I see, I like, I Do it Myself!: April 2011

Hallo! so this is the Clock i'm making! I'm gonna share the tutorial..but i don't have the picture of all the steps, and this is my first DIY stuff....THIS project involves a lot of cutting and sewing..so, Good Luck!!

you're gonna need: a clock (unassembled), clean white, shocking pick, and brown fabric (use desired type of fabric..but make sure not too soft and bendable at the same time) <i believe i used felt fabric>, fine pointed marker, needle and dark golden thread, some cotton, scissors, strong glue!

You'd also need a corrugated paper to help shape your clock and make it stronger. this is available at bookstore like Popular.

Clock Face

Step 1: Cut the brown fabric in 2 circular shapes, with 6cm radius..and the white one with 5.5cm radius. Also, take measurement of your clock (hours, minutes) pointer and cut the white cloth with the requires length to cover the pointers later. With the shocking pick fabric, cut two small <3 shapes to glue to the end of your clock pointer later.

Step 2:With a glue, glue the white cover of the pointers and the heart shape like in the picture. then, with the marker, draw the outline for the covers.

Step 3: Now we're going to stitch the brown circles together, with the white one in the middle. But leave some spaces to insert some cotton. This is to provide support to the clock later. Use 'insang pari' stitch. The stitch is supposed to look like this:

and it's done like this:

Step 4: Insert minimal amount of cotton.

Now we're going to do the side.

Clock Side

Step 1: Cut two rectangle of 7cm X circumference of circle.

Step 2: Stitch the two rectangles together with another 'insang pari', leaving the side partly open to insert a piece of corrugated paper afterwards.

Step 7: Cut the corrugated paper with a slightly smaller perimeter than your rectangle. This is to allow room for the 'insang pari' stitch to take space. after This piece is inserted, continue sewing the sides of the brown rectangle till you're done.

Clock Face and Side

Step 1: Make a hole large enough for the clock (the part where u're going to put the hours n minutes pointers) to penetrate.

Step 2: Now, let's stitch the side to the circle..using cross stitch...also use the same type of stitch to secure the ends of the sides.

like this:

Step 3: Now, fit the clock to the hole in the circle, screw it up. with the shocking pick felt fabric, cut out diamond, heart, clover, and spade shapes in appropriate size. Also, draw an outline for the 4 shapes.

Step 4: With the white felt cloth, cut tiny stripes and glue them to the base of the clock...the end result would look like this!

Step 5: Now, glue the shapes in order (I use heart as 12, clover as 3, spade as 6, diamond as 9), and assemble the clock together.

Clock Feet

Step 1: We're going to make the feet of the clock. cut two rectangles of 7.5cm X 4.3cm. It is wider than the clock to support it.

Step 2: We're going to form a triangle, and use cross stitch to secure them together. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU STITCH THEM, PUT YOUR INDEX FINGER IN THE TRIANGLE, so that it'd be easy for the triangle to expand later. LIKE THIS:

NOT like this~

Step 3: Cut corrugated paper to fit in the base, and also the sides to the feet. REMEMBER: This is crucial cause the feet will decide whether your clock will be able to stand.