Star Wars Cross Stitch Project Bag for Hubby's Birthday
Hello friends,
Recently I made a Star Wars cross stitch project bag for hubby for his birthday. He loves both Star Wars and cross stitching, so I though I'd combine the two for his birthday present this July.
For a job, I sew, and also weave, fabric into various textile products that I sell in my store Hearth and Oak on Felt (a New Zealand artisan online market place similar to Etsy), and one of the products I make regularly are cross stitch project bags. So all I had to do was pull out my cross stitch project bag pattern and got to work cutting out the fabric, and then sewing it up. Luckily I had a black zip in storage to help sew the bag up.
And here is the cross stitch project all sewn up. I think it looks really great with the fabric and the blocks of colours, and I really like the black zipper, rather than the usual white ones I use for work.
On hubby's birthday, I gave him the cross stitch bag as a gift, along with a new cross stitch project all kitted up. He loves his new bag to store his cross stitch WIPs in, and this way our cat Rosie won't get into his projects and try to eat the DMC floss...
Have a wonderful day
Julie-Ann
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Sewing Reusable Birthday Present Gift Bags
Hello friends,
Recently I finally got around to sewing some reusable birthday present gift bags.
A couple of years ago I made a big bunch of reusable bags for wrapping Christmas presents, so that there was no longer a deluge of wrapping paper every Christmas day. I've been meaning to do the same with reusable birthday present gift bags, but I was being lazy, and I hadn't found the perfect fabric for the project.
About two months ago I found this birthday fabric at Spotlight, and brought 1 m to make some bags. I also bought some Homespun white cotton fabric to line the bags on the inside. I have a bunch of ribbons in a box at home, so I just delved into it until I found the perfect ribbon to tie up the bags.
I have a reusable gift bag set pattern I use for work at my online textile store, Hearth & Oak, so I used that to quickly whip up three birthday gift bags.
I'm really pleased with how the birthday gift bags have turned out, they look really pretty, and they will be used for birthdays for years to come. And now I no longer have to scramble around searching for appropriate birthday present wrapping paper to wrap birthday presents for family, when I can just pop them into a bag and be done with it.
Have a wonderful day
Julie-Ann
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