Crafters Companion- July- Extra Project- Wine Bottle Holder

Because I love sewing! I decided I was going to make a few extra projects for July. I decided to make a project out of sew inspire issue 4. There is so many projects in there and it was hard to chooses which one I wanted to make. I decided to go with the wine bottle holder and make it very summery.

I used fabric I had left over from The cotton craft co pastel patchwork pink fat quarters and some wadding I had lying around. 

I also Used my Debbie Shore heart frame die to put some appliqué on the bottom.

This project was quick and easy, I would say the hardest part was the binding around the top.

I love how it turned out and love that the fabrics I used give it a lovely summery theme!

The cotton craft co pastel patchwork pink fat quarters 

Debbie Shore fabric dies heart frame

Crafters Companion July Projects- Summer Project- Beach Bag

For my July Project I was asked to make a summer themed project. As I make a lot of bags the first thing to spring to mind was a beach bag!

I wanted the perfect pattern that would be great to use as a beach bag. I decided on one of Debbie Shores Patterns from High Style Handbags. I thought that the 'cats out of the bag' one would do perfectly.


Instead of the cat appliqué I used my cottage appliqué die form Debbie Shore and made it into a beach hut! I used some of the adorn it fabric for the lining and used linen look fabric for the outer of the bag.

This was a really good make and would say it would be perfect for someone who hasn't made any bags before or not made many.

It definitely has that beach theme I was after.

Click on the photos before for the links to the products I have used.

Debbie Shore High Style Handbags

Cottage Applique Die set by Debbie Shore

                                                         Adorn it fabric- ecstatic dots

1 metre of Linen Look Teal Fabric

Threaders Spring Garden- Half Metre

More fabric shopping

Today me and my mum went fabric shopping at oh sew sweet shop again but this time at their Wombwell shop.

I went knowing exactly what I wanted to make so that I knew how much fabric was needed.

I am wanting to have a go at making the sew together bags that seem to be very popular within the sewing world.

My first choice was the beautiful metalic butterfly fabric in the first picture, this is for the outer of the bag,  I then chose three contrasting colours in a print but as you can see they are all the same print.

I then didn't know what to choose for another sew together bag as I was spoiled for choice but as I was at the cutting table I saw some fabric that they had just got in and they where cutting them into fat quarters. The fabric is by Lewis and Irene and as you can see in the second and third picture they have a Chinese new year theme to them which I thought was different and I adore the fabric with the pandas on.

Lastly, I needed interfacing and was shown a new interfacing that has diagonal quilting lines on as a guide for quilting so I thought I could quilt the outer of my bags !

So that was all I bought today but I know I will be going back for more fabric very soon. Keep popping back to my blog as I will most deffinatly be blogging about my sew together bags.

If you would like to check out oh sew sweet shop please find their online shop below.

www.ohsewsweetshop.co.uk

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.

Debbie shore satchel bag pattern

I have recently made a satchel bag using a Debbie Shore pattern that came free with her sew inspired magazine , issue 2. I used a new type of wadding/interfacing called bolsal which is like a foam, I thought with it being thick it wouldn't be nice to sew with but it was quite the opposite.

I used a plain linen and then a contrast linen and then a cotton on a bright red print for the lining. The strap is adjustable and then it fastens with 2 magnetic snaps.

I always read through a pattern before I start sewing so I know exactly what I'm doing and the instructions are very clear. My only issue is that the requirements list doesn't tell you enough. For example it says quarter of a metre of contrast fabric but this is for the lining also but there wouldn't be enough but I bought a different fabric for the lining anyway which I got 1/2 metre so just bear that in mind.