My Fancy Sewing Tie - Completed

 

A Chatelaine - Rings

I do not get much time to sew. Because of that, sometimes I misplace things so that I have to spend time looking for needles and such like instead of sewing.  

I very recently went to a craft shop and while waiting to be attended to, saw the large ring in the photograph. and realized that it can fit through my hands. I bought on and use it to make a chatelaine. 

Basically what I did was to attach split rings to the large ring and then attached cute little items to each split ring.

The scissors case took the longest to make. It was made with pink felt with the same rose patterned flannel on the inside. 

An unusual pencil case

A rolled up pencil case

This is a very simple pencil case. I used the headtie from a dress and sewed a large rectangle. Then I folded it  and sewed channels to hold the pencils.

 

I also put in a piece of black and gold lace to ensure that the contents would not fall out.

Then I  filled it and rolled it up and tied with a ribbon. 

Simple and fantastic

Fabric instead of Paper

A Fabric Envelope

The front of the envelope
 

The back of the envelope

This was a small quilted project. The mint green anglais fabric is from a dress and the bright plaid is from a lungi made for a young man. I quilted it with a piece of an old blanket in the middle and wavy lines all over.  You can see some of the wavy lines on the plaid in the picture above. I didn't have suitable bias binding for this project and I actually used satin ribbon to finish it.

I thought it was a bit floppy but my aunt loved it. 

A Baby Blanket

One of my members of staff is having a baby very soon and her birthday was in September.
I wanted to make a few baby things for her so I made a faux chenille blanket in white and blue flannel.

It's the first time that I have tried this and I think that the next time I will sew it a bit closer. But it was really soft and fuzzy and it was only washed once.

I also had a bit of difficulty getting it to lie flat and straight because the border is doubled and frilly.
I told Kezelle that she could use this one as a 'lovey' blanket.
Something soft and warm to hug in the last few months; something with her scent and a connection with her son before he is even born.

I also made two burp cloths. These burp cloths are nice because one side is flannel and the other side is a diaper material. I didn't  have time to sew any more and I used all the flannel in the blanket.

And a mint green washrag made with towelling material and edged with matching satin bias binding

Needlebook

A very unusual needlebook

I can remember  as a child, my mother had like to look at a television show called 'Little House on the Prairie.' 

All the ladies in that show wore hats called 'bonnets' and I  thought  these hats were so pretty.

So, when I saw Tipnut  had a pattern for a vintage  needlebook shaped like a bonnet, I just had to make one.

The cap  in front opens to white flannel pages to put needles and  pins. And the gathers to the back  is a little drawstring bag. It can hold thread, thimble  and a small scissors.  

It's very cute