Convention 2011, 3D Swap

p.s. Meant to say - the hearts were made with the Petal Cone Die. Perfect every time!

While waiting for the sun to come out I'll show you my 3D swap.

This was for an organised swap on In Love With Stamping. (The link is on my left hands sidebar.)

There were 11 of us in the group and my gosh, what fabulous swaps I had in return!

This was mine....

....and all packaged up.

Well.....while I had the sewing machine out I thought, why not. The fabric is Candy Cane - loving those spots and stripes!

They're stuffed with very expensive lavender. Not completely though, there's other stuffing in there too.

My return swaps will again follow when that sun appears.

See ya soon!

Roomie Gifts

ETA - the link to the pattern is on this post here.

The biggest part of Convention has to be the swapping and giving of gifts. We all like to give something extra special to our team members and roomies and as I've had a bit of a thing for sewing lately I decided to make them a smaller version of the bags I'd made here.

Once you get going with these they're very quick to make. I made these 4 in an evening and they're all lined too.

Instead of a strap all the way across I made a wrist strap, sewn and secured with those lovely vintage brads.

I've still to take photos of the gifts I received in return. The weather looks like it's brightenening up out there so that's a job for this afternoon.

So many more posts to come, so stay tuned!

Flirtatious Fabric Bag

After last weeks post with the Timeless Portrait Bag I made here, I also made another using the Flirtatious Fabric. I've been trying all week to get some decent photos of this and thankfully the sun shone for me today.

Details of where to get the pattern for this are on the previous post here if you'd like to have a go.

Back tomorrow (fingers crossed) with a tutorial.

Jo