More Shopping Bags!!

It’s starting to look like I have an obsession with these upcycled shopping bags, but they’re so easy to make and practical too!  This week I’ve made 2 more, another Star Wars one for my hubby in a different Star Wars fabric and a penguin one for my Mum’s friend who loves penguins.

Children's Apron

As planned, I made a matching apron for my daughter - she loves it but the neck was a little snug going over her head.  So the solution was to unpick one shoulder and add poppers to make it easier to get on and off.  With this project I have new tools and have learned plenty of lessons!!

Altered shoulder

Apron

My latest upcycling project has been making an apron out of vintage Thomas the Tank engine curtains.  It was a nice easy make, I cut the apron shape out of the fabric and edged it with herringbone tape - I'm really pleased with it and now need to make a matching one for my daughter!

Star Wars Shopping Bag

After much searching I managed to pick up some reasonably priced second-hand Star Wars curtains so that I could make a shopping bag for my hubby.  He is really pleased with it and I've learnt how to change the needle in the sewing machine!!

Oops!

Honey Bear

This week I've had my first go at a Funky Friend pattern from Funky Friends Factory, I'm pleased with how she turned out.  One of my aims since starting to learn to sew is to be able to make keepsakes from my daughter's clothes and this has been a good step towards that - I need loads more practice before I take my scissors to her babygrows though!

This honey bear has been made from leftover fabric from other projects.

Pieces cut...

So far, so good!

Finished Honey Bear

Peasant Dress

Last night I finished making a peasant dress for my daughter!  It was my first attempt at making clothes ad I'm really pleased with the outcome. I used this pattern from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mum, it was really easy to follow and I'd definitely recommend it to a beginner.

Pattern cut out and fabric ready!

Fabric cut....

...first seams sewn - there's no going back!

The finished dress!

Taggy blankets for new baby boys

As 2 friends are expecting baby boys soon, its time to make some more taggy blankets and this time I decided to keep a note of how I did with the measurements to make it easier in the future!

Materials:
30x30cm fleece fabric
30x30cm patterned fabric
12 ribbons each 13cm (for narrow ribbons use 2 next to each other in one space)

Arrange and pin ribbons to right side of front fabric

Sew ribbon to fabric - go over this at least twice to ensure the ribbons are secure.

Pin the 2 square of faubric, right sides together, and sew leaving a small opening to turn the taggy back the right way out.
Turn the taggy making sure the corners are pushed out and hand sew the opening.
To add the final detail, top sew about 0.5cm from the edge.

Taggy 1 finished, I'll update the post with a photo of taggy number 2 once it's done.

Update - 03/02/2018

Last night I sewed the second taggy ready for meeting the new arrival today.