Recycling

I got this ugly handbag in Primark years ago. I think I have used no more than 10 times and was about to put it in the bin not a long time ago. I kept it though with the purpose of recycling the pieces.

To make this fold-over clutch I have used the zip and some of the vynil-fabric.



To be honest, I have no idea where or when I bought this fabric. I do not really like it, I find it a bit sad and seems I also recycled it from old curtains. Anyway, it was perfect to match with the brown recycled pieces and to train to make my first fold over clutch.

I think I am going to recycle more pieces and make a strap for it, but it will be later.

Birthday girl

My niece turned 5 yesterday and she is becoming an adorable little girl. She lives no less than 600 km away and cannot see her as much as I wished, so I sent her a little present by post with this birthday card I made with scraps.

Curvy Clutch In Use

I am posting this picture to show how well my favourite curvy clutch and my outfit matched at a lovely wedding my boy and I witnessed last July. Well, the black strap round my shoulder was not in my outfit actually, but this is the only pic I have to show carrying my handmade curvy clutch in use! You can see it better in this post.

Thanks to Yummy Lavender's auntie for the pic!

Baby Boy Bibs

I must admit I am awful at IT: trying to labeling my posts properly I deleted a nice post I published around a year ago by mistake. It was titled "Olivia", you might remember I posted a few items I made for a lovely newborn girl. I also deleted all the pics I made... Anyway, to compensate that lost I am showing you some baby boy bids I made.
I used 100% percale cotton fabrics. You might remember this other bib I made with the same set of fabrics. This time I backed them in toweling.

Do not they look nice all together?

Working on

 I do not know how many times I have wished to have a sewing space at home. Just a simple nook where all my materials would be tidy and handy. My fabrics are in a box, my working table is where we have lunch and my sewing machine is in another dark room. It is not really an excuse, but I am sure that if I had everything in the same place I would finish my projects sooner and, in general, my sewing would be more productive if it did not take me at least half an hour to get ready to sew.



Assembled Hexagons

I am definetely hooked on the English paper piecing technique.

An aunt of mine is taking a patchwork course, which she is really enjoying,

she showed me her patterns and creations with English paper piercing technique and found it quite cute. However most of the designs were flower designs and a bit too much. 

So we did some research about this technique and came across this post full of hexagon resources.

I find hexagon technique simple, quite entertaining and perfect to recycle fabric scraps.

Now I just need to think about what this project is going to turn ... maybe a cushion, a quilt, a bag... ideas are welcome!

Cushion II

This cushion meant to be a table mat for my adorable niece. It was not a good idea though,

due to the linen fabric I used to make it. So, in the end, it turned up a little cushion.

I am glad to see projects I started months ago start to take shape.

Hope the next will be a baby boy quilt I started no months but almost two years ago!