Easter gift tags

Yesterday i decided to get cracking with Easter projects starting with some wooden gift tags.  I made a bundle of these and popped them on my Folksy shop yesterday. One set has sold already which is good news.  If you fancy making some they are easy enough to do..

 All you need is some wooden or card shapes some nice backing papers and some embellishments. Use a good roller glue to stick paper onto your shapes and cut round the edge with a craft knife.  Then add whatever emebliishments you want on top.

I have also wiped up a few more tissue holders these are so easy to do and a great use for scraps of fabric.

 This one is for Lilis school bag...

Sock bunny

Now that Mothers day is out of the way i am trying to plan for Easter. Lili breaks up from school next wednesday and i still have 20 little easter gifts to make with her for her classmates. I also have 3 birthdays next week so still have bits to make for those.  ok now i have said all that out loud i'd better get my butt in gear and get on with everything......

Before i go though i will share a little Easter bunny i made for Lili out of a sock...

 She is a little rough around the edges but really easy to make as you don't need to sew just a bit of fabric glue

 I'll probably make a few more for my neices once i can get it looking a bit smarter. Ok i may as well show some more tissue holders i have made to...

 I love making these as they take literally 10 minutes so great as a little project

 Think this one will end up in Lili's school bag!

Latest Makes & Happy Mothers Day

Firstly let me say Happy Mothers Day to all those mums out there.  I have been spoilt by Lili and Mr G today starting with breakfast in bed and some lovely homemade presents ands cards. I am a very lucky lady and so happy that i have such a lovely daughter and hubby. 

Things in the Glover house have been so so busy these last few weeks and we have been moving Lili to a bigger bedroom which has meant moving furniture and stuff in 3 other bedrooms (never again!!).  Her room is starting to look good now though so i'll post some pics when it is fully finished.  All the housework has meant i have done very little crafting however i have managed to throw together a few projects..

 First up is kitty...  A While back i joined in a swap and my swap partner sent me a gorgeous little kitty.  I loved it so much i asked for a copy of the tutorial so i could make one and hasn't she turned out cute..

 I decided that seeing as my mum had been eyeing up my other one i would let her have this one so i made a wooden tag to go round the neck. If you want to make one here is the tutorial

 Next up is the Mothers Day card i made for my mum.  i also made one for my mother in law but forgot to take a pic before i posted it doh!

 Last up is an Ipad case i made using some owl scrap i had.  i have padded it with wadding to protect the Ipad when it is inside.

 I added velcro squares to fasten it.

Pocket tissue holder

Hi everyone sorry i have been AWOL for a week things have been hectic round here and are still a little that way. Last week i had an abscess which made me look like i had swallowed a tennis ball (not my best look!).  Not only did i look a mess it wiped me off my feet.  It was even more annoying as i had booked half the week off work to get some crafting done which just didn't happen!. On top of that we had new fitted units installed in our study which meant everything was everywhere (and some of it still is!) for most of the week. Then on Friday me and Mr G went to Manchester for the weekend to celebrate 20 years of being together.  We had a fab time and i wish we were still there.  here's a pic of us in one of the cocktail bars on Friday night...

Just before i go i'll show you the one thing i have made this week - a pocket tissue holder.  i used some cute fabric scraps i had in my sewing box.  I just love the bright bird fabric.  the inside is pink and white polka dots.

If you want to make one i used this tutorial which is so so easy so go one give it a whirl.

Phone Case Tutorial

Ok guys as promised i have done a tutorial for the phone case i made earlier in the week.  Its really easy to do and only takes half an hour (not even that if you are an advanced sewer which i'm not!).  So are you ready... Here goes and if i have missed anything out or my instructions aren't clear give me a shout...

Phone Case tutorial

Materials needed:-

1 x piece of outer fabric 11 1/2" x 4 1/2" 

1 x piece of lining fabric 11 1/2" x 4 1/2"

2 x pieces of iron on interfacing (medium weight) 11 1/2" x 4 1/2"

1 x lobster key fob (its probably not called that at all but look at my pic to see what i mean!). I got mine from John Lewis a pack of 2 for £1.50 but you can get them on ebay cheaper.

1 x scrap of ribbon

1 x button

1 x hair bobble or elastic

thread scissors etc etc...

Ok Ready to rumble

Step 1

Iron a piece of interfacing onto the back of your outer fabric and a piece onto the back of your lining piece.

Step 2

Place your lining piece flat down with interfacing on the bottom and right side facing up.  Now take your ribbon and thread it through the bottom hoop of your key fob. Pin your ribbon (and attached key fob) approx 2" down from the top of your long side of the fabric on the left hand side.  Make sure the ribbon edges are pointing to the fabric edge and the key fob is somewhere in the centre of the fabric piece.  See pic

Step 3

Take your piece of elastic or hair bobble and pin it in the centre of the short top edge of the fabric (see pic above).  You need to make a U shape loop which should face inwards towards the centre of the fabric (like the keyfob is). See Pic above.

Step 4

Now place your main fabric piece on top with the right side face down on top. This means you will now have the interfaced side on top.  See pic below.

Step 5

Ok nearly done now.  Sew around the edge of the rectangle leaving a gap for turning out on the right and side (about 2").  Clip your corners and turn the right way out through the gap.

Step 6

Now iron flat and then lay your outer fabric face down and bring the bottom short end up to where your keyfob ribbon piece is (see pic) and pin.

Step 7

Stitch right round the rectangle keeping close to the edge making sure you catch the gap that was left (which should already be tucked in neatly ).  I do two rows of stitching as i think it looks better and is more sturdy but you don't have to its up to you. Of course my machine would decide to start playing up today and for some reason has done some irregular stitches (anyone know why please tell me?)

Step 8

Now bend down your top flap and sew the button on the front piece where you want it.  You can sew the button on before making the piece into a pocket which is probably easier but i don't as i want to be able to put my object/ phone /camera etc in and then see where it needs to go. It means i don't have to worry that the button is in the wrong place once its all sewn together!.

That's it you are finished. Give yourself a clap and then pour a glass of wine (or is that just me?!).  The lip balm holder i made is done exactly the same way i just made it smaller. You can have a play around with different fabric pieces to make different size holders for things.  You can also do a Velcro fastening instead of hoop and button if you want. 

Let me know if this tutorial is easy to understand and if you make one please link back to me (and show me your fab holders).