Tuesday 28 December 2010

Crocheted Rolled flower hat pin

I have a request from a customer from Etsy asking for a crochet pattern, I have been making Christmas gifts for friends using lots of hat pins so I think of making a pattern that I can use with a hat pin. I crocheted with pink yarn first but my idea did not come so I picked up my favorite orange wool 4 ply yarn with my tiny golden beads and that's it, my little tiny flower with leaves. This will look nice on your jacket, hat, scarf, bag. I will list it tomorrow after I take a photo. I like to try to crochet with sashiko threads and embroidery threads.

 













Monday 6 December 2010

Georgia Fawn Clutch/ handbag

Georgia 's mum bought her a Nintendo DSI for Christmas and I think of making her a bag to put her DSI and lip gloss, hair clips, small purse in. Last year I knitted her a baby pink handbag with a knitted flower motif. Now she is growing up fast so I need a bag that not too little girl y look and not too lady look. I came up with the idea of a clutch which is a bit bigger than normal clutch and a bit smaller than a handbag.

I have this red medium weight cotton mixed linen  and kawaii fawn fabrics, I lined inside with the same red fabric, I don't have to use interfacing at all, the fabric holds its shape very well.








I sewn the loop for closing the clutch so it is easy to pop things in and get them out. The big bow with the kawaii fawn printed fabric is so lovely. I hope Georgia likes it though.




Thursday 2 December 2010

A Pouch with gussets

It is snowing outside, we live in the country lane so my front way is full of thick snow. I have a day off and my husband and athi have gone swimming, I have a little plan to make something out of my Japanese fabrics I bought recently. I have only 3 hours to finish it off before 2 boys coming back, I want a drawstring pouch with a bit roomy than normal drawstring pouch so I add the gussets to it. I love Japanese Kimono printed fabric, this one is cotton, it is not too thick or too thin just perfect for this project. I am really relaxing while I hand sewing this pouch












I like to make this round drawstring end, I use ready made waxed cord but if I have more time I like to crochet the cord with cotton yarn.