Mothers Day gift guide - 2

Some more gift ideas to spoil your mother: pastel choices.



Here is the link to the treasury.
Enjoy your weekend.
Kristien

Mothers Day gift guide - 1

Some gorgeous pastel gift ideas!

Here is the link.
Enjoy
Kristien

Kitchen poetry

When you're cooking in the kitchen,
You're learning all the while --
To pour and measure, mix and stir
And sift flour into a pile....
Unknown poet (not me)

Have a look at this treasury on Etsy

Here is the link.
Enjoy
Kristien

Liberty fabrics

Last week , I was in London, the Mecca for Liberty fabrics.
Not only do you have the beautiful Liberty store,

but on Old Brompton Road there is a shop full of Liberty fabrics ,with  an even wider range than at the Liberty store itself and at a lower price.
Here is a link to their website: http://www.shaukat.co.uk/
If you go in there, watch your budget, because you will be tempted...
Look what I found:

A gorgeous curduroy

Lovely silk

Fine tana lawn

Tana lawn from the new spring collection

This is tempting isn't it?

Kristien 



My Blossom Shoulder Bag - Part 4

My bag was almost finished now.I just had to make and attach the dividers.
The first divider is easy to make. Just follow step 16a-g.
When stitching the dividerpanels, make sure not to stitch through the Peltex or Vilene S520, to get sharp edges:

I turned the panels right side out and edge stitched the top, starting and stopping exactly at the point where I would edge stitch the sides.

It is difficult to pin both divider panels together, as they are stiff and thick; so I used my getta grip clips and edge stitched both sides and bottom.

My first divider was ready.

Now the second divider:

I bought a 30 cm zipper (30.5 cm is not available) like suggested, but this seemed to small:

Here you see the first finished divider placed on the zipper and the next panel.

The zipper has to be longer than the finished divider.

So I increased the length of the zipper by adding small folded fabric pieces at each end like this:

I then followed steps 16h through 16o:

A finished second divider:

All that was left to do now was attaching the dividers to the inside of the bag, following step 17.

I did the first one by hand, broke a needle, a few threads and ruined my fingers.

It is much easier to bar tack with your sewing machine; turning the wheel back- and forward by hand.

Have a look:

Here are some final pictures.

I am not completely happy with the mauve colour of the dividers. If I ever find the perfect beige, I can easily make new dividers. Just by removing the bar tacks, the dividers can be replaced.

I can now show my bag to the world.
Kristien