Susan Penny shares a delightful sewing project
As a craft writer I am often asked to pitch for a book idea without knowing if it will ever get published. A blad needs to be produced: this is a small section of the book; a taster to get the book buyers interested in the idea. To fill the blad I need to do several projects, write the instructions, go to the photographic session, work on the page layout, check the proofs, make corrections and then wait while the final draft is presented to book buyers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. My patchwork pig was made by me about 16 years ago, as a project in a new soft toy book. The book finally morphed into another title, so my piggy didn’t make it into print. Now I think he deserves his moment of fame, so I have revamped him in bits of fabric from my scrap bag, giving him a nice new coat and a lovely, fresh contemporary feel. If you want to see how he looked in his original colours then click the link below…
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