Baby boy mushroom shoes

I  have made 2 pairs of baby boy shoes for my customers since last post, I like the exterior fabric, kind of softbrown fine corduroy cotton, the interior is stripy cream-blue cotton fabric. This pattern is so easy to hand sew. I embroidered mushrooms on the shoes.

I hand sewn the main part of the shoes and the sole separately,  then I hand stitched them together. I think it is easier that machine sewing (for me anyway) but it is time consuming. The exterior fabric was lined with iron on woven interfacing which I bought it from Uhandbag. It is really good quality though.  I added the softness to the soles by lining fleece between fabrics. My customers said they fit nicely on her baby feet.

Hand knitted flower pattern is Featured in Etsy treasury

I received an email  my Hand knitted flower pattern is featured on Etsy - treasury : Our passion by ACuppaJewels, I feel so humbled about this. I can't stop smiling!!!

Orange is one of my favorite color, the silver yarn is Bamboo - wool mixed, I stitched about 60 tiny golden beads on this flower.  The pattern is quite easy, I listed this item on my Esty shop. At the moment I am designing a crocheted and knitted Valentines patterns, be patient with me.

Francessca work bag

Finally I have finished a bag for Fran, my friend at work. She saw me with my tote bag and she likes it. She asked me (long while ago) to make her one similar to mine. I designed a bigger bag with gusset so it is roomy for Fran to put her things ( I mean loads of her things ) in when she comes to work. She always put in her bag a container of her cooking ( her noodle  is absolutely to die for) or baking to share with me!!!

I embroidered the bubble in the middle of flower. It is about 15 '' wide and 13.5 '' long, the thick leather handle length is 12'' and 3/4 '' (width).

I lined the interior fabric with woven interface, the exterior fabric is heavy weight cotton mixed linen in dark purple color, three inside pockets. I like the size of this bag, hopefully it is big enough for Fran.

Crocheted zipper case

HAPPY BUNNY YEAR 2011

I still enjoy making crochet patterns for my Etsy shop but one pattern is taking such a long time to think, take photo, change and undo several times. I am trying to combine crochet with sewing, I have been sewing box pouches and enjoying to make them so much, let try crochet a box pouch.

I use the 100% natural cotton yarn and Double crochet (UK), single crochet (USA) stitches , I just insert the crochet hook only front strand because I need the finished pouch to be quite thin so when I sew the edge won't be too bulky.

This is what I mean,   inside is sewn similar to when you sew the corner of tote bag.

I use it for keeping my crochet hooks. I will try to crochet this pattern using wool yarn so it is softer and try to line it with cotton fabric + interfacing to hold the shape of the pouch.