WELCOME to my post for the Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team Blog HOP!

I was challenged by the theme the DT picked for this Blog Hop – FANTASY.

I thought and thought and thought….

Butterflies come to mind and I LIKE Butterflies!

I started this Butterfly Fantasy Cuff by sewing two small pieces of the beige leather.  I had found a box of leather samples at one of the local thrift stores, and the length wasn’t quite enough to go around my wrist. I made sure the widths were the same, then satin stitched the 2 strips together.

I found a piece of lace that worked and then this piece of already quilted fabric sandwich was on my cutting table. It was leftover from a sketchbook cover I had made last year.  I added the machine buttonhole stitch around the edge in yellow.

I wanted something on top of the colourful quilted part – either more lace or ???  I only had gathered lace with one finished edge the width I wanted, and that wasn’t going to work for me.  I remembered this THICK puffy rick rack that I had bought years ago.  

I trimmed the ends, added an eyelet on each end, as I had decided I would use a piece of leather for tying the cuff closed.

I punched out 3 butterflies from a piece of leftover million dollar bill from this project.  

I coated both sides with 3D Crystal Lacquer from Sakura Hobby Craft.

While the butterflies were drying, I worked on fabric beads for their bodies.  I use plastic straws to roll the fabric around.  The plastic straws can be found in all kinds of diameters, so the centre of the beads will be the diameter of the straw you choose.

I wanted the bodies to be a little bigger than what the paper had as that is how I would sew them to the cuff.  So, the straw pieces are just over half an inch in length.  I add some glue to one side of the straw, and begin rolling the fabric around it.  I had tore the fabric strip to a width a touch more than the plastic straw, so the straw would be totally covered.  I roll the fabric as thick as I like, add glue to the cut edge.

Then, using metallic threads I wrapped the fabric beads. Tie them on.  Once, I have the beads all embellished with the threads, I added a little of 3D Crystal Lacquer to what would be the top of the bead, and rolled them (using a straight pin in the centre) in the Terri Sproul’s Mixer – Aquamarine Shimmer Mica.

Once, the butterflies and the fabric beads were dry, I hand sewed them to the cuff.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on FANTASY and will check out the rest of the Design Team’s projects – They are AWESOME!!!

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Tagged as: 3D Crystal Lacquer, Butterfly Fantasy Cuff, Dale Anne Potter, Design Team, Fabric Scraps, Mixed Media, Positively Creative, Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team, Spreading Positive Creativity, Textile Mixed Media

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