SewDanish

by Erika Jurney on October 6, 2009

Birgitte of SewDanish: Since early childhood, I have been crafting and however busy life has been, I’ve always found time to do just that. Making things energizes me and makes me happy.
I love creating something from “nothing”. I often combine and incorporate recycled items and vintage fabric in my products, giving them a new lease on life.
Some years ago I was very lucky to do City and Guilds part 1 and 2 (now diploma) in Patchwork and Quilting as well as several courses in contemporary machine and hand embroidery. Pure Bliss!

I love dying my own fabrics, threads and anything else that can be coloured. I’m very excited about building up textured surfaces from lots of layers of fabric, paper, paint…. almost anything goes.
I often work a series of small numbers within a theme, exploring the possibilities. Since each item is handmade, the individual item will always be unique. Besides making contemporary wall hangings, I like making small things that can be used in daily life, like book covers, key rings, make up purses, drawstring bags, cards…

Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook or learn more about her love of the handmade.

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1 SewDanish October 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm: Thank you so much for this wonderful feature. I really, really appreciate it :-)
Have a lovely day
Birgitte
.-= SewDanish’s latest post: KEYRING FLOWER LARGE DARK BLUE GOLDEN VELVET EMBROIDERED =-.
2 SewDanish October 6, 2009 at 1:27 pm: What a wonderful surprise! I’m / SewDanish is featured here on this great web site ‘Try Handmade’ SewDanish http://bit.ly/B4fAq
3 Erika Jurney October 6, 2009 at 1:41 pm: And I love this piece, so we’re even :)
4 Handmade News October 6, 2009 at 3:42 pm: #tryhandmade :: SewDanish: Birgitte of SewDanish: Since early childhood, I have been crafting an.. http://bit.ly/KQ6yo
5 ambience resources October 7, 2009 at 1:29 am: SewDanish http://bit.ly/B4fAq
6 Mara Maroney January 7, 2010 at 4:49 am: This is such a cool decorative bowl! SewDanish http://bit.ly/Y6YR

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