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! 

Pictures of Jewellery

Here are some pictures of my work so you can have a look at the progress and the gathering of stock so that I can do more fairs around the stoke area. I am doing the one at Fat Cats Stoke on the 4th of July hope to see you there! 

 The above ones are button rings that are made vintage and second hand buttons.

 These rings are made out of Lego pieces I will make some more so that the box will be full of rings.

 Here is the first box that is full of button rings that I have completed in their display box

 Here is the same box from another angle and closer

 Here is a sample of the puzzle rings there are more to come but I need to buy more boxes which I have found on Ebay for those who are interested

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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 

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Just a note to let every one know that I am now selling 4 types of items on Etsy take a peek and treat yourself x