Crafters Companion June Projects - Owl Bunting using Debbie Shore appliqué die

So a couple of months ago now I applied to be a part of Crafters Companion new design team called the Inspirers and a few weeks ago I found out I had been accepted! I am so excited about this wonderful opportunity. This means I will be doing lots of blogging showing you the projects I make using the fabulous Crafters Companion products and showing you step by step tutorials too.

For my first Project for June ( I know it's now July) I was asked to make a project of my choice. I decided to go with Owl Bunting using one of Debbie Shores appliqué dies.

I had the idea in my head for it to be bright and colourful and it to be displayed in a child's room, so I Decided to use the bright felt pack of the website, I am so pleased with how they turned out!

I then came across some of this Burlap ribbon in Hobby Craft and thought this would be great to use for the string but you could use any type of ribbon.

I would like to that Crafters Companion for this brilliant opportunity.
So watch this space for lots more projects and tutorials !

To Find links to the products I used click on the photos below.

12 Piece Felt Pack- Brights

Owl Applique Die Set By Debbie Shore

Another Debbie Shore satchel bag

So last week I decided to make another Debbie Shore satchel bag, and i must say the more you make these the easier they are!

I made this particular one in a cotton canvas I bought a metre of each and paid around £6 a metre and this bag doesn't take a lot of fabric at all so i could probably make a couple more bags from this.

I used the Bolsal foam again as the wadding for the front and back of the bag, i love this stuff its more expensive at about 8 per half metre but this bag only takes a bit i've made about three of these bags out of that and a makeup bag so it is quite cost effective but that obviously depends on what bag you make and how big it is.

Here are some photos of the bag I made. I love the colours of this one it is muted but still has that bit of colour. I didn't use an adjustable strap for this one as I didn't have a slider available and couldn't wait to make it.

Debbie shore charlie bags

A couple of days ago I had a go at making the Debbie Shore charlie makeup/toiletry bag. I believe this pattern is from the bags galore cd rom but also comes free on a learn to sew cd rom from issue 1 of sew inspired magazine.

I can't belive how easy these where to sew especially when they look so effective.

I used the fabric that I showed in my last blog post and the two contrasting fabrics look fab so much better than if you where to use just the one fabric.

The red makeup bag I used a regular Wadding and because of the wide bottom it does stand up slightly. The pink makeup bag I used bosal foam and that stands up perfectly so for anyone wanting to make these I would reccomend using that.

Tomrrow I am planning on making a bag from the high style handbags cd rom so I will blog about that when I'm finished.

My vintage button collection and storage

As I have my own businuss in making handmade bags, homewares etc I am always looking at ways to make my products different and stand out. I have always loved vintage fashion since studying fashion at college and fashion history was one of our subjects.

Anyway, I am always having to buy buttons I use them on all my bags and I use them for cushions it gets a bit annoying having to go into town just to get a button to match a certain item. Me and my Dad started to look for buttons on Ebay so I could have and collection at home so I could look for a certain  button when needed. This is when we stumbled upon vintage  buttons in large collections and in vintage tins. I found one that i loved that had had a really good selection we had to bid and it was against quite a few people but we won! (It also came with some vintage thread, hooks and eyes and snap fastners)

The parcel came on Friday I was so excited and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was packaged it made it all the more better. All the buttons had been organised into colour categories with smaller buttons icon to plastic bags and then they where all In leopard print paper bags! Everything was then placed in a lovely perfume box.

To store my buttons I wanted something where I could sort them into colour categories and have enough room in each section to move them around so I could see them. I was looking in the garage when I spotted this little tool box, the trays fan out its just what I wanted.

I hope you liked this post it's my first one I will be posting lots of different types of posts, more on vintage buttons too as I have some more on their way to me.

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