A Primitive Place Monthly Crafting Tutorial by Char Sethman
Hello, my name is Char Sethman and I am a Prim Addict!
I love scouring Thrift Shoppes, Flea Markets, Yard Sales, Antique Malls, & Salvage Yards in my spare time. And if you see someone digging through someone's trash along side the road, that would probably be me....as I LOVE dumpster diving! Most of my favorite pieces I have in my home have come from someone elses trash! Never under estimate what a can of paint, wood glue and some nails can do for a piece of furniture!!!
I will be creating a monthly Crafting Tutorial for A Primitive Place and just recently joined the APP Staff as Prim Project Manager.
I also am currently writing for Mercantile Gathering Magazine in the "trash to treasure" section, which I show you how to take those pieces you would have thrown away and make them into something useful!
I will also be featured in the Fall 2009 & Holiday 2009 edition of
"Create & Decorate" magazine with 2 of my projects.
I do offer my Primitive Goodies for sale in my Etsy Shoppe and for any of you that like to make your own crafts, I have a crafting Blog that you can come and craft along with me weekly! Both of these are called
"THE PICKLED PEPPER PATCH".
Until next month!
Char Sethman
Prim Project Manager
A Primitive Place
I am fasicnated with trying to recreate "pieces of the past" that our ancestors found needful for everyday living or taking
I am a lover of all things grungy, rusty, torn & tattered.....just like you would find in Grandma's Attic or Grandpa's Shed.
HOW TO MAKE
"GRUNGY WOOL SUNFLOWER NODDERS"
SUPPLIES:
*Wool Felt (in Mustard & Brown)
*Dark Brown Embroidery Floss
*Rusty Bedspring
*Coffee Stain (I just mix instant coffee with some ground cinnamon & vanilla)
*2 Round templates (I used a 7 1/2" Salad Plate & 4"Plastic lid from a chip dip container )
*Glue Stick (or straight pin)
*Polyester Fiberfill
*Piece of Green Homespun
*Hot Glue
DIRECTIONS:
First we need to cut out our wool circles. You will need to cut a 7" Mustard circle and a 4" Brown circle.
Next, take your Glue Stick and place a small dot of glue into the center of your Mustard circle and apply your Brown circle (centered as shown)
Now, lets cut your Sunflower petals. I just start around the circle and cut in almost touching the Brown center circle. Continue this all around the Mustard Wool Circle.
Next, I like to "shape" my petals even more. However,
you could just leave them cut like this if you choose.
I shape them by just cutting each "petal" now with a "V"
at the outside edge, as shown.
Now, lets stitch on your Brown center. I take and do a
"running stitch" all the way around the outside edge
of the Brown circle; leaving about a 1-inch opening.
Next, take a small piece of Fiberfill and stuff it into your opening. You don't need to pack it in, but stuff it nicely. Now, finish your stitching and close up the opening.
It's starting to look like a Sunflower now!!! So, time to add some more character to it! We are going to add all the little "dimples" inside the Brown center. I do this by just taking my Brown Embroidery Floss and just bring it up from the back of the Sunflower, move over a tad, and pull it back down thru the back. Continue doing this around the center until you have as many "dimples" as you like.
Next, I like to just give my petals some brown lines in them.
I just take and put a few line stitches up each petal; as shown.
Now that your Sunflower stitching is complete, take and dip your Sunflower into my Coffee Stain to darken it some. I then dry mine in the Microwave on a plate, flipping them every 60 seconds until dry.
Next, attach them to the top of your Bedspring with a little bit of Hot Glue.
Lastly, tie a piece of Green Homespun on your Bedspring base to serve as leaves. Enjoy!!!
***OPTIONAL: You can do these in smaller sizes too just by using smaller circle templates. These could also be stitched onto sticks or dial rods and placed in crocks or mason jars. Also, you could just not attach them to anything and use them as bowl fillers!
Do you have a question or comment for Char?
"How to make Grungy Wool Sunflower Nodders" by Char Sethman
a new piece and putting it through an aging process to add "character" so that it looks as if it has been around for sometime.
Around this time of year, I start thinking "Fall"! Oh, the wonderful colors this season brings out....A Primitive Decorators delight!!! Well, I just LOVE Sunflowers and so I decided to make up a few "Wool Sunflower Nodders" to place here-and-there around the home. Hope you enjoy!
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