pink and quick

My Granddaughter Ever will be moving schools soon due to moving house. For her start to a new school after half term I decided to make her a little something new and pretty for school.  I found this princess fairy fabric in a Dunelm store a little while ago.  It's more a canvas cotton than a thinner cotton/  Pink, princesses and fairies has to tick all the boxes for a very girly girl right?

It was a very quick bag to run up.  Apart from the machine applique that I did on the name. I used a set of sizzix alphabet dies to cut out the letters and attached them to the bag with a little zig zag stitch. I used some ribbon to thread through the channels I made in the top of the bag, so the bag could be cinched ( is that the right word?) or pulled tight when it is holding whatever it is used for.

Excuse the chalk line I haven't brushed it off yet 

At the moment it holds the crayon roll I made the other day and a puzzle/colouring book.  Hopefully Ever will be as thrilled with it as I was making it for her 

Take care and stay crafty

Jules x

Monday

Bit of a strange day today. This afternoon just didn't seem to happen and then it was gone. I never got much time to do much apart from send a strongly but politely worded complaint email to someone. 

This evening saw the return of the Great British Sewing Bee. I love the show and it was this show that encouraged me to dig out my machine and start sewing again. I was like a complete newbie all over again. The first episode that aired tonight has encouraged me to get on with my A line skirt. 

I saw this fabric last Tuesday in Winchester 

It kind of reminds me of Sargeant Pepper kind of artwork or yellow submarine cartoon style art. Very 70's type of print and I had to have it. After a few chats in a few groups online I think I am turning this into an A line skirt. 

I also picked up some very girly fairy princess fabric a while ago with my granddaughter in mind, and will finally get to use it to make her a new PE bag for when she changes school soon.

I will try to remember to update you on my knitting project soon and a new knitting project to. But for now I'm off to sleep. 

Take care and stay crafty. Jules  

Crayon Roll

I have seen this around on pinterest etc for a long time. I have also wanted to try the bag version with the crayons on the outside of a bag so you can gift the bag with a colouring book in it.  But on a Facebook group I am on Just Sew they just announced a weekend challenge of making something with a fat quarter or scraps that make up same amount of fabric. My granddaughter is very artistic and loves to colour, draw and create so I made this one for her

The roll is kept closed with a hair band sewn in and a ladybird button.  So cute isn't it?

Hardest bit was choosing which 12 crayons out of the box of 48 to use here

I think only complaint I will get is it isn't pink! I think a few more for gifts, and in different sizes may be on my horizon. I can see this sort of thing being useful for make up brushes, pencils, sets of  double ended knitting needles,all sorts of things

Take care and stay crafty

Jules x

back from amazingness

I vanished, I know, but in all fairness it was for such an awesome reason that I am pretty happy.  I have this sister called Lynnette, we are both BIG fans of the TV show Supernatural.  About 9 months ago we decided going to the convention for Supernatural this year was an amazing idea, so we did :o) Saying that, 2 very excitable people that have to wait when we don't like waiting kind of was hard work. But it was an amazing time at Asylum 16 organised by Rogue Events.  It was that brilliant we are going next year for Asylum 18.

I won't go into full story mode but I will share a few photos later in this post for those who are interested.

I returned from my time away on Monday, 2 appointments on Tuesday and trying to sort out the school to this week.  It has taken so long just to get back into a routine.  I haven't really had much crafting time and only have had 2 short sewing sessions this week.

Tomorrow (Monday) is hopefully the day I get back to normal. I had such a brilliant time away with some of the cast and the supernatural (SPN) family of fans that I really cannot wait to attend again soon.

I will just leave a few photos here and let you either look or walk off ;o)

In no particular order these are our photo ops.  We chose to share most of them so we could have more fun