Halloween Bags S9814

The Halloween is in the wolf print Dashwood cotton lining. I picked up this Laura Ashley pdf pattern in a Simplicity USA pdf sale. I made a Gift for Mr W, a tote and a matching medicine bag (I don't use makeup bags and it reminded me of my fisher price first aid kit in the 80s so I renamed). I used a denim remnant. I don't have webbing as I make straps myself from interfacing and fabric, but I didn't need interfacing for this rigid denim. I interfaced the front and back pocket edges. Through taking the photos, I saw drag marks, so I interfaced the centre part of the bag where the straps sit using large offcuts of interfacing I had saved from other projects. lined the pockets in the Halloween cotton and cut the top of the pockets 2cm longer and the lining 2cm shorter so that I could sew the lining to the raw edge and fold the edge down. I used the denim reverse for the contrast. To cut your own 1 inch welbbing, cut 2 of the length (65 or 60 inches? The pattern said 65 inch or 150 cm and that's not the same length) X 4 inches then fold the raw edges to the inside, fold in half and topstitch. The pattern is designed for quilting, so I thought it would be resourceful to use up scraps for patchwork bags.

3 Quilted Christmas Stockings

The Cambridge Stocking from Cambridge Stitches is out now and 1/2 of the proceeds are charity fundraising. I made three stockings.  For the first Medium stocking, I used recycled fabric plus 2 Moda mini charm packs in "Date Night". They were the perfect size for this size stocking. There are 2 other stocking sizes too! Back: Linen from a skirt I made as a mockup, I criss cross quilted it. Lining: Liberty cotton lawn from 2 shirts I made as 1st mockups, the colours or print was too fancy for me so I repurposed it for crafts. The patchwork is quilted edge stitched each side of the seam. I used light interfacing on the hoop and handstitched the closer loop to the bound edge, for my next version I ended up interfacing the edge to stop the binding pushing forward with a heavy fabric.

Then the large stocking is made in blue linen and a Nordiska fat quarter pack from Dashwood Studios, I am a big fan of their cottons. I used the same liberty lining. The back is the blue linen used for the binding, this time I cross cross stitched 3cm.

For the 3rd, I used Dashwood buildings, Rico hearts, Art Gallery Fabric winter birds. I bound and backed it in natural washed linen. I used rainbow check cotton lawn for the lining 

Itch to Stitch Sibiu Top

Itch to Stitch Sibiu Top in organic cotton french terry, supplied by Minerva for review. 

 Itch to Stitch Sibiu Top sizes 00 to 40

• Relaxed batwing sleeves with shoulder inset option
• Bottom band resting on high hips
• Option for cowl or neckband
• Option for long or three-quarter length sleeves (long or short cuffs)
• Designed for knit fabric - I like french terry the best!

French terry supplied by Minerva for review.