This simple purse fully lined. I added a key ring to one end of the 'string' or whatever you call it; and a hook to the other end so it could be hooked-on to bag or whatever the user wants to hook on.
The 'string' is not sewed on to the purse itself, so it pulled out (with the keys pulled into the purse) to make the 'string' long enough to use as a wristlet.
Using Machine to do this is so difficult. I should stick to hand sewing.
I was very upset with the kids last night and couldn't sleep. Decided to sew myself a simple purse (an overdue project) which I can bring along when I go for my brisk walking.
I'm using a small coin purse now which is what I can find to fit in my small waist pouch. It is stuffed with notes, coins, a few cards and keys which makes it rather difficult to use.
I handsewn this simple zipper purse which big enough to hold all my stuff and small enough to fit in my waist pouch. It's fully lined, comes with a zipper and a magnetic button on the front flap. Having the flap is to just make the simple purse looks prettier; totally redundant. :P It's the same size as my Note 2.
I recycled a blouse I bought for CNY (hence there's a Chinese Knot button) that I can no longer fit in. :( I have upsized. :P
All materials used were recycled except for the zipper and the sewing thread of course.
Snuggled up with my mobile phone in my little waist pouch.
Trying to clear some more yarns so I use them to make a simple pouch while waiting for my daughter to finish her classes.
I decided to add the trimming and added a flower on the front flap to dress it up a little.
My daughter wanted it, so thought adding a zipper will be better for her as she usual keep coins in her pouches. Decided to also sew in the lining with a slot to keep her School Concession Pass as well as adding on a magetic button to the front flap.
I also hand sewed a long strap with lobster cramp. She can attach it and can sling it if she wants.
I found some remaining yarn left from my Crochet Bucket Bag and decided to clear it.
I did it while waiting for my daughter to finish her enrichment class. There's not pattern to follow. It just take shape as I work on it. I'm keeping it to be given away as a present for friends. :)
I tried my hands at weaving a basket.
Material used is made of 12 paper string sticking together; bought from Daiso. You can cut or tear according to the thickness you want. There's a instruction that comes with it, however in Japanese. I didn't follow according to the illustration provided and did the basket my own way.
The end product is not perfect but it will do for a first timer. However, I did find the inside of the basket really ugly. Hence, I did a lining for it to cover the ugliness up.
A roll of this weaving band can make a basket slightly bigger than what I did as I still have some leftover after finishing the basket.
Paper String Basket with Lining
I made this Mini Chest of Drawers from wooden crates.
You just need to get wooden crates of 2 sizes and make sure the smaller one fits into the bigger one. You will also need something as the handle so you can pull out the 'drawer'. I used a wooden clothes peg. Glue it on and that's one. Simple as that.
The rest of the decoration is up to your imagination. For the time being, I'm leaving my chest of drawers as it is till I have time to work further on it.
The original wooden crates
Left: Wooden Clothes Peg used as handle
Right: Strawberry Buttons glued to original picture for the 3D effect.
I got the idea of making this zipper purse from the Macaron Bag Charm I made not too long ago.
This is made for my daughter, who needs a slot for her school pass and a zipper pocket for coins. She requested for a sling so she can sling it to her wrist, which I had that made too.
Most of this purse are hand sewn. I only machine sew the zipper part and hand sew it to the main purse. The sling is also machine sewn.
The insides
Finally found time to do some sewing. Dug up my sewing stuffcollectionand found materials I can used to make a Macaron Purse.
I decided to add lace to the inside and turned it to a ring holder instead. Then I attached a chain and turned it to a bag charm.
Although I didn't plan how I wanted the Macaron Purse to be, I pretty glad with the outcome.
It can fit 2 to 4 rings (depending the carats LOL) ;)
Used as a bag charm
We prepared this year's Teachers' Day gift earlier cos the kids don't have much time next year. I'm glad we started making them earlier as they told me early this week that they both missed out some teachers that they wanted to give too.
My friend was so kinds as to help me go to the store I bought the pot for the gift (please see previous post) yesterday. Unfortunately, the pots are out of stock.
At such, I'm using whatever materials I have to do the extra gifts. This requires lesser work. It can be used as a bookmark or just a deco.
The is the little gift the kids and I did for this coming Teachers' Day. I had this idea for a while and was looking around for a suitable pot. Glad the idea was workable. I had initially planned to add a butterfly but it was too big. Hence, I left the butterfly out.
The kids told me early this week that they missed out some of their teachers and have to make more. However, the pots are out of stock. We did something else instead (please see next post). They will have to decided which to give to which teachers.
I stuff the pot with dry sponge that is used by florist for flower arrangements and covered it by sticking fake grass on the sponge using glue. I bought items from a florist sometime back. These are the balance from my old projects.
The hearts are punched out using craft punch. I get the kids to stick 2 hearts with a thin wire in-between. And they stick those into the pot. I added some cute colourful pom-poms as deco too. Wire and pots are from Art-Friend (pots are out of stock). Pom-poms are from Daiso. The messages are written on a thin Ice-cream stick I found in my 'treasure-box'. Can't remember where I got them from though.
I remake my daughter's out-grown ruffle skirt into a dress by sewing a singlet to the skirt. I added some ribbons and buttons to the top so it wouldn't look so plain.
Top: The remake ruffle dressBottom: The original ruffle skirt 2 years ago.
I haven't been able to spare time to make any stuff since early this year. Finally pick up the scissor to snip my old demin skirt to make a hairband because I just couldn't find one I like that is not over-priced.
Here's a simple one I did using demin and lace. It's 4cm wide. It matches one that I made for my daughter.
Something sweet for a even sweeter P5 student who was assigned to buddy my daughter during the first 4 days of school. She not only helped and guided my daughter during recess, she even brought her around the school when time permits.
I noticed she had long hair so I made a hair-tie for her. Hope she likes it.
I used some left over yarn to make more hearts and tread a ribbon at the top so the heart could be hang up. I was thinking using it for some home deco project. However, my daughter insist on giving them to her enrichment teachers on her last day there.
This is a little project I did with my daughter. It's a little gift for her teacher for the hard work she put in on the dance item for their Annual Graduation Ceremony cum Concert.
We used salt dough to make alphabets. Painted it and glued it to the wooden plate. No prize for guessing what's her teacher's name. ;)
