Our new birds are finally here! They will be in shops starting next week. We will concentrate on selling the fabric for making the birds yourself, this lets you have the pleasure of making them, and it's also environmental friendly, as we can use less packaging material. You'll be able to use all of the fabric, what strips of fabric you don't sew, you can use as filling for the birds.
We'll be posting instructions how to make different products out of the fabric here on the blog during next months. But first, here's a little story on how we make our Pulmu-birds, though of course you can make them as you wish. Don't throw away the rest of the fabric! There's more you can do with it.
1. You'll need the fabric, scissors, measuring tape, pencil, pins, sewing machine, thread and a needle and filling for the bird.
2. Measure 2 cms from the edge of the printed bird and make a marking with pen.
3. Cut the bird off along the marks.
4. Do the same with both bird prints.
5. Stich the edge of the cut-offs with an interlocker or zigzag-stich.
6. Pin the prints together, right sides towards each other.
7-8. Stich them together with the sewing machine, but leave about 10 cms gap for turning the bird and filling.
9. Iron the seam allowance as in the picture, this will make it look a lot tidier when filled.
10. Turn the bird through the gap so that the printed sides are on the outside.
11. Insert filling through the gap into the bird. We use polyester filling made for cushions, it can be washed and there's no lumps. If you have cushions that you're not using anymore, wash them if possible and use the filling for these birds.
12. Fold the interlocked edges inside and close the gap with pins.
13. Sew the gap by hand for tidiest result.
14. Love for years to come.
As we returned to work, it was lovely to find evidence in our e-mail that couple of our Pulmu-birds also look like they have enjoyed their summer, thank you Marianne!
We were happy to find a photo of our Pulmus relaxing in the latest Finnish Deko -magazine. The story is of a house that can be seen in the eco-friendly holiday housing fair in Mäntyharju 27.6.-10.7.2011.
We have a new retailer in Helsinki, where you can meet and purchase Pulmu cushions and fabric. It's at a local art museum, Taidehalli, where they have a little kiosque, filled with art & designs stuff.
You can buy the fabric for these pillow cases from our shop in Etsy, Goodis or Grape Station.
Then I used the interlocker on the edges.
And attached the cut-off next to the lacy end of rest of the fabric.
The pieces sewn together.
Then I folded the fabric to form a pillow case and sew the straight edges together.
Bob's your uncle!
Finally there's a bit more light outside, and I managed to take couple of photos of pillow covers made of our Pulmu-fabric.
We'll be at the Korjaamo Market with lots of other design people on the 12th -13th of December from 11.00 to 18.00. Come and say hello and buy a Pulmu-kit (still enough time to make it for Christmas) or buy a ready-made Pulmu-bird!
First Pulmu bird flew home and made a little girl very happy!
Our new birds are finally here! They will be in shops starting next week. We will concentrate on selling the fabric for making the birds yourself, this lets you have the pleasure of making them, and it's also environmental friendly, as we can use less packaging material. You'll be able to use all of the fabric, what strips of fabric you don't sew, you can use as filling for the birds.
Next week the annual Masters of Arts festival will open it's doors.
