POP, POP, POP!!!

After much research and hunting about I have found the perfect snap setter for me.  I have problems with the tendons in my wrists so had set my heart on the type that you hammer the snaps in as opposed to plier type squeezy things.  Well I couldn't find a nice sturdy one in the UK and the postage was more than the item to order from elsewhere.  By chance I came across a review for the KAM snap setter, so glad I did.  It's a bargain (£11), the snaps are cheap and come in a huge assortment of colours and yes it's a pliers type but because the snaps are plastic rather than metal I have no problem getting enough of a squeeze on to fix them securely.  My only problem now is what to snapify?  The cat? the kids? everything :)

First time in a long time

Well, I'm back from my first craft fair in a long time.  I gave up doing them a while back as I found them to be badly advertised and poorly attended and there for costly.  My how things have changed!  Lovely big tables in a brightly lit hall, lots of variation of items and a generally good happy atmosphere.  It was also a nice way of meeting other crafters and a sneaky bit of market research to boot.  The next one is in a months time, just ready for the mad festive shopping spree.

Super hero sexy

I've been busy busy with stuff for a craft fair that's coming up soon and got bored of the usual little zippy purses so decided to elaborate a little and make something that was intended to be a bit more grown up.  Ha ha major fail!  I can't resist a bit of super hero fabric so although the design may be a little more sophisticated my inner child won through.

Just a quick post, this is a little boxed corner bag with a rather large tartan ruffle and yes I did cheat and used webbing for the handles :)

Variation on a theme

So the curvy bag is gorgeous (buttercup bag from made by rae) but sometimes the fabric is just so lovely that you want to see it in it's full glory, no pleats.  Solution...........use the lining template for the outer as well. Not only does it showcase the fabric but it's so quick to make you will have half a dozen new bags before you know where you are!
Here's one I made all for me!

Even had enough fabric left to make a little purse and a junk/make up pouch.  It's amazing what you can squeeze out of a couple of fat quarters!

Link for the curved bag

So here it is, I finally found it, the link for the curved bag in the previous post.
http://www.made-by-rae.com/2009/02/free-buttercup-bag-sewing-pattern/

Busy busy busy

Yup the summer holidays are hetic with four boys to keep amused but I still managed to find time to get a few bits done and a bit of fabric shopping too.

The little coin purse was made using the tutorial over at noodlehead http://www.noodle-head.com/2009/10/zippy-wallet-tutorial.html, it's so easy and well explained.  I can't seem to find the link for the bag right now but if I do I will post it as it too is an easy make, and yeah, the head band, great one for the kids to do, just cut some felt flowers on your die cutting machine or by hand and stitch or glue on a stretchy head band, mine were 3 for a pound at the local pound shop.
The white bag is just a couple of 12 inch squares and I went a bit mad with the felt flowers.  Nothing fancy about this one not even boxed corners.