At last…the zipper and moi make friends…almost!

ok so me and the zip have never been the best of buddies, i find them too tricky and fiddly and have broken too many sewing machine needles to think about, yet finally I accomplish it…albeit with a cushion where i can hide my messy unfinished ends inside lots of lovely stuffing.
Note to self find [...]

From Dress to Bag…Recycle, Reuse, just don’t THROW!!

Being both a part time eco warrior and a crafter i inevitably hate waste and probably hoard far to much stuff in the hope that i will one day find a use for it, not only do i hoard my own ‘expired’ belongings, i find myself taking on others, i really must learn to say [...]

Fabric Door Stop

A bit of googling reveals these door sstops are quite popular.  Having recently moved i too wanted to make my home as cozy as possible and so worked out a simply pattern for a rectangular cube door stop.

 
I chose to make mine 11cm x 16cm with a 2.5cm seam allowance.  I made a velcro flap [...]

cutesy patchwork drawstring

A rainy sunday with comfort food and some relaxing sewing with my friend danielle, led to the creation of this lovely patchwork drawstring.  A lovely autumn colour purse.  Having a bit of a button crazy day and 3 lovely button bracelets were made with ribbon and by layers the buttons on some stretch nylon.

Felted Purses

As it was a typical raining sunday afternoon, i got the crafting bug and made a selection of simple felted purses.  My love of all that is black and white came out again on the button one, and infact i think this is my favourite of the three.  An eventful morning at JTF buying ribbon [...]

Purse of Colours

Heres a pretty colourful purse i made for friends present.  I used patchwork strips with interfacing and and a black lining, its quite a sturdy little pouch due to interfacing the lining and outer patch work, topped off with a little fabric mushroom and a button…ahhh buttons my fave!!

Recycled coasters

Finally got around to making the recycled coasters, heres one of those

klf – take two….

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Originally uploaded by chrissylaw

ok so this time using the kristin pattern i extended the bottom for more depth and gave the patchwork a miss and found this really quick to make, it has no fastening as such but i am working on a ribbon and toggle idea. i took the mushrooms further and added beads [...]

klf – first attempt….

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Originally uploaded by chrissylaw

This was my first attempt at kristin la flamme gorgeous sweet sac pattern. The patchwork took a while as it was my first time however after a couple of goes i found it all a lot speedier.

colours…colours…

I think this bag from etsy is so inspirational, the colours are so inviting and as soon as i saw it my mind was buzzing with ideas for my own work, the crocheted toadstool really tops it off beautifully and i am only sad that i have had this picture some time now and can no [...]