Polka Dots, Flowers and Butterflies Tote

Handmade bag with polka dots, stripes, butterflies and flowers.

All fabrics used are 100% natural lightweight cotton. 

There's a magnetic snap to keep it closed and two inner pockets: one with a zipper and one without.

The combination of fabrics is a jumble of some of my favourites.

It's a bonus that the bag itself is also very light and practical.

You can find it here.

Vintage Fabric

This is a vintage piece of fabric that I'm holding on to, waiting for the right project to come along.

It's a beautiful, sturdy cotton canvas in the most outrageous autumn colours and dates from the 1970s.

It's a vivid combination of brown, orange, black, burnt orange, brick red, muted light green and some white.

It sure is eye-catching!

And I love the close-ups.

Cotton Market Bag

Another reusable market bag I've been working on lately. Also in natural cotton.

This one is mine. I've already started using it and it's very practical. I keep it folded in my bag at all times until I need to use it. 

It takes up so little space and I love this grey and black striped cotton.

Linked to:
Annemarie's Haakblog

Foldable Market Bag

Large market bag made from 100% natural cotton in a chic brown and white stripe.

I love how this bag feels to the touch. Crisp cotton has always been one of my favourite fabrics.

The stripes have been difficult to photograph without producing the dazzling optical effect below.

 I will have some of these available in my OnePerfectDay etsy shop soon. 

Linked to:
The Dedicated House

Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day - Mini Clutch and Organza Flower Sash

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

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So, it's Giveaway Day at Sew, Mama, Sew and this is my second giveaway linked.

(The first one is an assortment of my favourite spring fabrics in cotton and linen plus various vintage lace trims and daisies, which you can find: HERE.)

This giveaway is for a handmade mini clutch, large coin purse or all-purpose pouch in the sweetest spring floral cotton as well as an organza  fabric flower accessory that can be worn as headband, sash or wrist corsage in coral, red and ochre.

The clutch is extra easy to carry around. By adding a ribbon to the ring on the side you can turn it into a wristlet, or add your keys and never lose them again....

The clutch measures almost 15cm or 6inches across and almost 5 inches or about 12.5cm high.

The flower -plus leaves- measures almost 10cm or 4 inches across and its ribbon is about 1.90 cm or 75 inches.

 To enter, simply leave a comment telling me what your favourite accessory is for spring and/or summer.

Just in case you'd like an extra entry or two, you can like my flower accessories shop Fairytale Flower , my fabric accessories shop One Perfect Day or you can even follow this blog.

Please leave an extra comment saying that you did  one -or all- of these and each comment will be counted as a further entry.

(Please make sure there is a link to your comment where I can reach you if you win.)

International entries are welcome.

Giveaway ends on May 10 and post will be updated with winner by May 12.

Thanks for participating

Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day - Fabric and Vintage Lace

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

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It's that time of year again!

Time for the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day -which, as you probably know by now, is actually a whole week!

So here is the first of the giveaways I'll be joining with.

This is a selection of some of my favourite spring fabrics -thus the abundance of stripes and the obligatory polka dots- plus some lovely vintage lace and daisy trims that were recently given me.

They're all wonderful, natural cotton except for the red one which is a luxurious linen-cotton blend.

The dimensions of the pieces vary and so does their thickness.

Here's a birdseye view of the fabrics laid out.

If you would like a chance to win this little bundle of fabric, please leave a comment below telling me what your spring sewing plans are.


Just in case you'd like an extra entry or two, you can like my flower accessories shop Fairytale Flower , my fabric accessories shop One Perfect Day or you can even follow this blog.
Please leave an extra comment saying that you did one -or all- of these and they will be counted as extra entries.
(Please make sure there is a link to your comment where I can reach you if you win.)

International entries are welcome.

Giveaway ends on May 10 and post will be updated with winner by May 12.

Thanks for participating.

You can see the numerous other giveaways on the Sew, Mama, Sew blog and please come back to see the rest of the giveaways I'll be posting soon.

Bow Hair Clips

This was by far my favourite fabric this season: pretty, red and white striped, soft to the touch, natural cotton.

(I also made my Absolute Beginner Scarf Tutorial with it.)

While it reminds me of Christmas candy cane this close to the holidays, red and white  is one of those classic combinations for throughout the year.

 I sure loved making these little bow hair clips with this cotton.

Bows are one of those things that have been on my -very long- to-do list....

I've been dreaming of some in other pretty, girlie fabrics but also in tulle.

Now all I have to do is find the precious time to make some more....

                                 
                                         Linked to:
               Annemarie's Crochet Blog, Petite Hermine, Tatertots and Jello, Six Sisters Stuff, Nifty Thrifty Things, It's Overflowing, Polkadot Pretties, Or So She Says, Today's Creative Blog

Top 10 Women's Scarf Inspiration

The lovely Rikka of Ricochet and Away is holding another sewing challenge on her blog for the month of November.

This time -much to my delight- it's all about scarves.

Here is my Top 10 of the wonderful scarfs pinned to our Ring Your Neck pinterest board. But there's much more inspiration there, as well as tutorials and diys.

Simply click on any photo to go to the link.

You can still join in the challenge if you want.

 Just contact Rikka.

Reversible Floral Bucket Bag Purse

This fully reversible floral cotton bag is my entry for the 2-in-1 Challenge  organized by the lovely Rikka of Richochet and Away blog.

Either side of the heavy-weight upholstery cotton fabric shows a different part of the pretty floral design.

This is a bag I've been meaning to try out for a long time and it's just perfect for a reversible bag because of its bucket shape and the fact that it's not meant to close.

The other side is plain, natural canvas in the antique white I'm partial to.

Because of its lack of adornment I added four big pockets in the same cotton canvas and used an almost mustard yellow thread for all the seams.

Since I finished it in the last possible minute, I had to take the pictures in the hot midday sun, so the quality of the photos themselves as well as the intensity of the colours of the floral fabric are quite muted compared to the original, but that can't be helped now.....

I'll try and take some better pictures soon.

Linked to:

Our Creative Spaces, Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky!, Petite Hermine, I Heart Naptime, Annemarie's Crochet Blog, It's a Hodgepodge Life, Happy Hour Projects

EST Fabric Swap

Last month we had a fabric swap over at the EuropeanStreetTeam, arranged by the lovely Diana.

This is what I got.

Thank you Eva! They're all very special!

Eva owns and runs the etsy shop The BlueRabbitHouse that makes the prettiest pouches, purses and accessories. Be sure to check it out.