I often wonder how people find time to blog every day, I guess in another time they would have kept a diary! I never could keep them up LOL I have been babysitting and going to so many birthday dinners this week I have nothing new to show you. But I have had lots of fun with my DGD 4.
I like to add little bits of antique jewellery or button to finish off.
Silver dragon fly that wings move and a mother of pearl button.
Here you can see the gold tie I used the pink one is seen from the other side
I have throughly enjoyed making this side of the bag.
Making two little pockets for inside the bag. These were shoulder pads from a large Thai silk jacket, so are padded softly and Im putting a bias silk binding same silk as on one of the side of the bag!!!!! Now to sew them and insert in to bag. One I will leave as one pocket and the other I will sew a seam down the middle for two small pockets for keys.
Thiai silk that once was a shoulder pad LOL
Small pockets sit so nicely and are big enough to hold a mobile phone. Top one sewn on and the other one waiting.
For inside the bag. Now to cut out a iPad pocket for the other side of the bag using the back of the Thai silk jacket. I know that seems rather radical but it does not fit me any more and is out of date so why not use it as fabric instead of buying more????
Place two pieces of material right sides together. add a piece of wadding for protection and strength sew all around the pieces leaving 2″s so you can turn it inside out.
Quilt the pocket for strength and to stabilise it.
Add some silk bias all around the shape and there is your iPad pocket ready to be hand sewn on.
This morning I was looking for my Annabelle quilt to do some more work on it, I still have not found it!!!!!! but did find two Annabelle’s that I had added to the end of 2 woollen sleeves I had unpicked?????
A 100% woollen sleeve cut from a large woollen jacket.
Annabelle is stitched to what was the end of a woollen coat sleeve
Dear Dear Little Annabelle
Here I have cut the shape out for a small bag and added a couple of wee buttons at the sleeve edge! replacing small black ones that were there.
Annabelle in the veggie garden.
To day Indi DGD 4 and I racked up leaves I took 8 wheel barrow-loads down to the top of the slope for hubby to take down to the tip below????? See the tiny sunpatch top right hand corner that is about 6 metres down a slope.
Hubby does not have to do that now as Mr wild Bush Turkey scratched them all down to where you can see the sunlight, this is where he is thinking of building his nest????? hopefully he will clean the rest of the yard up for us, I will keep you posted on that one LOL
you must be feeling better if you are helping hubby with outside work! your bag has turned out lovely and your project with the wool is so cute. So good to make use of old clothing no longer in use.
Hi Karen, it’s been wonderful to be out side again. I like to use beautiful fabrics and I have found that one of the beat ways to buy it cheaply is to visit the Op Shop and look in the fancy dress up area where they hang every thing that is older than 20 years and there are always lovely silks, linen. Cotton and woollen clothes there and the material is the very best. I also check the material bins, it’s a bit like a lucky dip looking through those bins though LOL. Hugs Glenda
Dear Glenda
It is good to see you back on your feet, nothing like Birthday party’s for getting in to the swing of things. Love the way you give bits a new lease on life. The dragonfly and the button give it just the right kind of special touch!
Oh Maggie it has been such a hectic 10 days and still more coming, I’ve hardly had time to pick up a needle so having withdrawal symptoms LOl. I keep getting these creative ideas but can not find time to start them LOL. Hope your life is settling back to normal for you. Hugs your way Glenda
Dear Plum, little Annabelle is a delightful creature full of personality, Michelle her creator gives her so many adventures and all so delightful. Michelle is just starting the adventures of a mouse gnome which is the cutes wee mouse, I’m looking forward to his adventures now. Hugs Glenda
Your bag is lovely, Glenda! Love all the details, especially the sweet dragonfly! Great use of your old fabric! Love all the pockets …. that’s the really great thing about making your own bags, isn’t it, you can have as many pockets as you please! Love the sweet Annabelles too! The Bush Turkey sounds amazing, lets hope he does his share of the chores!
Hugs, Barbara xx
Hi Barbara, sadly the old fellow (bush turkey) has stopped his racking LOL He has been coming here for the last 10 years and Im amazed he is still alive, they must be very hardy animals; they drive me crazy when they are a year old as they come in to the garden and dig up any thing that has a bulb on it so its good buy to my flowers till they learn their is a dog here who I have encouraged to chase them LOL the old fellow has been here so long he just ignores her. Annabelle is one of the sweets wee creatures I have had the joy of making she is truly an adorable little creature to bring to life. Hugs Glenda