September/October brings change of season, and fresh starts and frivolity and seriousness too. So for a break from whipup realtime I am introducing a few weeks of guest bloggers to liven up your crafty experience. To bring you something fresh, and hopefully invigorate you to make and do and be and think! Its going to be a fun few weeks so come along for the ride.
Today I want to introduce you to Lia from Lia’s space. I love Lia’s original and easy to follow tutorials, her style is a little bit quirky and I like that.
I am a full time working mom of two little misfits. I’ve learned how to sew when my second daughter was about to be born and fell in love with sewing and fabrics ever since. I run a furniture company and a small children clothing shop with my friend. I’ve started blogging after I had my first daughter. I started reading other people’s creative blogs during those countless (never-ending) express breast milk pump sessions.
Today I want to introduce you to my modern take on Indonesia’s traditional shadow puppet (wayang kulit). This traditional entertainment, using shadow and light, is usually accompanied by Indonesian traditional gamelan music.
What you will need:
step 1.
Cut out all the felt pieces for the body and hair. Embroider the face on the front body piece before you start. Use the PDF pattern provided here.
I used buttonhole stitch function on the computer and stitch all over the body, leaving a gap to insert the balloon stick. You can also use zig-zag stitch or just the plain straight stitch
step 2.
Sew all around the leg and arm parts.
Once everything is ready, install the snap buttons as pictured (2 on the body’s arms, 2 on the body’s legs, 2 on the upper leg, 1 on the lower leg, 2 on the upper arms and 1 on the hands)
step 3.
Sew the hair and free sew the hair all around using straight stitch to give it texture.
step 4.
Sew the chopsticks at the end of bot hands, you can glue the sticks first then sew over it.
step 5.
Make the dress, sew the pocket onto the front side of the dress, then sew the side and top of the dress. You’re done :)
