Autumn Moods by SewDanish

'Autumn moods' by SewDanish

Summer is coming to a close. Autumn is getting closer day by day. BIrgitte

autumn sale, light wight Car... naftul $76.00	Dry Beauty- Romantic Leaf Pr... BvsWphotograph... $24.00	Fabric Hair Clip, autumn flo... SweetSapling $8.50
Modern Continental Lace Bobb... Lacebobbins $13.50	Handspun bulky alpaca yarn /... thefibretree $7.99	Summer Wildfire, Set of thre... TheCountryBlue... $12.00
gray and yellow ochre ogee o... giardino $38.00	Jewelry Wooden Box Made With... LittleWoodyDuc... $9.40	Beige kitchen wooden cutting... ArtCafeColibri $55.00
Asian Pear Flavored Lip Balm... sapeterapi $3.50	Crochet Coasters - Scrubbies... pomegranatefar... $10.50	Handmade crochet toy.Unique... Kimuka $115.00
Animal photography, for him,... Raceytay $50.00	Set of 12 Paper Bows, Recycl... PollinatorHand... $35.00	Medium sized star shaped eye... girlindustries $1.95
Owl charm bracelet BlueForestJewe... $23.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Hope you enjoyed my selection of beautiful handmade autumn finds from a selection of superb Etsy shops.

Journal Cover From SewDanish Featured In Sewing World Sept.2012 Issue!

I'm so happy dancing! My quilted journal cover shown above is featured in the September issue 2012 of Sewing World magazine http://www.sewingworldmagazine.com/ .

In July I was contacted by Fiona from the Sewing Directory http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/ if I was interested in having my quilted book jacket included in a selection of handmade finds from the internet. Needless to say that I was very interested and very appreciative of her thinking of me and my Etsy shop http://SewDanish.etsy.com

The loose cover is available in several color combinations and fits a hardback A5 book which is included. So when you have filled the book with your drawings, thoughts, travels, inspirations for future cooking ideas..... then you can recycle the cover on a new book.
This cover can also be custom made to fit an otherwise plain ring binder.
Please find my entire selection of journal covers and other book related items here http://www.etsy.com/shop/SewDanish?section_id=5450660
 

Birgitte Hendricks /SewDanish brand new website!

A week ago I finally took the plunge, signed up for and created a personal website www.BirgitteHendricks.com . I had my blog and my shop SewDanish but a proper website was missing.

I have for the longest time been searching for a website set up, but nothing had been quite right. I really don't know anything about html language and even though relativly swift on the computer, when it gets too technical, I bow out gracefully. I'm pretty much always up for a challenge, but this just seemed such a different avenue to go down, let alone spending time on.

Then a couple of weeks ago I came across a review on Handmadeology regarding a website design company called IndieMade .The review was very positive and I started to do a thorough research to collect as much information that I could find, before deciding to sign up.

It has been fun and for the most part a very straight forward process creating my website. The day I signed up, I spend about 6 hours straight and got really far with ‘filling in the blanks’. Of course, like with all new setups, one has to get a feel for what is going on, but all in all I found the whole setup very intuitive to use. I still have some tweaking to do, but for now I’m actually rather pleased with the result BirgitteHendricks.

One of the great features is, that I was able to import my Etsy shop (or at least half of my listings within the standard package that I signed up for) automatically. A couple of times I had questions to the support team of Indiemade and they responded very quickly.    

How-To PDF ePattern Scandinavian Basket Weaving

I'm proud to announce a new addition to my Etsy shop SewDanish - Scandinavian Textile Art! A download'able, illustrated tutorial PDF file on how-to weave the lovely traditional Scandinavian baskets found in my shop, is now available here

The 10 page written instruction is written in English, but I'm planning on making a Danish translation available in the near future. You will find 24 black and white step-by-step photos explaining the process clearly. Detailed instructions follow the photos.
You will learn how to make a basic basket. The basic basket can then be used as a starting point for taking the technique a lot further. Over the last year I've taught several basket weaving workshops, where I have tried and tested my instructions, before going 'public'.

I hope you'll have as much fun making the baskets as I have. This is such an old basket weaving technique and I truly believe that it is so important to pass these techniques on, before they disappear.
Please note that I'm very happy for you to sell your finished baskets. The copy right only applies to my written instructions and they may therefore not be shared, copied, distributed, reproduced or published in any form or media without my consent.

Thanks to ExtraPointPress  you also have the option of downloading the basket weaving instructions to your Kindle  from Amazon.com .

Baskets from 'SewDanish' on the Etsy Front page!

This totally beautiful treasury curated by Katerina, the owner of MayaHoney made it all the way to the Etsy Front page to day. YEAH! and congratulations to Katerina!

So well deserved. The treasury is stunningly curated and I'm so proud to have two of my baskets from SewDanish included in this fantastic selection of beautiful handmade items. Enjoy!

 

'The best is yellow' by MayaHoney

 

Glass Christmas Ornament Sun... AvolieGlass $25.00	Winter Fashion Nuno Felted s... nafanyafelt $105.00	Kitchen photo - Simply Surpr... Raceytay $15.00
RESERVED Yellow leather circ... katrinshine $16.00	Green leaves vintage yellow ... zaiazoom $23.00	Needle Felted Pear Bowl lauraleeburch $50.00
Cross stitch necklace with t... skrynka $25.50	Basket hand woven ocra golde... SewDanish $24.00	Yellow beaded lava necklace ... DevikaBox $27.00
Table lamp, accent lamp, nig... FiligreeCreati... $45.00	Small notebook, journal fabr... HelloVioleta $15.00	Yellow Amigurumi Crocheted H... AllSoCute $16.00
Hanging Kitchen Basket - Set... vesselsandware... $74.00	Cocktail Ring, saffron yello... BelindaSaville $59.50	Queen Anne's Lace Hand P... SylwiaGlassArt $30.00
Lemon Yellow copper Enamel s... SilverLinesJew... $33.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Minimalistic Muslin Cards from SewDanish

Recently Fibrefusion Contemporary Textile Art Group, the textile group that I belong to, published their 5^th book, Muslin, a Stitched Exploration of Loose Weave Fabrics  . While exploring the potential of muslin, I worked quite a few samples that I absolutely love and that I’m planning on exploring and taking a lot further.

I have for a (long) while been fascinated by working white on white. I have been focusing on and challenging myself to see how minimalistic I can go before there is ‘nothing’. In a busy life where I’m constantly swapping in and out of ‘my’ three cultures the Danish, English and American, working rather minimalistic gives me a bit of breathing space (if that makes sense). J

Removing the color from a design puts emphasis on texture and shading and something very exciting starts to happen. Don’t get me wrong I love color, but currently in my work, I prefer to use it quite restrictive, as an accent to the design.  The cards in this blogpost are made as a result of my Muslin, white on white exploration. The small collages are stitched with strips of muslin on to torn pieces of Khadi (cotton rag) paper. Due to the ‘relaxed’ technique all the collages are slightly different and very organic.  All cards are avaiable from SewDanish - Scandinavian Textile Art

Summer Fun Bloghop With SewDanish and Unique Women In Business



Denmark, June 2011

We are now well into July. Amazing how quicky the time flies when one has fun :-)
After lots of travelling (Italy, Turkey, Greece followed by a trip to Denmark) in Juni and July having a wonderful time, I'm now back home in Britain for at least a little while.


Effesus, Turkey, June 2011 

Shortly after returning back home, we went on a hiking trip to Wales with friends. Had the most superb time, and for Wales, we had the most amazing weather. Did about 25 miles up an down the mountains over just about 3 days, so not too shabby.


Wales,  July 2011

Ever since the weather hasn't been all that fantastic. Actually it's been rather cool with a lot of rain. All the rain we didn't get in the spring with the beautiful weather we had for weeks on end has now caught up with us. At least the garden is happy :-)



Back home in GB :-)

 But to be honest I don't mind the iffy weather that much as it gives me more time to stay indoors, catching up on heaps of stuff that has been postponed with me not being home and not feeling guilty about it.


Freshly dyed threads and fabric

What a great feeling to being almost on top of things. Have done a lot of fabric and thread dyeing this past week. I now have this wonderful pile of color piled up on my worktable. Some of the dyed threads will be listed shortly in my little shop SewDanish others will be used in some of the many project that I'm itching to get on with and finish. 
Hope you are all having a lovely summer where every you are and enjoying what ever you are doing. Take care and stay safe.

New Listings in SewDanish



Fabric covered box

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky that the light was just right. For quite a while I had been wanting to take photos of new listings. I have had  this wonderful pile of colourful items waiting to be processed into new listing in my Etsy shop SewDanish , but it was either too dark, to bright or I simply wasn't home. Finally the there were a few days of overcast but still bright days and I got my little photo corner set up.

Stab bound journal w/ raffia

So I've been busy listing and was really happy when I finally listed my item #200. That has been a distant goal for a long time and now I've finally reached it. A great feeling :-)


Covered books, recycled newspaper

I thought, I would share some of my new listing with you, and I hope you'll enjoy them.