Personalised Wedding Cushion

Today i thought I'd share a recent commission i have just finished.  A customer who has purchase a few items off my Facebook Page contacted me recently and asked if could make her a personalised wedding cushion with a VW camper van on.  I loved making it as i don't get as much time to do applique projects as I'd like.  On this occasion i decided to do it slightly different and found a handy tip that i will always use from now on.  Instead of appliqueing the cut pieces onto the cushion face i decided to heat n bond the pieces first and fix them in place then applique over them.  I'm so glad i did it made the process so much easier as the pieces didn't move around and were easier to cut out as well as they were a bit more sturdy.  Anyway what do you think of the end result?......

Another Applique bag

Two posts in one day i really am spoiling you all!!.  This is just a quick post to show you the pumpbag i made for my friends little boy this weekend.  I used my cricut to cut out the owl and the letters and heat n bond to adhere it to the fabric.  This kind of project is really easy to do and it only took me about 45minutes.  Hope he likes it!!

Easy Applique pump bag

For months now i have been meaning to try applique using Heat n bond (or some people use freezer paper) and last night i finally got round to it!.  I jumped in at the deep end and tried it out on a bag which is a present for a party Lili has been today - no pressure to get it right then!!.  Have to say now i am addicted i can't believe how quick and easy it is and how cool it looks not to mention the fact i don't have to sew round each letter anymore to prevent fraying.  Ok i'm sounding like a heat n bond advert so i'll shut up and just show you the bag..

 The pink gingham fabric is actually some bargain curtains i bought from Argos in the sale.  £3.99 and they will make approx 9 or 10 fully lined bags.

This bag took me about 45 minutes to make.  I used my Cricut machine to cut the letters out (but you could easily cut them by hand) by ironing the heat n bond to the back of the fabric and then putting it through my cricut machine to cut.  I have never tried this before so was a little nervous but the heat n bond makes the cotton fabric stiff enough to cut easily in the machine.  I will be making another of these next week so i'll do a step by step tutorial.