Tutorial Thursday

So I'm going to America in November (shhhh don't tell BCU... yet) and I went to brum to look in paper chase to see what they had to offer and so see how much the magnets that I got from the charity shop cost new (I got them for £1.50 and I guess they were around £4.50) any way I saw that they were selling travel keepers, those things you keep all your receipts and tickets in and it was £5. Now I'm a cheap skate and when it didn't even include a note book I was like nahh I'm gonna make it myself!  

I started with a  HARD BACK book and some paper and a clasp from an old folder of my dads the paper cos £1 for 200 sheets I went for lined.

I removed the book from the spine using a pen knife.

Then I got some fabric from my sisters stash I did have some but couldn't decided what to do until I looked at my fave tumblr http://loveandasandwich.tumblr.com/ and I made a face in felt and faux fur.

I cut it like this so that the folds and such are in the right places.

This is where the folds should go in these places you should cut down the middle folds and have two 'tabs' so that it will bend when you open and close it.

I covered the brown cardboard spine with some white paper so that it didn't look crappy.  

BEFORE I glued the fur to my book I sewed the face on by sewing the whites of the eyes on then the black of the mouth. I glued the black of the eyes and the teeth and tongue then I sewed them on when they were stuck on its just cos that was easier than pining them on such a small area

For the ticket keeper I cut up some envelopes like below I used 3 the whole pack cost me £1.45

You can now put your paper in you may need to cut it to fit a bit.

I secured the ticket keeper with tape about 4 lengths of it.

You are now done over all it cost me £2.45 that's less than half  the one in paper chase. Not that I don't like that store but why buy something that looks home made when you can actually make it home made! 

New knitting basket

Just a quick one my knitting basket broke (because I stood on it) and so while it was disassembled I decided to change the fabric on it from the grey flowery one that it had on before to this material and the sides which are made out of jeans. I used the original as a pattern and sewed it up on my bernina although I had to do the bottom by hand x
Just a not i got the fabric (polyester i think) from a church sale x

Tutorial part two

Step four: sew up the bottom of the t-shirt

Step five: sew the neckline making sure that you don't sew both pieces together

Finished!!!

Alternatives:

• Add flowers
• Tye-dye 
• Use tank tops and shorten them
• Appliqué 

T-shirt bag tutorial

Right so you will need:

• A sewing machine or needle and thread
• scissors
• Pins for tacking (if needed)
• An old t-shirt

Step one: Cut off the sleeves of the t-shirt even if it is a short sleeved one. 

Step two: It should look like this



Step Three: Depending on the design on the t-shirt cut either a long 'V' or a 'V' with a bar at the bottom on both sides of the t- shirt



Come back next time for the rest of the tutorial  x

Crafty update

So I have been home for a couple of days now and look what I have achieved; the embroidery I did a bit whilst at uni but forgot about it for the most part but quickly finished it last night. I then got the crafty bug after I went to Hobby craft (Wolverhampton).





 I bought the kit for the Doll which was really easy to make but I had to learn Blanket stitch and I used this video on my phone to learn how to do it:
here is the finished product:

Abakahn

I went to Abakahn a wool and fabric shop in Hanley the other day to get some fleece because it came to my attention that Pipin loves it so I have made her a little bag to play around in. Whilst I was in the shop I noticed that they sell bags of machine thread for £5 so I bought one here's what I got in it. Not bad hey?? Next to it is the fabric that I chose, I went to the market in Hanley first but they only had a red tartan fleece material and I didn't like the look of it tbh.
 
Here is the finished product I was going to make a tutorial but I didn't measure or make it that neatly and I ended up going to A+E in the middle of making it up because I managed to sewing machine through my finger :/.