Arounna Khounnoraj

I’m so excited to be sharing the preview of my new book ‘The Handmade Home’ with @quadrillecreate it’s so wonderful to see months of work come together. It’s filled with 21 sewing projects for your home. Thank you to @kimlightbody_photo for the capturing the pieces beautifully and @millybruce_stylist for her lovely styling. I couldn’t of done it without their collaboration and the whole team at @quadrillecreate 🧡 Please let me know what you think of the book and what you think about a sew along ? Or live free workshop. I placed a link in my profile and stories in case you were interested in pre-ordering 😄 thank you for your ongoing support 🧡😘

This is what I made from my tiny weaving sample. The question I get regarding these tiny weavings is ‘what do I do with it?’. One way I like to use them is to sew them with other bits of fabric, framing the weaving in a way. You can patch with it, make multiples to sew together to make a larger piece, it can be a wall art piece, used as a brooch hung on a safety pin just to name a few. The smaller scale allows you to play with colour, stitch and composition. It’s a simple set up and you can finish it quickly with no pressure. I made my sample into a pouch, I hope you like it 😄. Check out my recent reel if you missed seeing it 🧡

remember when you were a kid and you opened the tin of cookies and it was a sewing box? Well I thought I should do a little portable weaving kit in an altoids tin☺️ I like the idea that you can create a little weaving on the go. It wasn’t difficult to saw the notched edges and I filed them afterwards to get rid of the burs. As an alternative you can wrap the threads all around the tin👍🏼 I hope you enjoy this reel 🧡

it’s been a long time since I’ve made traveller pouches. I like using mine as a project bag, it’s got four pockets to help keep you organized. If you like you can add a cross body strap to make it a purse. This batch will be available today at noon EST☺️ It will be listed under ‘traveller pouch’ and I’ll also link in stories. thank you for your support 🧡

Some bits of what I’m currently working on - wanting to finish the binding on the wall hanging but I don’t have the right colour fabric. Debating if the quarter log cabin patched pieces should be part of a bigger piece. I’m always trying to work on multiple things at once to give me a break from production sewing 😆🧡

We have collected so many rocks/stones through the years and I love the idea of wrapping them. For this type of covering I am not sure how it’s usually done and so I just winged it. I am going to experiment more with trying to keep my threads flat. I’m happy with how the front turned out but my backs needs some work 😆🧡

I’m currently working on new punch needle wall art and stool pieces. I like how these are shaped as opposed to square. It gives them an object like quality and reminds me of ceramics. I can’t believe it’s been 30 years since I switched from clay to fibre. I can’t wait to share the finished work with you☺️🧡

I do a lot of hand sewing and appliqué is definitely up there as one of my favourite techniques🧡 This is a laptop case project I created for my ‘Winter Celebrations’ book @quadrillecreate. The second image is what it looks like before I added the binding. You can use the appliqué technique I showed you in the previous reel in creating this. It’s a great project to use up your remnants and an opportunity to play with colour and composition😄👍🏼

There is several ways to prepare your fabric for appliqué. I recently showed this method at a workshop and it was well received. It’s great for roundish shapes. I hope you find it useful and will give it a try ☺️🧡 p.s. jet lag is rough I’m getting up at 4am and completely exhausted at 8pm - I hope I get over it soon 🫩

One of the projects in my new book ‘The Handmade Home’ @quadrillecreate is weaving strips of fabric together to create a surface. I wanted to bring that idea for an in person workshop at @tatterbluelibrary on November 15&16 in Brooklyn. You will create a block printed and woven pillow in this 4 hour workshop. I will also demonstrate the method I used in my book by ironing bias strips so you can make it at home. Space is limited and as an added bonus you will also receive a copy of my new book. I hope you can join me🧡 the workshop link is tagged in the photo and I’ll also link the details in my stories😄

this is a visible mending sampler I created for my workshop. I wanted to use the many techniques in a creative way to make a piece of wearable art. Some students also deconstructed their shirts to create different structures before adding the details. It was such a fun project and I enjoyed teaching it🧡 If you missed my reel on creating a buttonhole please have a look and let me know what you think 😄

I’m currently in Puglia teaching visible mending and one of the techniques I taught the students is creating a button hole. I’m using a lovely no.8 variegated thread from @wonderfilspecialtythread I hope you like it and will give it a try🌞🧡