I visited Avon Stitchers, a group of enthusiastic crafters in Bradford Upon Avon, this week. As the name suggests, they are mainly into embroidery and sewing, so I thought I would try and use fabric on the Butterfly Loom.
I took apart an old blouse and cut the sleeves into about 1″ wide strips.
I knotted the strips together and wrapped around my Small Butterfly Loom – I then unwrapped as I realised the ‘wrong’ side of the fabric would be uppermost when I removed it from the loom.
So, starting again, I wrapped the loom making sure the front of the fabric was face down on my board. I wrapped two rows then used embroidery thread to do the knotting, which I did in a daisy pattern.
Rummaging around in my box of bits & pieces I had small (11″) cushion and, rather conveniently, a piece of navy felt which almost exactly matches the flowers on my fabric.
I attached the daisy to the felt by simply sewing the 4 corners of the knotting (leaving the loops free) and then made an envelope style back for the cushion using some of the body of the blouse and sewed it all together.
Rather pleased with the outcome!
If you want your fabric to be neater, cut it slightly wider (and more precisely) and use a bias binding maker to tuck the edges away.
Looms, bias binding makers & other craft supplies are available from my website Butterflyloom.co.uk
This is a post from July 2018, which I have copied over from my old blog.