I'm still frantically trying to catch up on posting piccies of finished projects and here's a few project bags that I made recently to keep you going. Hopefully I'll have my ISE5 stuff online very soon.
The first bag is made using navy recycled linen and a pretty co-ordinating floral lining. The drawstring is made from Rowan Cotton Glace. I added a small fabric patch to the front of the bag to break up the solid colour without detracing away from the beautiful linen. This bag was sent to Blueadt in exchange for some gorgeous Rowan All Seasons cotton. .JPG)
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Next is Katie's project bag. I made this using a scrap of the linen fabric and some of the 'ladybird' fabric that I used to make Ladybird Linz's needle roll. Katie needed something simple that she could stuff full with knitting projects. I lined this in simple calico with a small pocket for notions.
Lastly is this blue bag that I made Anna for her Birthday as part of the Winter Birthday Swap on the Crafty Threads n Yarn forum at the beginning of December. It's unusual fabric in that's a fleece or flannel. The print is a blue toille and I used Simplicity Pattern (tbc). There is an external pocket in the same fabric and the inside is lined with calico fabric. I also enclosed a couple of Fat Quarters and two balls of lovely yarn in her birthday swap package.
More FO's and swap piccies coming soon including my ISE5 scarf and goodies! I've been a busy bee in January. Time to knuckle down for February as we're almost half way through - eek!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Sewing: Bags & Totes
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sewing: Embroidery Patch Swap (Completed)
I haven't given much thought to how I'll use them though - maybe on a quilt or a bag. Maybe. I'll just admire them for a little bit longer before I decide...
And one final shot of all the patches I sent to my swap pals.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Sewing: Embroidery Patch Swap 3B
The design is another original of mine. The shoes were inspired by the 1920's and the swirls were traced from the lid of a now empty box of Thornton's chocolates!
Sewing - Embroidery Patch No 4
This is the 4th (and final) patch for the embroidered patch swap over on craftster. Here's a scan of my original drawing...
And here's the finished piece. I've left out the wings but there's enough space for my pal to add some if she wishes.
It's been a great swap and I'll post some piccies later today of the patches I received.
Hope you're all well - we're still struggling to exorcise the 'lurgy from the house.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Sewing: Embroidery Swap Patch No 3
Embroidered Patch No3
Originally uploaded by craftybernie
Here's my tribute to A Warhol! It's the third patch for the Craftster swap (three down and only one more to go). For more info, check out my Flickr page.
TTFN
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Sewing: Embroidery Patch Swap on Craftster
I'm taking part in my second Craftster swap. This one is a swap of embroidered patches sized between 3" sq. and 10" sq. We're split into groups and each member sends one patch to the other members in their group. I've got four to make and this is the first one.
Here's a link to the Gallery if you fancy a gander at the other patches being made: Swap Gallery
Although the image looks quite green in colour, it is actually embroidered onto white fabric (Irish linen or something similar). I hope my pal likes it.
