Is that a Herd of Reindeer in the Hedge?!

I have now completed 9 reindeer for the fair,

And two more Gathered Clutch purses from the pattern I mentioned by Noodlehead. Well actually there were three more purses but one has already been snaffled by my daughter!

I have been putting in small pockets instead of the divider and card holder which makes them a bit quicker and I can finally say that after my fourth purse I can now do the tab ended zip bit with confidence!

It did take three partially correct ones first though, but I am hoping that a man on a galloping horse and all that..

And finally this weekend, I have started another couple of hot water bottle covers..

WIP.

Happy sunny weekend!

Festive badges and Clutch bags.

Here are the prototypes for the school chrismas fair badges. I have been madly cutting out the bits and the only sewing involved is the nose or central button (and even the nose could be hot glued for the weanies). The eyes are made from split pins and the mouth is drawn on using a fabric marker. All the pieces are then hot glued together. The circular badges are just held together by the central button. I think that I mentioned that having done a more ambitious sewing project in the past I realised that I need to keep it simple.

I have had a lovely morning of sewing today despite the awful weather outside. I have been trying out a couple of clutch bags to go with my outfit for the wedding we are going to.

(Photos not great sorry as the light isn't good!)

The top one is from a pattern by Keyka Lou Patterns. 

The lower one is from an online pattern for a 'Gathered Clutch' by Noodlehead.

They were both really well explained patterns and made up just as expected.

I found the zip quite tricky on the gathered clutch but I really love it and am determined to get the hang of the zips with the tab ends.

With this in mind I cut out three more last night while watching Julie Walters in The Jury!!

I think that they will make lovely presents.

 

A busy couple of weeks.

I have done little sewing over the past two weeks as we are preparing for a family wedding and it is very exciting.

I did manage to sew a little lavender bag while away..

And have a stack of reindeer ready to sew into bean bags..

I have also come up with a badge for the children to make at the fair but did not manage to get a photo before the sun went down today!