A make up bag and plans for a pincushion .............

I'm sharing my little make up bag with you this morning - made in the same fabric as the needle case, and trimmed with 7mm satin ribbon and a flower shaped sparkly acrylic button, both from the Ribbon Girl.  The outside is a fat quarter from here and the wadding and pink and white striped lining are both from John Lewis. The patterns for both items are from the Tilda 'So Pretty Homestyle' book

I found the bag straightforward to make, except for the zip which caused me no end of problems - I think next time I try this I will make a rectangular shaped bag which I think will be much easier!

Well it's almost the weekend and I have plans to help plant up some new pots for the front of the house with pansies, primroses and spring bulbs, also for more sewing and card making - I ordered some new LOTV stamps and they popped through the letterbox yesterday and I have been looking around for some wooden rings which I need to make some pin cushions - suddenly realised I could use wooden curtain rings if I unscrewed the little hook!!  So many plans, so little time ............ see you tomorrow (oh and please pop over to the Ribbon Girl blog on Sunday when our new colour challenge begins!

Mary G x

A little sewing project ........

I fancied sewing something so had a look through our fabric and fat quarters and chose a pink flower fabric from here for the outside and a pink and white stripe cotton fabric from John Lewis for the inside.

It's a while since I stitched anything apart from stitching on cards, but got the hang of Andreas sewing machine and was quite pleased with my first effort.  The pattern is from a Tilda book and I finished off this little needle case with a sparkly flower button and a scrap of 7mm pink satin ribbon, both from Ribbon Girl.  Inspired by my needle case, I attempted a make up bag, picture later in the week ....

I'll be back later with details of who won the Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog Birthday Hop prize from my blog and a new challenge for you!

Mary G x