Patchwork wall canvas – Part 3 – Friends

Patchwork wall canvas – Part 3 – Friends

Re-revision for newcomers:

It would take several consecutive publications (actually, more than juste several) to show you and explain how to make such a patchwork canvas, combining different embroidered scenes and a patchwork finishing. You will assist my artwork scene by scene and only see the result in the end, just as it happened with me

I started with just an idea of what I wanted to have in the end, but with no specific plans, drawings, sizes. It was somewhere in October 2014. I didn’t have the scenes in my head in advance (except for a few ones that I saw in a French magazine). I didn’t even know the number of scenes I would make. I just picked a theme for them, namely to recreate various moments from the life of a child – playing, being with friends, going to school, reading books, writing homeworks, etc. I drew 2-3 scenes with a pencil on a blank sheet of paper, and then re-created them on the fabric. As the result reflected well my idea, I continued my work more confident. Step by step, I created something beautiful that now decorates one of the walls at home

If you feel like making the same artwork, you only need to follow my steps! You can either print my sketches and reproduce the same scenes, or make your own designs, choosing a theme that inspires you. Your canvas can be of a different size, based on how many scenes you decide to make. Mine makes 120 by 80 cm.

Here is the menu that will host all the steps.

What’s new:

The third scene of the series are those three friends, school-mates. Quite slow to make because of the numerous small details and the hand embroidery to do, but not less pleasant than the others.

The scene is not large, the piece of fabric makes 17 per 20 cm (+ 1 cm hem). You can enlarge it, if you want

What you need:

- Light-colored linen fabric (mine was light gray). For my artwork, I needed a fabric making 120 cm long and 160 cm wide. For the scene itself, you need a piece of linen of 19 by 22 cm.

- Various fabric cuttings

- Felt in pastel colors for the bookshelf and hair

- Threads in the colors of your fabrics and felts.

- This sketch:

 Friends – sketch

About the steps:

Now you only have to follow steps 1 to 6 of the first scene I showed you. Note that I prefer sewing the arms, legs and faces by hand, as my light rose fabric was too soft. Moreover, the elements are so small that a machine stitch is not that beautiful in this case.

Step 7

After finishing with the machine sewing part, embroider by hand the eyes of the boys, some bristling tufts of hair on their heads, pensils and painting brushes on the shelf, a window and wheels for the truck, labels on the books, lockers on the bags, the sign “Friends” below or else.

Step 8

Iron the scene from the back side of the fabric, making a hem of 1 cm.

You can now be proud of yourself! You have 3 scenes for the patchwork canvas