Lord of the Rings Crafts

[dreamflower]

This is Lord of the Rings Crafts! I hope that everyone who has ever made anything crafty to do with Lord of the Rings, will feel free to come here and post some pics of their projects.
I thought I would kick things off with a couple of posts.

Here is my hobbit purse:










This is not the hobbit purse I hope to eventually make from scratch. This is a denim purse ($9.99) purchased from Walmart) which had a giant Cinderella appliqued to the front flap.

I used several images to create an 8 and a half x 11 collage. I then used my printer to make a copy onto fusible fabric. This was ironed onto the front flap right on top of Cinderella. The image did not quite cover the flap, so I bordered it with some ribbon trim, which I put on with fusible web. Using a narrow satin stitch and a jeans needle in my sewing machine, I also stitched all around the edges. Then I added a purchased "hip charm" and extended the strap to its fullest extent, so that I can wear the purse as a sling. At the top of the flap I glued four scrapbooking charms. They say "faith", "hope", "love" and "wisdom". Voila! A Lord of the Rings themed purse!

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

That's really beautiful.

[dreamflower]

Thanks! Not hard to do, at all! I love that you can run fabric through the printer!

[shirebound]

A hobbit purse!

*loves*

[dreamflower]

Glad you like it! It's fun to carry, too!

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I especially love the charms. These would sell like hot cakes at a LotRs convention!

[dreamflower]

*grin* I'm not sure I'd be up to doing a production line of them! But it's fun to think about!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[dreamflower]

Thank you!

[kelbebop.livejournal.com]

Isn't that printable canvas a godsend? :) Beautiful purse!

[dreamflower]

It *is*! I love the fact that I can make small pieces of fabric that are exactly what I want them to be! I prefer the kind that prints directly onto the front, instead of the kind where you have to reverse the image and then iron on.

Thanks a lot! Beats "Cinderella", anyway! *grin*

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Yay, you used three of my favorite images in your purse collage. Putting fabric through a printer is an idea I'd never thought of before.

[dreamflower]

There are several sorts of printable fabric--some are fusible, some are not, and you can even make your own, by stiffening fabric with starch, though I've never done that--only seen directions for it.

The result is that just about any image that you can get on a computer or put into a scanner can be used to make a piece of fabric, though the size is limited by the size of your printer.

And yes--those images are favorites of mine as well! Especially the splendid pic of our lads the Travellers.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

*covets your bag*

It's just lovely.

[dreamflower]

Not hard to make at all.

I'm glad you like it!

[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

How neat! And a great improvement over Cinderella. ;)

[dreamflower]

You bet! I mean I like Cinderella well enough, but she's not a hobbit, is she? And why would I want to wear her on a purse when I can have hobbits?

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Wow -that's beautiful! And I definetely agree with obeliamedusa!

[dreamflower]

Thank you so much!

[poppymuddyfoot.livejournal.com]

You can also iron freezer paper onto the back of cotton fabric, cut it into 8" x 10" sheets, and run that through your printer, then iron it to set the inks. It's not washable and I don't know how long it will last, but I've used the technique to make LOTR tee shirts for my Barbie doll collection, and some of them have lasted 4 years now.