Hand Sewn Book for Hubby 于另一半的手作书

时间过得真快，2013年只剩下两个多月。市面上已经开始看到2014年的日记本及规划簿在售卖了。虽然说已经会自己制作手缝书了，但是有时候看到可爱或有趣的日记本还是会心动，忍不住下手。：）

相反的，另一半一向来都不太爱买东西。对市面上林林总总的商品他大多都不为所动。能用的他都不会丢，能穿的他就不买新的。他省下来的钱我就帮他花，哈哈！

以往他都只是用商家赠送的笔记本，从来不会花钱买新的。 这一次我要为他制作一本独一无二的笔记本。不用花多少钱的独特笔记本，正符合另一半的生活哲学。

美丽的French Stitch

封面用的是日式和风布料

笔记本旁边附有放笔的套子

钥匙形书签

Ballerina Bag 芭蕾舞包包

After finishing the ballet shoes bags, I moved on to making bigger bags for ballerina. Made two pieces this time, in different sizes. Spent quite a bit of time on the design and patterns of fabric to be used. 

I know Pink would be the favourite colour for most girls, so I made one in Pink shade. For the other bag, I chose Red. Well, I actually thought the Blue would go quite well with the ballerina prints fabric, but Blue is not the colour for most girls at elementary age (that's based on my daughter's remarks ha!). So I go for Red instead. 

 Hope the little ballerinas would like these bags I have sewn.

Red shade ballerina bag

Each side of the bag is fastened using red velvet ribbon

Bag handle decorated with red polka dot fabric

Inside the bag - lined with orange stripy fabric

Pink shade ballerina bag

Cute ballerinas

Fastened with pink checked ribbons

This one is lined with pink checked fabric

Bag handle decorated with lace

Tried making my own tag :)

Raggedy Ann & Andy Tote Bag 送给自己的礼物

I have been busy making stuff for friends and family and just realised that hey I haven't made any nice thing for myself. So, one fine morning I ran through my fabric collection and picked up a piece of fabric with Raggedy Ann & Andy prints. I bought it at Sampeng Lane, Bangkok during my last trip to Bangkok. I fell in love with this fabric the minute I spotted it.

I love how the character of Raggedy Ann & Andy was created.  It was purely a love of a father to his daughter. It's amazing that Raggedy Ann & Andy have been around for over 90 years! 

Here is the gift for myself - Raggedy Ann & Andy Tote bag :)
 

Raggedy Ann & Andy tote bag

A new bag for myself!

Wooden button & leather strap as the closure

My very own copy of Raggedy Ann & Andy story book

A peep inside the bag

Lin Craft House :)

 

Ballet Shoes Bag [continued] 芭蕾舞鞋包[续]

With the third ballet shoes bag I made which I was finally pleased with, I made another three ballet shoes bags based on the pattern and measurements of this third bag I had sewn. One in baby blue, one in sweet pink and one in soothing apple green. 

The ballet teacher likes these bags a lot. I'm glad :)

Ballet shoes bag - soothing apple green

Ballet tutu image

Purple, pink, apple green & baby blue, which one is your favourite colour?

Ballet Shoes Bag 2 芭蕾舞鞋包

Quite a number of my daughter's friends at the ballet school like the ballerina bag that I had sewn for her. Even her ballet teacher likes it very much too. :)  

I was asked by her ballet teacher if I could sew a few bags for the school. Wow, what a surprise! I agreed to try and come up with a few designs and show them. 

What I had in mind is to make something small for a start. I decided to sew ballet shoes bag. After trying making using different patterns and measurements, I'm finally satisfied with the third piece I sewn. First one was made a bit smaller than the expected size. So, the second piece I improved on the measurements. The size of the second piece came out just right but I wasn't satisfied with the finishing of the drawstring part. Hence, I made the third one. At last, I'm pleased with the third one, it came out the way I wanted it to be.

I used different colour combination of fabric to make three ballet shoes bag. I love to play with mix and match!

It was such a good opportunity for me to improve further on my skills as well as creativity. Here it is, the three ballets shoes bags I had sewn over the week. 

I plan to make another one with apple green fabric. Stay tuned!

The third piece - purple ballet shoes bag

Ballerina cotton tape as the cord casing

Sweet ballet tutu image made using felt, ribbon and fabric net

The second piece I made - pink polka dot matched with tiny floral prints

Sweet pink ballet shoes bag with ballet shoes image

The first piece I made - baby blue polka dot matched with blue strips

Baby blue ballet shoes bag