Crafters Companion December Project- Christmas gift- Twice as nice purse

Today I am sharing my other December project for Crafters Companion with you. My brief for this project was a Christmas gift of my choice.

After seeing the Debbie Shore twice as nice purse kit a while ago I thought that would make the perfect gift for someone for Christmas.

Don't forget this would make the perfect gift all year round too.

I was a bit skeptical about this at first with their being a clasp inside the clasp and even though I have been sewing for several years now and have made coin purses before I haven't made any like this. 

I think this proves we underestimate what we can do sometimes and with a little patience we can put our mind to it.

I used fabric from Dashwood studios which hasn't been on the site for long but it makes such lovely projects. I used seeded cotton/calico as the contrast as I wanted something neutral and that would make the navy flower print stand out.

I was so behind with blogging these projects I have already finished my January projects so look out for those being posted this week.

Unfortunately the particualr fabric I used is out of stock but there is plenty more fabric on the website to choose from, any of these fabrics would look great. 

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/sewing/fabric/dashwood-studios.html

Twice as nice purse pattern

New Kids Fabric and princess messenger bag

Hi again,

Yesterday I receive some fabric in the post that I had ordered from eBay. I love eBay for fabric. You can get some great quality fabric if you buy from the right sellers. Buying from eBay doesn't necesserely mean your getting something cheap.

I recently got asked to make some kids bags and pencil cases so set out on the internet to find some fabric. Thats when I came across this fabric on eBay.

My favourite type of fabric is Cotton canvas/ linens, which I think i've mentioned before. These children fabrics are a cotton canvas and I was so impressed with the quality when I received them.

There was so many different designs to choose from and I deffinately want a couple more. I chose the princess fabric and owls for girls and diggers and dinosaurs for boys. They are really cute!

Here is the link to the fabric listing on Ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Cotton-Rich-Linen-For-Fabric-Curtaining-Upholstery-54-Wide-56-Designs/201607044453?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D7bfd498660f242d8a0ac7bd873da02ee%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D7%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D112142979287

I have already made a Girls messenger bag with the princess fabric. I am really pleased with the outcome. I used a plain hot pink fabric for contrast and a white dotty cotton for the lining.

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