Christmas Pudding Hooped Wallhanging

Sedef Imer

Final size:

15cm (6in) diameter plus 5cm (2in) leaves at the top

USD $7.57

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Sewing

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Easy to print at home digital pattern sheet

Simple step-by-step instructions to follow

Large detailed images and diagrams

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Description

A fun way to decorate your home at Christmas, Sedef Imer’s felt pudding pattern is framed in an embroidery hoop and decorated with holly leaves and berries. This Christmas pudding will look lovely hanging up in your home at Christmas and makes a great gift that is quick and easy to make.

Small-sized project with little felt required — great for using up felt scraps
Uses one embroidery hoop and padding to create the round finish of the pudding
Sedef used whipstitch by hand for her appliqué, both with and without fusible web
Pattern sheet with icing and holly leaf shape included
Detailed step-by-step instructions and colour photographs take you through cutting your fabric, stuffing your hoop, adding your felt embellishments and finishing the back of the hoop
Includes Sedef’s tips on hoop preparation, using fusible web and stuffing the hoop
A quick and easy project to make for a handmade Christmas gift
Great project for beginner crafters with little or no sewing experience

Materials

Fabric requirements specified in instructions
15cm (6in) timber embroidery hoop with screw adjustment
Stranded embroidery cottons to match the felt colours
Fusible web
Stapler or pins
Fabric-marking pen
Small scissors
Scallop-edge scissors or pinking shears
Fibre fill
Paper for patterns or computer and printer
Sewing machine
General sewing supplies

Designer

Sedef Imer

How long have you been professionally stitching?Since about the beginning of 2013, when I set up my blog Down Grapevine Lane. However, at that time and for the first year or two, it was largely a hobby blog. I also sold some handmade items on the side. I’d say 2016 was the first year I felt I could call myself a professional sewing ‘designer’ with both a fabric collection and book under my belt and more patterns and fabric to come.

How did you make such a name for yourself in such a short time?I think a combination of an awesome amount of luck, plus focusing on networking, social media marketing and attention to detail in my designs, fabric selection and photography.

Have you always wanted to design your own fabric collection or did this come as a nice bonus to your successful stitching projects? Designing a fabric line has been on my bucket list for a while, but truth be told, I never thought I’d actually get the opportunity. But then earlier this year, I was approached by a fabric house , asking if I’d be interested in designing a line for them, and within a few months I had offers for the line from two fabric houses. It was certainly a dream come true. I’m still at the start of my fabric-design journey, though. Still lots to learn!

You have a very varied sewing repertoire. What sorts of designs do you do?The tag line for my business is ‘where sweet meets modern’, which I feel describes my style really well. Probably the most common comments on my photos by my social media followers is ‘cute’ and ‘sweet’. I love Zakka, the art of making useful things that are also very pretty. I have a particular fondness for small florals. As for designs, I love to try new things and learn new techniques, so I’m always trying my hand at different projects. Last year, I learned to crochet, but this year has been a lot more focused on patchwork and quilting. My repertoire is not repetitive, that’s for sure.

Did your distinctive style happen over time or was it immediate when you started stitching?My work reflects my personal tastes and what I consider to be ‘pretty’, but it’s also evolving slowly over time. There are certain elements in my sewing that are ‘must haves’ (florals being one), but I’m also enjoying experimenting with more modern concepts, such as using more muted colours and low-volume fabrics, playing with colour graduation, using more solids and so on.

Down Grapevine Lane

@downgrapevinelane

www.downgrapevinelane.com

sedef@downgrapevinelane.com