Made myself a tank top start to finish

 

Hi and welcome to a new project: a completely handmade tank top from yours truly for yours truly. 

I made it from a stretchy leftover fabric, forgotten in my fabric shelf for years (i am a HOARDER from hell) and my beloved hand carved linoleum bat block (used here).

I traced a cropped tank top for the pattern, cut the fabric out leaving 1 centimeter seam allowance only on the shoulder and the side seams and then lettuce hemmed the hell out of the edges. I wanna thank my sewing machine for the nerve she kept during this process. Here are some pics I took along the making of the top, starting from the lino printing and ending with me Kate Moss-ing the shit out of my creation.

Bat close-up

linoprinting for days

a seriously cute pattern tho

that's when the weights come in handy!

back and front ready to marry

''You better work! Cover girl! Work! Give a twirl! Do you thing on the runway''

Oh and I made a matching mask to go with it because i don't want to waste a single centimeter of this fabric i spent ages printing! And boom new profile pic over here

Enjoy!

A new The End patch

 

 Hi there and welcome to a new patch!

made a lilac version of this design that i love so much. Yellow and lilac are two colours that marry very well in my opinion, i discovered this match while colouring my hair: most of the times my roots get yellow and rest is grey/lilac or viceversa and i love it everytime.

Despite the romantic feel of the saying, the classic 'happily ever after' at the end of a fairytale, ''The End'' can mean the will to stop something that is oppressing you, whatever/whoever it may be. It's celebrating the moment you realize that enough is enough and you want to stop suffering, i like to see it this way.

 

 enjoy!

A New Psychedelic Leaf patch

 Hi guys,

here's a new Psychedelic Leaf patch, an hot pink hallucination.

i wanted to pay a little homage to spring through this embroidery. Last year i spent this very special season at home, crying on my couch at the sounds of ambulances, having close people sick, no clue what was going on, wondering why so many people were dying while watching the news etc... i think everybody experienced something along these lines, right? Even if we live in one of the most infected areas in italy, i am a privileged person who had the chance to see everything from the comfort of my home, with electricity, water and food. Even if i feared deeply for the health of my loved ones, trying to take care of them as best as i possibly could, many people have had way worse experiences than mine, lost their dear ones, probabily didn't even had a chance to mourn them properly. Many are still experiencing this pandemic outside in the cold, not having a roof over their heads and struggling to survive every day and every night regardless. My silly little patch is like a good wish, an augury for everybody to return to live a spring like we used to.

Dead Inside Furbye Patch

 Hi kids,

let's welcome this new year with a shot of joy and positivity, here i present you the DEAD INSIDE Furrrbee patch. No need to explain why this last year sucked majorly, right? <3

<will try to avoid spelling the original name of the toy for copyright reasons>

I made a very first version of a Fürbye for a trade with the loveliest Sophie from HuckleberryStitching 

received a lot of request to make other fellow Phurby critters so here ya go!

My intention is to make a ton of these for next year (i've already been making some for special friends) experimenting with colours, textures and different effects of threads. This one is made with turkey stitch all over for the fur effect. Hope to find the time to make an army of these, dayjob please have mercy!

Enjoy

A Prodigious Banner...

 Hello and... welcome to a banner for the first time!

This year my lil shop is turning 6 years old, I thought it was the right time to celebrate and step things up a bit. I'm always down to learn new stuff by making it, so here's a new entry for machine sewing!

It's made out of a black patterned denim from other projects (you can kinda see the pattern on the lower left angle), the edges are finished with a pink satin bias tape and some big ass ruffled satin ribbon. The lettering is made out of thick white felt. I embellished the edges with ribbon roses and beads, might add some more in the future... you can't have enough of them!

enjoy!

Nightly Bat Patches

 Hello and welcome to a new patch(es)!

 

 

This little bat linocut block has been a staple in my creations lately. With this hand carved block i've printed several thank you notes to go with every order as well as decoration for my packaging. I think I'm developing more of an aesthetic sense lately, can't really explain it but whatever it is, this lil bat is part of it.

 

 

Back to the patches! They were printed on pale pink thin cotton with my linoprint kit from Essdee and black fabric ink. The print was heat set through the iron and is water resistant, of course it requires hand washing only! I kept some for me that I immediately sewn onto my summer dresses/shorts.

They look cool right? I'm thinking about using the bat as a repeating pattern on fabric and then sew something with it.... we'll see

In the meantime, enjoy!

Albino Bat Patch!🌸

🌸Hi all!

There's a new bat in town, here she is!

⭐I wanted to give a sibling to the Think Dark BabyFace Bat Patch, so let me introduce you to this brand new Albino BatCutie, who just joined the ProdigiousBat Family. Getting serious over here.

🌸 DIY face mask

Hi and welcome to a new tutorial!🌸🌸🌸

This time I'm sharing the mask pattern I've been using since I found this wonderful tutorial by CraftPassion. It's a fabric face mask that is very fitting and rather easy to make if you have any sewing experience. In her site you'll find the photo instructions and also a great and easy to follow video tutorial.🌸

The materials you're going to need are: tightly woven non-stretchy cotton fabric, scissors or a cutting mat and a rotary cutter, pins or sewing clips, round elastic cord (you can either use hair ties or shoelaces) and a sewing machine.🌸

1) Choose and iron the fabrics for the inner and outer shell: double the fabric and trace the pattern then cut it out. You will have a total of 4 pieces, two inner and two outer.

2) Sew both the couples along the longer curve with an allowance of half a centimeter. This seam will be on the front of the mask. Clip the edge with a small scissor being very careful not to snip the stich line.

3) Topstitching: open each shell right side up then sew very close to the previous stitchline you just made. To make it easier, pull the little clippings on one side.

Optional step) To create a mask with an inner pocket to insert a filter, take the inner piece wrong side up and fold half a centimeter inwards, pin and sew it down.

4) To assemble the mask join the two shells right sides together and pin (or clip) in place along the two longer sides. Sew with a straight stitch along the pinned sides.

5)Take a break from sewing and take the work to the ironing board. Fold the edge of the outer shell inwards two times, keeping in mind that this will be the casing for the elastic (or string), so take the measurements according to the size of your elastic.

6) Sew the casing closed with a stitch as close as possible to the inner side. If you're making the pocket version you'll end up with an opening right on the side of your last stitchline.

7) Slide the elastics (or the shoelace) through the casings, knotting the ends.

This shoe string option gives less tension to your ears than the elastic one, so try out the option that feels more comfortable to you and your loved ones.🌸

<3

Think Dark Babyface Bat Patch

Hello darklings and welcome to a new patch:

Still bats? You bet you ass still bats!
This babyfaced cutie is, as always, completely hand embroidered on felt using DMC moulinè cotton thread in a variety of silver greys and pinks, a bit of silver lurex and DMC Etoile in black inside the pupils for a subtle sparkle.
It took me a really huge time to complete it, partly because of a new demanding dayjob and partly because of commissioned embroideries that have priority over these 'fancy' designs. Anyway it's finally done and I'm planning a new bat critter to be made soon (albino maybe? I don't know!).
So here it is in all its glory:



 



#bat #batpatch #batembroidery #venetonoisecrew

🦇💗Bat in a Heart Patch💗🦇

Hello there and welcome to a new patch🦇🦇🦇

It's a new bat, what a surprise! Ahah apparently there's something in these cuties that won't make me stop creating them by embroidery. And I'm not even done yet, I have a couple of bats in my dreams and one of them is already in the making eheh... for now enjoy this grey beauty:

You can't really see in the pictures but the bat sparkles under the sun thanks to metallic silver thread all across the wings, ears and eyes. There's also the littlest star sequin on top, just to add a little something to the magic department🌟

 Enjoy!💗🦇

Sweetheart The End Patch♡

Hello and welcome to this new patch♡

Another 'The End' patch? You bet yo' ass it is! And expect more in the future too ;)
In this specimen pinks and reds get together to have a good time, pink beads are invited to the party and... enjoy the result!♡
I love the kitschy retro vibe coming out of this patch, it would look awesome on a vintage jacket, maybe with fringe, maybe with boots... but I digress!♡

Enjoy!