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| BushcraftZ 2015 |
Every household has a clothespin holder for laundry. When
ours fell apart after years of use I wanted to create a new original design.
Outside our kitchen we have a tree where masked weavers build their nests. I
have much joy watching the beautiful males build nests for their fussy females
getting is just right. These birds are experts in bird nest design and construction
and sometimes abandon a half build nest for a better shape or location on the
tree. These nests are the inspiration for today’s project. I have used left
over denim fabric and cut off fabric, yarn and sewing thread that one tends to
throw away while working on other sewing, crochet and knitting projects do
create a weavers nest clothespin holder.
Materials
- Denim cut offs
- Fabric remnants
- Cut-off crochet and knitting yarn and sewing thread
- Wire clothes hanger
- General sewing equipment
- Weavers nest Pattern PDF
Method
- Print out the pattern and cut out four pieces from denim
fabric. For two of the four cut a hole as indicated on the pattern for the
front of the birds nest.
BushcraftZ 2015 - Cut fabric remnants into strips and fray the edges. Use the yarn from the frays, and other collected yarn and sewing thread remnants together with the fabric strips to decorate the four pieces.
- Place the fabric and yarn remnants on the cut out denim pieces
ensuring that that they are randomly interwoven to resemble the look of a
wavers nest. Use a sewing machine and sew the remnants onto the denim. I sewed
in a freehand crisscross fashion ensuring that all the remnants were anchored
without losing the wavers nest effect .
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BushcraftZ 2015 - Assemble the birds nest. Place the two front pieces of the nest right side together and sew along the front end leaving the openings as indicated on the pattern. Sew the two back pieces together leave the opening as indicates on the pattern. Place the front and back pieces of the nest right side together and sew along the outside edge leaving the top opening free.
- Turn the nest right side out. Shape the wire hanger into the
shape of the nest and insert it into the nest allowing the hanger to protrude through
the top opening. Depending on the size of the hanger one may have to adjust the
wire protruding at the top. The hanger should sit along the outside edge of the
nest.
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BushcraftZ 2015 - Secure that hanger with a few stitches and cover the
protruding part of the hanger by wrapping it with fabric strips. It helps to
anchot the strips with a few stitches. Close the top opening of the nest.
BuchcraftZ 2015 - Use yarn and finish off the edge of the entrance hole of the
nest with blanket stitches to complete the weavers nest clothespin hanger.
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