Crossing

About the fabric

A little bit about the choice of materials:
When I went on my first expedition to Lincraft and Spotlight, to scout for some fabric, I had no idead what I was looking for.
I was thinking maybe patchwork, or something like that. The stores had a huge variety of patterned and printed fabrics. By I thought i'd get some plain calico and make mock versions.

Calico is a plain fabric. It is neither heavy nor light. It has some texture too it. I consider it to be rough, homey, school crafts sort of fabric. It's creamy in colour, and has a smell that I can't quite recognise.

Sewing away, I realised that the machine didn't struggle with it, it was easy to handle and cheap.

The thin cordoroy: beautiful velvety black. Soft, textured, rich, relatively cheap.

After making the body and face with the plain calico, I really wanted to have black limbs. The subtle texture is a bonus. It too is another easy to work with fabric.

posted by Britt @ 6:12 PM