Gifts

I purchased this PVC fabric some time ago with the intention of making several of nieces some bags. It was a discontinued fabric at Dunelm Mill shop. As it is a Disney license fabric I cannot make items to sell on my Etsy shop. When I purchased the fabric, I thought my young nieces would like it as it is 'Frozen Princess'.  All my nieces are princess.

PVC can be difficult to machine stitch without the correct foot.  I use a teflon foot.  They are not a standard foot that usually come with your machine.  But it well worth investing in a teflon foot.  I use it to stitch not only PVC but also faux leather.  Remember to also increase your stitch length and insert a larger size needle.  I refer to use a 90/14 universal needle.

These two shopper bags were made for my youngest twin girls nieces. I am making bags for the other girls. 

The metre of fabric cost £4 and will be able to make about six bags. The shopper bags are the largest bags.  I will upload photos of the other bags when I have finished them. 

My Words for the Year.

A new month, new year and new decade.  The 'roaring twenties' has arrived.

Today is the first blank page of a 365 page book.  Write a good one.

Brad Paisley

A new adventure that I have learnt from the past 365 days.  Life and dreams are the pages of the same book. Every day is a new adventure. 

The last year and decade has disappeared so fast.  I am not sure where they went but I always love a fresh start.

So here is too the 'roaring twenties'.....

Happy New Year

As the New Year approaches, not just another year but a new decade, I have to ask where has the last ten years gone?  Wow a new decade! Time is flying past me too quickly.

What have I been up too this last year? I have stitched several quilts for national exhibitions, make lots of bags and have designed several patterns too.  Mr D and I had a fantastic holiday in France, friends, food and weather was wonderful.

My beloved baby girl got engaged to a lovely chap.  They bought a house and are busy planning a wedding.  My little boy had grown into a handsome man.

Next year is going to be busy with family celebrations as baby girl gets married and little boy has a special birthday.

As 2020 is going to be a rather busy year, I am planning to be more organise with my time, skills and projects.  Watch this space for special projects and events.

As we are fast approaching midnight,  I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year.  May the fresh beginnings brings you peace and happiness with good health too.

Bon Couture Designs

My beautiful daughter is a seamstress too.  It is not surprising as my children both have grown up with me constantly sewing both domestic items such as curtains and clothes as well as creative pleasure such bags and quilts.

We decided last summer that we would work together designing and writing up some off our designs.  We both love sewing.

Bon Couture Designs 

This is photo testing our head band pattern.  Bon Couture Designs

Christmas Gift

I designed this Christmas gift for a auntie.  I try every year to make this relative a gift as I know she likes the personal touch.

I have an ever increasing fabric stash.  My favourite fabrics, which happens to be most of my stash, is so precious I plan only to use them for special projects.

This is the silly reason my fabric stash is increasing in size!

I also took the opportunity to write up instructions for this design as a pdf pattern as well as using for teaching workshops

I am delighted to say this gift has been a hit with the receiver.

I machine quilted using a gold metallic thread. I used a top stitching needle to stop the metallic thread breaking whilst quilting. The other trick is to reduce the speed on the sewing machine. 

The table runner is a hexagon shape so I used a single fold binding. Standard quilt binding is too bulky for this pattern, 

This is a very easy and quick pattern. I will tweak the instructions a little and then let you know where to purchase it.

Winter Solstice

Another winter solstice has arrived.  My favourite time of the year.  The days will be start getting longer by two minutes each day. 

As we wave good bye to yet another winter, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Another Christmas Gift

I am busying trying to get everything stitched and posted ready for Santa to deliver on the big day.

This is a pattern that you can cut and sew within a hour.

This is a single bottle bag. This is a pattern I designed for our Bon Couture Design Etsy shop. The pattern is for a double bottle bag. I have altered the size. 

I love making gifts for family and friends. I spend a lot of time choosing patterns and fabrics especially for each person.  I often start planning in the spring but usually never start stitching until a week before the big day.

I need to be more organise in 2020 as we have a big family event happening in September.  So I plan to start in January.....


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