This is one of my many UFOs. A rather floppy cotton shopping bag. The shape is a useful one, but I hate the way this one falls down. Hence the need for a lining.
This is the lining that I put together for the shopping bag. It in turn has been lined with some heavy duty interfacing.
This is a photo of some of the pockets I have added to the inside of the lining. The flower tag was a lucky find in Hobbycraft some months back. It is designed to replace the tag on a zip. I have merely added it to the end of the tag rather than removing it. This makes it a little longer and more useful to me.
There are two pockets here. The larger one is the same width as the bag itself. There is a small pocket which can just be seen to the left of the large pocket.
The two flaps will soon have poppers to fasten them against the pocket edge to keep this large pocket into the side of the bag. The two buttons are to decorate the flaps.
The last photo shows the lining pinned into the bag.
Some time ago I prepared some new lino blocks for fabric printing. I posted about that here:
The resulting prints are below:
The top one is my favourite. The print was made by doing it all wrong, pressing the fabric into the block inside on pressing the block down on the fabric. I rather like the resulting haziness of the printing.
The next UFO is a small box. All hand-stitched, it is made using Japanese folded patchwork squares. I shall be finishing off the lid with a beaded tag. The hinge has been made using bugle beads.
And last of all, the needle case. It is now full of needles and that tin has been emptied of all except my longest upholstery needles. These are threaded through a scrap piece of aida, so they cannot fall far when the tin drops on the floor once more. Knowing my own clumsiness this will happen again.
The first page of my own set, "The Sea" has been completed by Trillion. You can see a teaser here:
And last of all, the needle case. It is now full of needles and that tin has been emptied of all except my longest upholstery needles. These are threaded through a scrap piece of aida, so they cannot fall far when the tin drops on the floor once more. Knowing my own clumsiness this will happen again.
The first page of my own set, "The Sea" has been completed by Trillion. You can see a teaser here:
I shall post the page here on my Blog once it arrives. I am really looking forward to seeing what it looks like.
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What great projects!!!
I am giving you the "Sunshine Award" for all your crafting inspiration. The details are on my knitting blog.
Have a great weekend!
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