Red Carpet Market Day sewing / crafting

The next Red Carpet Market Day at the Leeton Visitors Centre is being held on Saturday 18th April. Just over a week away, and they are starting to promote the event on their Facebook page, and requested a couple of photos.    As I took a couple of little snapshots today, I thought I would share them with you.

Blue polka dot - small tea wallet

Red floral - large tea wallet

Pink birdies - card holder

Cream floral - top opening tissue cover

Key Fob

Blue polka dot - inside

Red floral - inside

Card holder inside

Card holder keyrings - a favourite seller

Flower Clip Bookmarks

I made lots of fun gifts - here is one - PMS survival kit 

I have been busy, but it was really great to be back in the craft studio.

This weekend, I am attending a paper-craft retreat in Leeton.  Everyone takes whatever they wish to work on, no set project, just the opportunity to be with like-minded craft artisans and to dedicate the time to your crafts.

I am unsure what to take, as with my card making, I am still a novice and I need to take all my supplies so I can decide what I need!  That is not going to happen, so I think I will take my cuttlebug, embossing folders and dies, and of course my stamps and ink pads, and see where that leads me.

Just to be with others will be a great learning experience for me.  Looking forward to it immensely.

Take care

Judy

Little Wallets - Finished

These little wallets have been waiting for weeks to have the stud closures installed... for about 15 minutes work, they are completed

It is so long since I have done any sewing, although that is about to change as my little craft group are meeting for the first time in 2015 on Monday night.  Would you believe it, we are going to be making more of these little wallets.  I think I will prepare some bright and colourful fun fabric for the next lot

My card making adventure is continuing, lots of new toys to play with.   Starting with this one, a Brayer ... fun!  Wait until I show you the results

Bye for now

Judy

Small Finishes

Just a couple of small finishes to show you this week.

Little felt gingerbread christmas ornaments finished -  these were the two I had to finish off last week

 

All three - they are so sweet

Panda card holder keyring and wallet - completed

 

Soft warm polar fleece hat made for my sister

 

And a sneak peek of what I have also started -

Christmas & Breast Cancer gifts

 

Now all I need is time to complete them .. I did not forget to show you the owl that I started a couple of weeks ago, I have just changed my plans for it, so hope to have that finished soon as well.  Just need to find a little more time for sewing.

Until then

Judy

More Finishes for Market Stall

I completed some more phone covers and chapstick holders for the market stall.  I like having a variety of little gifts on offer. 

Chapstick Holders:

 

 

Phone Covers:

 

 

 

 

The iPhone fits in so snugly.

 

 

I am really having fun, making all these little gifts.

 

Take care

Judy

Key Fobs

What a simple little gift this turned out to be ... key fobs.

 

All that is required is:

Webbing

Ribbon

Key Fob Hardware

 

 

I love them

 

I get my hardware from:  Little Red Raspberry

 

Simple, practical gift.   These are going towards my market day stall

 

Until next time

Judy

 

Sunday Sewing

I am nearly a week late with this post, no excuses.  Last Sunday my sister Sue & I had a day in the craft room.  The weather has been unbearably hot - 43 degrees, so since my air conditioner was now working it was an ideal place to be.



Sue's Sewing

My Sewing

We were testing out some small gift ideas, and we each completed four little items.

1.  Heart Pincushion from Moda Bakeshop
2.  iPhone cover
3.  Chapstick Cover
4.  Little Bunny Bag - seen on Selina Quilts Blog last Easter

The Heart Pincushion was quick and easy and used 2 co-ordinating fabrics, therefore both of ours were the same.  Nice and thick and will be capable of holding a lot of pins.  This would be an ideal little Valentine's gift for a sewing friend.

Front

Back

The iPhone cover, fits the phone snugly and securely.  It was extremely difficult to sew the final two seams on each side, due to the thickness of the wadding, fabric, interfacing as well as trying to contend with the seams. 

 

 

Chapstick Cover - don't we all need one of these.  Makes it easy to find and can be clipped onto the inside of your handbag.  This is a little different design from the ones I made here.  I think I prefer these ones.

 

Finally the little Bunny Bag - this was very easy to make, even if I had to pull out my sewing machine instruction book to check out how to sew a buttonhole.  It only uses 4 x 5" squares.  I can see these filled with little Easter Eggs for my nieces this Easter.

 

 

I will certainly be making more of each of these items, for the upcoming Red Carpet Market Day in Leeton.  Today, I started ... I made four more heart Pincushions and finished off another two little fabric boxes.

 

 

 

Tomorrow, and for the next week actually the heat wave conditions are going to continue, so I guess I will get a lot more sewing finished. 

 

I hope it is cooler where you are

 

Judy

Magnet Necklaces

Remember this pack from yesterday?  They are actually magnets!

 

                          

 

Well look at them now?

 

 

They have been made up into the cutest little necklaces.  This is so easy to do, that it would be an ideal craft to organise for a child's party.

 

The magnets are already flat on the back, and sealed, so all you need to do, is glue a bail on the back of each magnet

 

 

Be patient, and wait for the glue to dry, and then  just thread a ball chain through

 

 

 

 

 

Did you happen to recognise the pictures on the front of all these magnets/pendants?

They are the symbols that you find on your "Apple" device, eg iPhone, iPad

 

I love how they turned out

 

Judy

Making a Start!

I have made a start on my handmade products for the upcoming Red Carpet Market in Leeton

I finished two little notepad holders .. yes that is all, however it is a start(!)

 

I especially love the colours of the blue and brown one.  Here is the inside, with a little pen already placed in the pocket

 

 

They are so quick and easy to make.  See original post here with link to instructions

 

I then made my sister Sue, a bag by recycling a pillowcase. 

 

 

There is no wastage in this bag, and it is quite strong as it is lined by doubling the fabric back inside.

The original post can be seen here

 

This is what I am working on now, can you guess what I am going to do with these?

 

 

A hint, it will be a great children's craft project.

 

Until tomorrow, when I have completed photos to show you

 

Judy

Little Finishes

 

A couple of little finishes for today

Lavender Eye Pillow and two notepad holders

 

Cute fabric used on these notepad holders, and this time I used the same fabric for the inside pocket as I used for the outside. 

 

 

 

The new lavender eye pillow was a necessity for myself for my yoga classes.  My old one seemed to be a little short across the eyes, so I made a new one.

 

I did not make a removable cover for this one, see previous post here, I just used a cotton fabric for the top and then a satin fabric for the reverse.  This feels really great against the eyes.

 

 

 

The remaining Rat Trap is still waiting to be finished.  I cannot seem to find the right embellishments for the look I am after.  Maybe this weekend?

 

Hope you are having a great week

Judy

Rainy Day Craft

I found a lovely rainy day craft on Pinterest this morning ...  recycle drink coasters into Post-It Note Holders.

 

The above photo, certainly looks much better than the original coasters.

 

 

This is what I started with ... ordinary drink coasters that you can pick up in any hotel or restaurant

 

Cover each side with scrapbooking paper, punch two holes in the top, thread some ribbon through, add your post-it notes, and you are all finished.

 

 

 

I tried to match the paper with the colour of the post-it notes I had on hand

 

 

 

Six finished little gifts, all done in a couple of hours.  Great for teachers, co-workers etc

 

Judy