A Handmade Packing Cube

Today, I am sharing a Packing Cube, which is one of the projects

available to make on the online sewing course with Claire Mackanass

at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

This is the smaller of the two sizes available to make, and
you can see itincludes a carry handle.

Making this project, I learnt how to make binding, sew with mesh
and also how to insert a continuous zip.

I purchased the fabric from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex

This is the third project I have made in the Silver Course,
The first one, a Travel Mug Bag can be found HERE and the second
one the Vivien Bag can be found HERE

Claire's step by step video tutorials are easy to follow, along

with her written instructions. In each group, there are six projects
to make, as and when you want to.

I plan to make the larger cube and another one this size, in the hope
I will be able to use them when things hopefully return a little more
back to normal.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

A Tea Bag Holder

 After making one of these tea bag holders for my friend a few month’s ago,
which you can see HERE, she asked if I could make another for one for
one of her tea drinking friends.
These are really handy to keep in your handbag to use when out and about.
I used a free YouTube tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things 
which can be found HERE 

The fabrics I used were Aldi fat quarters.

The colours look much better in real life...the button I used

was pink, and not bright red!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Quilted Box for my Caravanning Friends

 Today, I am sharing another quilted box I made recently, for my friends 
to use in their caravan.

The material is a Nutex fat quarter called Getaway Caravans which I 

found on eBay.

I know it's being well used and is full of different bits and bobs.

I really enjoy making these quilted boxes, especially when I can personalise
 them with special fabric.

This quilted box is part of the Beginners Sewing class with Claire
at Beautiful Things which is available as an online course.

You can see others that I have made HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, 
HERE, HERE, and HERE

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Another Quilted Box!

Here’s another quilted box I made recently, for one of my great nephew’s.

He loves anything to do with trucks, diggers and playing with sand!

I had been looking everywhere for some suitable fabric, so I was really 

pleased to find this ‘Nutex trucks and diggers‘ fat quarter on eBay.

The co-ordinating coloured felt is from The Range.

I do enjoy making these quilted boxes, especially when I can personalise
 them with special fabric.

This quilted box is part of the Beginners Sewing class with Claire
at Beautiful Things which is available as an online course.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Captain America Quilted Box

Captain America is one of my great nephew’s favourite characters. As he has a 

Captain Marvel themed decorated bedroom, I thought it would be nice if I could 

make him something to go in it.

I had been looking for a while for some fabric, and was pleased to 

find a fat quarter being sold on eBay.

I do enjoy making these little boxes, especially as they are quick

projects to make, and Owen was very pleased with it.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Vivien Project Bag

Today, I am sharing a Vivien Project Bag, which is one of the projects
 available to make on the online sewing course with Claire
at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

This is a lovely drawstring, quilted bag designed for keeping knitting or 

crocheting projects in. When you pull on the drawstring, you can use

 the handles to carry the bag around.

It also has a very useful large zipped compartment inside,
which can be used as a divider to separate different projects.

It could easily be used as a wash bag too.

This is the second project I have made in the Silver Course, the first one,
a Travel Mug Bag can be found HERE

The outer fabric is a Rose and Hubble design - Tropical Lily on Black
which I purchased online from Fabric Love along with the green
cotton lining fabric.
The red cord is from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex

Claire's step by step video tutorials are really easy to follow, along

 with her written instructions.

In each group, there are six projects to make, as and when you want to.

I still have one more to make from the Bronze group, which is an envelope
backed and zipper tabbed cushion, but as we didn't receive the instructions until
recently, I thought I would make this bag.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

More Quilted Boxes

To keep myself busy during lockdown, I made another two quilted boxes
for two of my great nieces.

The outer fabric is black-out blind material which was kindly given to me by some 

neighbours when they moved house recently, along with a bag full of other fabrics for 

making blinds, which I am looking forward to using.

I have used Aldi fat quarters for the linings of them both.

Two of my great nephews have asked if I could make them one 

for their bedrooms, so I am now on the look out for digger/truck 

fabric and Captain America fabric!

They are really very easy to make, and would make nice presents 

filled with a selection of bathroom essentials, make-up or maybe 

even some stationery.

I really enjoy making these quilted boxes, which I learnt to make by
Claire at Beautiful Things, on her Beginners Sewing class.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Travel Mug Bag

Today, I am sharing a travel Mug Bag, which is one of the projects available to make 

on the online sewing course with Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

It is a handy, padded bag which can be used to carry a mug inside it, and it has
 three pockets on the outside of it, to pop snacks, tea bags and any treats into.

This is the first project I have made since moving up from the
Bronze Course to the Silver Course

 My bronze makes I have made so far are...

A zipped doorstop HERE
A lay flat drawstring make-up bag HERE

A sewing machine mat HERE
A quilted table placemat HERE
A patchwork placemat HERE

In each group, there are six projects to make, as and when you like to.
I still have one more to make in the Bronze group, which is an envelope
backed and zipper tabbed cushion.

Claire's step by step video tutorials are really easy to follow, along with her 

written instructions.

I used some fabric I had leftover from the sewing machine mat I made.
This was purchased from The CheapShop in Tiptree, Essex

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Another Quilted Box

Today, I am sharing a quilted box that I made yesterday, as a small thank you gift 

to a kind lady who has donated me this piece of fabric, plus some other lovely
off-cuts, mainly used for making blinds.

One of my friends who I used to work with, knows this lady through her local U3A.

She happened to say to her one day that she would like to
find a home for these off-cuts, when my friend mentioned about my 

new sewing hobby!

I have been given a bagful of gorgeous material, lots of different designs

which I'm really looking forward to putting to good use.
Now I just have to wait for this crisis to be over, so I can meet my
friend for lunch to give it to her. 

 

You can see the three others I have made HERE, HERE and HERE

I do love making these boxes, especially as it was my very first sewing project that 

Claire from Beautiful Things taught me last year on her Beginners Sewing class.

She is currently offering a selection of online sewing courses, which you can find 

on her website, as well as plenty of free tutorials which you can find on her
YouTube channel HERE

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Tea Bag Holder

I have a friend who is a great tea drinker, so when I saw this free tea bag holder

tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things, I thought it would make a perfect gift.

My friend can pop into her handbag, filled with her favourite tea bags to

 use when she's out and about.

The free tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things 

 can find HERE on YouTube.

I used a piece of the leftover material from the quilted box I made

last year HERE which I purchased from Geoff's Remnant Shop in Brentwood

I have a feeling I may be making some more of these!

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Janice x

A Tie Top Cushion

Today, I am sharing a Tie Top Cushion, which
is one of the projects available to make on the online sewing course with
Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

This is the fifth project I have made since joining the

Bronze Online Course which is a lovely project that I plan to use
when I sit in the garden in the Summer.

If you would like a look at my other Bronze club makes, you will find
them on the following blog posts:-

A zipped doorstop HERE
A lay flat drawstring make-up bag HEREA sewing machine mat HERE
A quilted table placemat HERE

I have one more project to make, then I move up into
the Silver Online Course to make six more projects.
Claire's video tutorials are really easy to follow along with her written instructions.

I bought the fabric last month from Doughty's when I went with a friend to
  their roadshow in Linford, Essex. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Scissor Keeper, Needle Case and Table Tidy

Today, I am sharing a Scissor Keeper and Needle Case I have recently made
following a free tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes.
The tutorials can find HERE and HERE on YouTube.

Claire has made the instructions really clear and easy to follow, and both items 

were made from fabric I purchased from Geoff's Remnant Shop in Brentwood

I then looked on YouTube and found a tutorial HERE to make
a table tidy. I use it to collect all the loose threads that I snip off
whilst I am sewing, which normally end up on the floor!
 I made it in matching fabric.

Larger versions would be nice to make as a bread basket on the dining table.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Sewing Pattern Pyramid Weights

Today, I am sharing some pattern pyramid weights I have made using
 scraps of left-over fabric.
I followed a free tutorial from Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes
which you can find HERE on YouTube.

I started by cutting a few triangles from scraps of material.

Next I ironed on some medium weight interfacing.

I then stitched them as per the instructions, carefully turning them in 

the right way.

Next I filled them all and sewed up the open gap by hand.

Claire uses rice and a couple of nuts and washers bought from the Pound shop.
My friend kindly gave me some aquarium gravel which she used when making hers.

So, here are my completed weights, which I know I will find very useful.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

A Quilted Table Placemat

Today, I am sharing a quilted table placemat, which
is one of the projects available to make on the online sewing course with
Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

 This is the fourth project I have made since joining the

Bronze Online Sewing Course last July.
It's a good way to start learning quilting and also to practice sewing in straight lines!

The fabric is actually peach in colour but looks very pink in the photos, due to the
poor daylight we've had recently.
I have just another two projects to make to complete this level. 

I purchased all three materials
from Geoff's Remnant Shop in Brentwood.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Sewing Machine Mat

Today, I am sharing another sewing project, a quilted sewing machine mat which
is one of the projects available to make on the online sewing course with 

Claire at Beautiful Things Craft and Sewing Classes

This is the third project I have made since joining the 

 Bronze Online Sewing Course in July. I have already made a zipped doorstop
which you can find HERE  and a lay flat drawstring make-up bag HERE.

I can't thank Claire enough for getting me started on this wonderful hobby.

I really enjoyed making this machine mat, especially as it involves quilting which I think

gives projects such a lovely look. It will be really handy to use, having the three pockets 

at the front to keep my sewing tools in when I am not using them.

I purchased all of the material from The Cheap Shop in Tiptree.
The largest piece of fabric I used is a design by Belleboo.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Travel Tissue Holder

Today, I'm sharing my latest sewing project, a travel tissue holder. 

I found lots of tutorials on the internet and on Pinterest, plus

 Claire of Beautiful Things has also posted YouTube instructions HERE
which I used as a guide.

I used the same set of fat quarter fabric as the zipped cosmetic bag I made
last week HERE, which I bought recently from Aldi's when they were reduced in price.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x