Sunday 6 September 2015

Handles Discovered and Using Up All Of A Fabric Length

A quiet week here at chez Ocala Towers, after all the toing and froing of workmen, good to have the house to ourselves. A big Fall clean has taken place and the house is now sparkling, not too sure how long that will last with a fur baby and a husband.

Have been making this week though as have to keep up the good work:

Mini Bags

Found these handles all glittery in a box, forgot all about them but had the perfect in the hoop project for 2 mini bags. The first shooting stars and the second Paris in Springtime.



Again going through my fabric stash and found a of length of cotton, had bought about 8 months ago to make myself an overtop. An overtop has been made but somehow ended up with more fabric than I needed. Think could have been a case bought online and they did not sell part metres. Anyway waste not want not.... managed to get out a child's pinafore or sundress for a 3 year old, plus some pretty budget mug rugs,  some cute dolly bags and borrowing from Vicky some cute hair bows. Have a length of blue fabric the same to make up but will do that in a few weeks.



Love being able to take a length of fabric and use it all up, in the old days remember keeping all the offcuts and storing them up, when they got too much sent them to a local quilting group but now have to keep every last scrap fro applique work.

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That is all for this week off to have a planning session for next week and as have started an online course to decorate cookies, need to make a shopping list of all the bits needed for my first project. Think this may get expensive, lol




9 comments:

  1. Good use of your fabric, and I love both the bags. Such different colours, but both stunning.

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  2. Wow, what a lot of makes you got out of one length of fabric! Love the pretty bags too, the colours match the handles perfectly!

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  3. Those handles are Perfect!
    I have to start taking pics of the stuff I buy or else I totally FORGET what I got! - I keep getting great remnants at one of our local thrift shops... However, I haven't really "sewn" anything other than the odd button in over 30 years! But, being a progeny of many a seamstress, I just love BUYING fabric! ...some day, a quilt or two might happen...
    ;-D

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  4. What great discoveries - you have certainly put your "finds" to good use.

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  5. Wow I love those bags! Especially Shooting Stars! And well done on making such lovely items with your leftover fabric.

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  6. The bags are sew pretty! The green is especially lovely xx

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  7. You are so creative thinking of different projects to use your fabric, they are all lovely. I'm glad you're enjoying having your house back! :)

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  8. I love the Paris bag especially :)

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  9. I love, love, love that shooting stars fabric! Such a pretty little bag.

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