made by Julianne

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FLEUR DE LOGO MAKEOVER

21 March 2013 by Julianne

Years ago I made a fabulous reverse appliqué of my sewing logo, and while I love the embroidery the shirt wasn’t that great. Some combination of the color, V-neck (often awkward on me), and clinginess of the fabric meant that I never wore the shirt. I don’t think I ever actually wore it out of the house after that photo shoot in 2010. That’s insane, because it’s a great design (courtesy of my husband Jason) and I put a lot of time into the stitching.

I had a really hard time making the first cut into the shirt, but I’m so glad I did it! This fuchsia and white jersey was about to be donated to the local Boys’ and Girls’ Club, but at the last minute I snatched it for this project. I whipped up the top in about 20 minutes, start to finish, and just cut into the fabric without worry about patterns.

I’ve been a big fan of kimono sleeves on knit tops for a while, and of stripe fabric, and it’s purely a coincidence that these two elements are a trend! right now. I went a little loose on the torso of the shirt, cause I can always take it in later.

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It’s been so warm in LA lately that I’m sure I’ll have plenty of opportunities to wear my tee shirt immediately. I mean, I know that LA is SoCal, but last year I was bundled up every single day!

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fleur de logo reverse applique

10 April 2010 by Julianne

DON’T FORGET TO VISIT MY ETSY SHOP!

Literally about to jump in the car and drive to California, but here’s a post to keep you all entertained while I’m on the road.

When Jason designed my fleur de logo, I knew it would be perfect on a shirt! I had just enough jersey left over from my dress to make a tee. I did a reverse applique, which was fun and challenging, especially since this was the first time I’d ever tried the technique.

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I used red embroidering thread in a running stitch to attach the navy jersey to the slate blue fabric. The four rainbow bands on the spool are done in a split stitch, which is definitely my favorite. The needle is a backstitch in silver metallic thread, which is a pain in the ass to work with every time. It was difficult cutting all those precise edges, especially in the corners, and I was very appreciative of my Gingher shears!

I really love this design and feel like it represents me so well. The fleur de lis stands for New Orleans, my hometown. The spool of thread stands for how I try to find a way to incorporate a handmade ethos in the middle of everything I do. The rainbow reminds me to be joyful, and the fact that this is scrap fabric speaks to my love of reusing and recycling materials. Since the logo was designed by Jason I am always reminded of him and inspired to create things with him. Also, I love these photos he took of me during am early spring bike ride through City Park! I can’t believe the color my hair is turning! I never thought I’d be a natural redhead.

The V-neck is edged in navy jersey, and I added red stitching to tie in the embroidery. Plus I love hand-stitched details!

There is also red stitching on the sleeves, which is loose enough to allow the fabric to stretch.

Here’s an in-progress shot. I’m sure the more crafty of my following will be able to figure out the steps based on this, but for those of you who need instruction this might help you out, and if it doesn’t this girl‘s got some pretty nice instructions. I used freezer paper to transfer my design (Solvy would have been better but I didn’t have an embroidery hoop with me in LA) and I cut out my image piece by piece before stitching it. Also there’s no way I used fusible web; I prefer to keep things simple. Hell, I might just have to make me own tutorial one day.

What’s that? You want one last shot of me and my awesome bike? The dude abides.

DON’T FORGET TO VISIT MY ETSY SHOP!

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bicycle seat covers

25 March 2010 by Julianne

After I made my upholstered and painted saddles I wanted to come up with other ways to customize a bike. Well, I’m still focusing on the seat, but this time with a removable cover.

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These covers are completely made from recycled materials! The fleurs des lis are cut out of cotton, and then glued and stitched onto durable teal corduroy. The tops are lined with thick vinyl, adding some serious rain-protection (this way, only the fast-drying cover gets wet, instead of your whole saddle getting saturated and taking days to dry!). The sides are stretchy polyester, which will wear great and fit well over any seat. There’s a drawstring cord at the bottom of the cover to keep it tight.