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The Enchanted Garden is the fourth book of the Shabby Home collection by Francesca Ogliari and represents the perfect link between the romantic atmosphere of Shabby Home “Beautiful Creations”, the first book of the series, and Shabby Home “The Song of the Sea”, which offers a more minimalist shabby flavour. As the title says, the main theme of the Enchanted Garden which inspires the new projects is the garden coupled with the magic of Spring. This book is all about creative sewing, with many different projects from home decorations to bags (three in this volume!) and flowers. Everything is wrapped up in a fairy frame, where the art of creating becomes a truly amazing tale... The aim? To dream and keep dreaming, rediscovering the enthusiasm for observing what is around us with different eyes, and in this way returning to being a bit like children once again.
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Shabby Home

Shabby Home

Francesca Ogliari

Shabby Home

Francesca Ogliari

Il Giardino Incantato

Shabby Home

Shabby Home

Francesca OgliariShabby H

omeFrancesca Ogliari

Il Giardino Incantato

Shabby Home

Shabby Home

Francesca OgliariShabby H

omeFrancesca Ogliari

Il Giardino Incantato

Shabby Home

Shabby Home

Francesca OgliariShabby H

omeFrancesca Ogliari

The Enchanted Garden

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This book tells a story; the story of the magic that surrounds us. We do not always realise it, maybe be-cause we too are a small part of this magic. A flower

that blossoms, birds singing, the colour of leaves highlighted by the sun… our life, if you think

about it, unfolds in a wonderful Enchanted Garden. Let the story begin then!

Once upon a time…

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Creativity, sweetness, poetry. Sensitivity, humour, irony…

This is Isabella, to whom I dedicate “The Enchanted Garden”…

Isabella, who holds inside the magic spirit of a fairy.

Francesca

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Contents

Materials 6General Instructions 9 Sparrows 12“Open-air picnic” Cushion 18“ Garden window” Quilt 22The dance of the flowers 28“My creative garden” Apron 31Sewing organiser “Remember” 34Roses 43Peonies 46Vintage Gardening Hat 50

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“A Bag” (Aldina’s Bag) 54Butterflies 60“The Earth laughs” Bag 64Pincushion “There’s a flower for every butterfly” 68Water-lily 70Garden fairy 74Vintage Bag 81Vintage Purse 84Patterns 87Acknowledgements 110

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0.6 cm0.6 cm

0.6 cm

0.6 cm

FIG.4

ew the corners and the short edge of the strips as shown in FIG.4. At the corners, the ironed line will guide you.

Also in this case, you should start and finish sewing at about 0.6cm from the border of the fabric (FIG.4).Continue in this way also with the remaining corners of the strips.Turn the cushion to the right way out through the opening previously left. Carefully fill the cushion with wool.Once you have completed the padding, understitch the ope-ning.

QUILTINGTo quilt the cushion you will need to make a sort of running stitch around the two squares (upper and lower) and along the four lateral strips.

Do as follows: using a long needle, insert the thread in the lateral seam line and light-ly pull so that the little knot disappears inside the fabric. Come out with the needle from the upper part of the cushion, along the stitching that joins a square to a strip. Make a straight stitch and come out with the needle along one side. Make another straight stitch along the lateral strip and go back into the upper square, always at the stitching between square and strip. Continue in this way on all sides of your cushion.During the quilting phase, try to push the wool to the edges and avoid making the straight stitches too long. Once you have finished, close your work by coming out with the needle from a lateral seam line. Make a small knot very close to the fabric and insert it in the fabric by pulling lightly.

BUTTONSUsing the vanishing ink pen, mark the points where you want to attach the buttons on to the fours squares of the cushion. Use a long and resistant piece of thread. Pass through with the needle on your chosen point on the upper square, leaving a very

long end of the thread.Come out with your needle from your chosen point in the square at the bottom. Insert the first button and go back in the cushion coming out from the point where you first pierced the upper square with the needle. Insert the second button and repeat the same till you have fixed all buttons.Finally unthread the needle, pass the thread around the button several times and fix with a sold knot.

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FIG.1

FIG.2

FIG.3 3 cm

LATERAL STRIPSFrom the cream fabric patter-ned with small flowers, cut out:-Forty 6x15cm strips-Forty 6x24.6cm strips

SECOND FRAMEFor each square with the cre-am background, from the red striped fabric cut out: -Four 7x24.6cm strips (total of 40 red strips)For each square with the light blue background, from the light blue striped fabric cut out: -Four 7x24.6cm strips (total of 40 light blue strips)

GRIDFrom the cream fabric patter-ned with small flowers, cut out:-Forty-nine 7x24.6cm stripsFrom the light blue fabric patterned with big flowers cut out:-Thirty 7cm squaresFrom the red striped fabric cut out long 3.5cm wide strips From the light blue fabric pat-terned with big flowers cut out long 18cm wide strips(the length of these strips will

depend on the final size of the grid for the top)

Method

FIRST FRAMESew the light blue striped strips onto the cream squares, and the red striped strips onto the light blue squares. For each square, take the four strips prepared for the frame and fold them in half length-ways. Iron them.Place one of the strips on the front of the central square along one side. The open side of the strip should face the edge of the square. Sew on the strip starting 3cm from the corner (FIG.1). Place the second strip on top of the end of the previous strip and sew along this strip too.

Continue with the remaining two strips (FIG.2).Once you have finished the final strip, place the unsewn end of the first strip on top

and complete the sewing (FIG.3) Finish the four edges of the framed square with a zigzag stitch.

LATERAL STRIPSFor each square, place one 6x15cm strip with small flowers on to one edge of the square face to face and sew.

Repeat the same with another strip of the same dimensions, placing it face to face onto the opposite side of the squa-re.

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FIG.4

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24.8 cm

15 cm

6 cm

6 cm

Iron.Place the 6x24.6cm strips onto the two remaining sides and sew.Iron (FIG.4).

SECOND FRAMEUsing the 7x24.6cm strips, make the outer frame following the same procedure as already described for the first frame.Please note that the red stri-ped strips need to be sewn onto the cream squares whilst the light blue striped strip have

to be sewn onto the light blue squares.GRIDMake the grid by joining four squares of different colours at a time, sewing a 7x24.6cm strip in between each square and to the free side of the each end square. Proceed in this way with all of the squares and strips, so as to obtain five bands composed of four squares and five strips each.Prepare the horizontal strips of the grid by sewing together the small light blue squares with the remaining strips. Finish assembling by joining all parts together. Iron.Now measure the long and short sides of the top.From the red striped fabric cut out four 3.5cm strips. Their length needs to corre-spond to the length of the

long and short sides just measured. Hem the grid by sewing the 3.5cm red striped strips to it: start from the two long sides of the top first, then continue with the short sides. Iron.Measure the four sides of the top again and from the fabric with big flowers cut out four 18cm strips, as long as the length of the sides just mea-sured.Proceed as previously descri-bed for the red 3.5cm striped strips.

AssemblyMeasure the patch-worked quilt and then cut two rectangles, slightly bigger than your mea-surements, from the wadding and the fabric you have chosen for the back of the quilt. Place the cloth for the back, with its wrong side up, on to a sufficiently large surface

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28 cm

58 cm

48 cm

22 cm

70 cm

FIG.1

Apron“My Creative Garden”

Pattern on page 89The underarm curve is the only part marked on the pattern.To obtain the complete outline of this project, you will have to draw vertical and horizontal lines of the length shown in the pattern, and follow the plan described on these pages.

You will needFOR THE APRONOne 58x70cm linen rectangle One 3x28cm American fabric strip One 3x58cm American fabric strip Two 5x110cm American fabric strips

FOR THE POCKETOne 28x32cm rectangle of American fabric for the outside (on this one you will have to attach the appliqués) One 28x32cm rectangle of American fabric for the insideOne 28x32cm rectangle thin wadding

FOR THE APPLIQUÉ Fabric scraps of the following shades:

Light brown (for the edge and outside of the pots) Dark brown (for the edge and outside of the pots) Green (for the stalk and leaves)Long thin needleThreads of colours matching with the fabric for the appli-qués Thermo-sensitive ink pen

FOR THE FLOWERSFive 5cm squares of pink fabric One 3cm squares of pink fabric

MethodOnce you have drawn the outline of the apron on paper (FIG.1), repeat it on the linen fabric and cut it out.

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PeoniesPatterns on page 95

You will needTwo 20x55cm rectangles of American cottonThermo-adhesive paper (Heat’n Bond Lite©)Pressed cotton wool pads (found in DIY shops)Glue-gunBrooch with flat base and ribbons (optional)

PreparationPrepare the fabric as already described on page 43 in the chapter on “Roses”. Then cut out:-3 or 4 “A” type petals-11 or 12 “B” type petals-7 or 8 “C” type petals

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45 cm 8 cm 8 cm45 cm

33 c

m33

cm

FIG.1

A Bag (Aldina’s Bag)You will need Linen fabric Two types of American cotton fabric with matching designs (one for the lining, one for the outside of the bag) Thin wadding for quilting Interfacing (e.g. Vilene©)

Preparation From the linen fabric, cut out:Eight 100x5cm stripsTwo 6x53cm strips (for the straps) Two 12x32cm strips (for the coulisse) Two 16x12cm rectangles (for the pocket)From the patterned fabric cho-sen for the outside of the bag cut out: Seven 100x7cm stripsTwo 6x53cm strips (for the straps)

Two 110x2cm strips (for the ribbons of the coulisse) From the patterned fabric cho-sen for the lining cut out: Two 45x50cm rectanglesTwo 8x30cm stripsFrom the interfacing cut out:Two 5x53cm strips (for the straps) From the wadding cut out:One 16x12cm rectangles (for the pocket)Two 45x50cm rectanglesTwo 8x30cm strips

Method OUTSIDESew together the eight 100x5cm linen strips and the seven 100x7cm patterned strips alternating the two different types of fabric: make sure you start and finish with a linen strip. Once you have finished,

iron and straighten the edges if necessary. Using as the base the short side of the rectangle you have just obtained, cut out a smaller rectangle, 8cm high. From this rectangle, unstitch the central patterned strip to obtain two 8x33cm rectangles. Leave them aside for the moment.

Now divide the big rectangle in half, obtaining two 45cm long rectangles (FIG.1). Place one of these on to your working desk so that the strips are vertically orientated face upwards.

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Garden Fairy

Patterns on page 104

You will needFor the bodySateen, beigeSynthetic wadding for dollsPink chalkCotton wadThin thread, dark brownFor the hairA ball of merino wool, beige

MethodDraw all of the patterns on to some thin cardboard and cut them out. Place them on to the fabric, face to face. With an invisible ink pen, lightly draw the contours of the patterns. Sew

all parts and cut out, leaving about 0.6cm of safety margin around the stitches. With a pair of scissors, make some small incisions along the margins and turn all parts to the right way out.

HEADFill the head up with the wadding, making sure the face is shaped gracefully; once the stuffing is done, close the top opening with understitch. This area of the head will be covered by the hair later.

LEGSUse the synthetic wadding to fill up the legs to halfway, where you will sew some running stitches horizontally. In this way the legs of the fairy will bend at knee-level. Finish stuffing the legs.

ARMSStuff the arms stopping about 1cm from the upper end, and put aside.

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FIG.1

FIG.2

FIG.3

AssemblyFill the body of the fairy up with small clumps of wadding. In-sert the legs at the bottom and handstitch them inside (FIG.1). The arms of the fairy will be fixed to the body at a later stage.Take the head of the fairy and place it on top of the upper body to support it. Understitch it carefully in this position (FIG.2).

HAIRTo make the hair you can choose several types of materials to obtain very different results. For this project I have chosen beige merino wool.Fold the woollen thread forming 8 rings, about 20cm long. Cut the thread and tie the rings in the middle with more wool, ob-taining a kind of tassel (FIG.3).Using the same method, make many tassels and sew them on to the head of the fairy with a thin thread of the same colour as the hair. Attach the first row of tassels along the stitching of the head covering the whole circumference and behind the neck.Repeat with concentric circles until you have completely covered the head of the fairy.

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Acknowledgments

A whole book wouldn’t be enough to thank all the people who have encouraged and supported me.Yet. I will try to be concise and do my best!Firstly, I would like to thank the translators Giovanna, John, Rosa and Sonia who have done an amazing job accepting with stoic patience all my requests. With all my heart I thank Marika, Isabella, Stella and Jenny, mainly because of our friendship, which for me is the best present of all, and for all the rest I will soon publish an “acknowledgments” only book as I was saying earlier!Thank you to Stella and Alessandro, for their infinite kindness and for having raised four amazing creatures.Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Spanish girls, for their love and support:Silvia Moyano from Roses-Girona (Blog: www.silvia-magnolia4.blogspot.com), Pepi Lopez and Mati from the “Mi Casita de Patch” shop, Rincón de la Victoria (Malaga) and to the amazing staff from “Tertulia del Patch” in Las Rozas, (Madrid).A huge hug to Sonia, Paolo and Amélie, who have made me dream among the colours and perfumes of Provence. Thank you to my sweet husband Gaspare, who every day makes me feel the protagonist of a wonderful tale.

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PHOTOS Marika [email protected]: www.daitrentainpoi.blog-spot.it

PHOTO DESIGNERIsabella La [email protected]: www.shabbulous-life.blog-spot.com

TRANSLATIONSEnglish:John Ascott [email protected] [email protected]

Spanish:Rosa Sánchez [email protected] Sánchez [email protected]: www.everyquiltunderthe-sun.blogspot.com

GRAPHIC Gaspare [email protected]

FORMATTINGFrancesca Ogliari

PRINT Effe e Erre litograficaTrento

AMERICAN FABRICSFidl and Flink Country and Shabby HomePiazza dei Signori, 4435122 Padova0039 049-8764255Web site: www.fidlandflink.com

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Nature with its magic aura tells us a story. And this story is what ‘The Enchanted Garden’

would like to recount.A total of 16 projects, from amazing flowers to bags,

sparrows, fairies and multi-coloured butterflies…they are all protagonists that will come

to life from your hands.What are you waiting for? Open your eyes and dream,

you can’t but start living this magic tale. Once upon a time…

You can follow the development of my future creations and projects by visiting the following

blog: www.francescashabbyhome.blogspot.com

Other publications:Shabby Home Beautiful Creations

Shabby Home The Joy of ChristmasShabby Home The Song of the Sea

My books can be purchased online: www.shabbyhome.com


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