I love this material when I first spotted it at Kamdar. Used less than half a meter with a little bit of canvas for the lining too. This Sunday tote is knotted at the handles, so you have to assemble the body first and sew the handles last.
Took apart three antique silk roses and embellished them with vintage white buttons. Ribbons are from Shen-ni's birthday gift to me - they must be expensive, you won't find any velvet ricracs here! The Flower ornament is detachable.
A shot of the inside. I used some of Margaret's laces she gave me with the needlebook. I also made a cardboard base so the bag will be sturdy and these bags don't look nice wonky.
Love these buttons. They're actually cherry blossoms. I wonder if I can dye these buttons?
My rose pincushion! Love the felt hearts. Thanks Lillie for being so thoughtful. I will use them for special projects.
Inside Lillie's card is a cute little envelope with a heart bookmark tucked in. So sweet!
The card features a pretty cross-stitch piece, good enough to be framed.
My stash includes a cute heart shaped bathmat and strawberry scented soap too!
This is my exchange to Lillie. It's a little zipper pouch with my favourite applique 'Cupcake!' (Whatelse!) , my crochet cupcake pincushion and a compact little beadbox as a stash.
Close-up of the applique on the pouch. I used flannel for the pouch, it's one of my treasured finds from Chinatown - starry-starry night theme. Must go back to the shop to buy more.
Thanks Lillie for the exchange. I hope you had a romantic Valentine's Day!!! Thanks Margaret for organising it too.
The Gift bags Tini assembled for us all.
Lot's of goodies from everyone!! Crafters are very generous souls!!
Group photo of us all! Notice the pressies in front from our gift exchange.
I prepacked colourful buttons for the gathering.
Don't they look yummy!
I got these from Alice and did'nt even notice the rainbow shades until I packed them.
Here's Tini demonstrating her baby 'buttercup' embroidery machine. Very impressive one!!!
My gift from Margaret. She's a wonderful cross-stitcher and I'm blessed to have two gifts from her todate. It's a beautiful pinkeep with a cute little pincushion and some seriously great stash for some great projects! The gift came with a box of green coordinated beads too.
The back of the pinkeep features a little lambikin! So cute!! Thanks Margaret!!
The spread of food everyone contributed. We sure had a great time eating too!
My contribution : The Macadamia Mango Cheese Cake : Easy Peasy to do, maybe I'll post the recipe in my next post.
Here's Nik with her Sizzix machine. We were all so amazed that it cuts both felt and paper.
Here's me demonstrating the shrinkable plastic craft. I printed individual tags for our members.
Everyone paying attention as I passed each one their individual tags for cutting.
The finished tag. They look so cute together.
Me and my prized possession!
I also made needlebooks for everyone. Look at the pile-up!
If it's not crooked - It's not from Mel's! I had fun sewing these. Perhaps a tutorial in the near future?!