I've had a lovely time over the last few months making gifts for various friends. It started with a knitting needle roll for a 40th birthday which really re-ignited my sewing bug.
This was from a great tutorial on http://madebyloulabelle.blogspot.com/ and the gorgeous retro fabric was from http://www.fabricrehab.co.uk/. I've bought a few bits of fabric from them now - so much more unusual than I'd find in my local fabric shop and it arrives within a day or so of ordering, so thoroughly recommend this site.
After the success of the knitting needle roll, I had a friend's daughter's christening coming up, so decided it was a good opportunity to make a rag doll - something I've been wanting to do for ages. This is "Rose", the finished doll:
There was no shoe pattern, so I had to work those out, but was quite pleased with them in the end.
After that, another friend was turning 40, so I made her an evening bag from a Vogue pattern I've had for years. I started off with some brown velvet and then, on a Bank Holiday trip to Arundel, found a gorgeous 50's brooch for a tenner which gave me the idea of using the creamy pearl beads to tie the two in together. The pearl beads came from my mother's rusty wedding tiara circa 1962!
I made this today - it's a really quick pattern and only takes about an hour to do. It probably took me longer to choose the lining fabric, binding and ribbon trims! This is the finished roll:
(I have no idea how to lay pictures out properly yet!)The next project is yet another friend's 40th birthday present (can you see a pattern emerging here!) - another evening bag. Have ordered a pattern from Vogue and will update further once I've started work on it.
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