Saturday, March 24, 2012

I LOVE my customers! They ask for such silly things....!

Hey all!

So I've gotten yet another custom sewn request that was a bit on the odd side :)

Around Festivus time last year (for all you people that dont know what Festivus is feel free to Google it....
it's right around Christmas time), I got a rather silly request from a customer to make sewn up scalloped potatoes to bring as a gift to the Festivus feast. There is a short story about that here.
Here are a couple of photos of how they turned out:


If these were real scalloped potatoes, cooked not sewn, they would be all dried out &
burnt! Luckily Im married to a man that loves to cook and is actually great at it and I can sew!!!
So, seeing as how I absolutely love a good challenge and love odd requests even more, I was excited when I got a custom request from a different person from that same group of friends.
This time it was for a person within the group that cant stand cheese! 

Cheese?! I LOVE cheese!! 
If I could I would put it on everything and buy fancy cheeses all the time :)
mmmmmmmmmmm......!!!

She said the stinkier the better, possibly a pillow? 
After much brainstorming, I decided to make a cheese platter with a few different types of 
cheeses on it. It is all hand sewn, except for the holy cheese and crackers!
So without further ado......

The Cheese!!

So I've included a circle of brie cheese with 2 triangle pieces cut out of it, 
a hunk of stinky blue cheese, 4 slices of holy swiss (I know its not usually yellowy orange, but we needed some color!) and 5 crackers complete with sesame seeds on top for added detail!
I didnt realize until after it was picked up that I didnt take a picture of the back of the plate... It is a white fleece and in the middle I hand sewed my TH logo just like a makers mark stamp :)

Showing all pieces are separate

That was so fun to make! I cant wait to see what custom requests I get to do next!

For now, I'm finishing a few other ones for people, pillows of a lovely ladies' dog and a couple requested character stuffies and trying to get myself all stocked up so I can do the handmade market next week!
I better get back to it... A lot of work to catch up on!!


Thanks for reading! I always appreciate comments!









7 comments:

  1. This is hillarious! WHo knew people could request these things and who knew you could deliver?? Funny! And Creative!
    Stopping by from the hop
    Leigh@oneandoneequalstwinfun.com

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  2. This turned out SO wonderful! I basically gave her very little input, so she had to brainstorm and come up with this unforgettable piece! It really was a highlight last night and I am so thankful for it. My wheels are already turning with how many wonderful and strange things that I can add to our collection!!

    Thank you again!

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  3. This is so fun! I, too, am a big fan of cheese. They just opened a grilled cheese sandwich cafe nearby, my fave: gruyere w/ green apple slices - mmm!

    My husband despises cheese, however. It would be hilarious to give this to our little girl (if we had one) for pretend play. She would get such a kick serving it to him.

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  4. Aw, I'm so glad you love it! It makes me so happy to hear :)
    It really is my favorite though when people are vague, that way I can just let creativity flow and just do what comes to me!

    Mrs. Sanchez - That sounds soooo yummy! now I need to try that one for sure, apples are another favorite snack of mine!

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  5. Oh my goodness, those requests are too funny! And look tasty!!

    Welcome to the blog world, I am less than 6 months old myself and find it incredible all of the blogging possibilities. Glad to have found you. :)
    Karah

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  6. OMG! That is so cool! It took me a minute to realize it was fabric! Great job! Thanks for linking to Sew Crafty Saturday! Can't wait to see what you share next week!

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  7. Haha, wow! That definitely is an odd request! But you did an awesome job making the cheeses! Thanks for linking up to the Cutesy Monday link party!

    Kathryn
    destinationcraft.blogspot.com

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