Crafty As L

Our DT theme this week is Hearts & Flowers so I’ve taken the opportunity to use one of the new stamps from the Floral Life release.   My brief was for a non-card project so I thought I’d try out making my own printed fabric.   If you don’t sew, this can be an eco-wrapping - just wrap and tie with a piece of ribbon - or used for a sewing project.   I’m making a simple reusable drawstring gift bag with my fabric but with the colourful theme, it’d be perfect for a pencil or make-up case. To make my bag, I started with two pieces of thin white cotton fabric 19” x 27” which I’d folded in half along the long side and pressed well.   Using a Frixon pen (which is erased with heat from the iron), I marked 3” from each end of one of the pieces, which would be the liner. The next step was to stamp the small flower and one of the sentiments from Colourful Life .   I covered all of one piece but just at the ends to the 3” line on the other.   Before I cut my...

A few years ago, my Mother-in-law mentioned that she’d really like a soft case for her glasses that also had a pocket for a pen, as invariably she was putting on her glasses to write something.   I made her a couple for Christmas that year but now they are a bit grubby.   It was her birthday a couple of weeks ago so I thought I’d make her some new ones. To start, I cut out all of the pieces.   This comprised: Outer fabric:     two pieces 18cm x 9cm and one 13cm x 9cm Lining fabric:    two pieces 18cm x 9 cm and one 15cm x 9cm Stabiliser:          two pieces 16cm x 7cm (I used Bosal single sided fusible) Using a 1cm seam allowance, I sewed the larger outer and lining fabrics together along one narrow end and then pressed open the seams.   The pocket was also sewn together but this time with the lining fabric upside down.   This seam was pressed towards the lining fabric then the lining...