Introducing!

Introducing some new friends and items being added to the Tied with a Ribbon Range :

Funny Frog Felt Kits

Lovely Ladybirds Felt Kit



These kits have the pattern and instructions to make these new Forrest Friends.  You can also make them as a brooch or key ring as well as a hanging ornament with a brooch bar, a key ring and ribbon included.  These would make great starter sewing kits for children as well as adults.

Tooth Fairy Pillows

It has been "raining" teeth here at home lately and with my two girls came a request for something special to have for the arrival of the Tooth Fairy.  So after consultation with what the girls wanted on the front of the pillows I decided to make what you see above - and then of course I could not help myself and made more and have put some in the shop also.

This is the completed Custom order cushion I was completing in the last post.  I love butterflies and my sock monkey could not help but jump in to have a photo too!!

These dresses were made by some lovely ladies who came along and after a workshop completed these gorgeous dresses.  (One of whom had not sewn since high school)  They did a great job and this blue dress was also made by another lady.  She took hers home for her little girl and sent me this pic after a little photo shoot with her.  She looks so cute in her dress that her mummy made for her.

I have made more progress on the quilt I have been working on.  The top came together very quickly but now I have been hand quilting the top - I have been using some Pearle 8 threads and slowly, slowly it is coming along.



All things Pink

I love the colour Pink.  Over the last few days all my projects seem to be shades of pink.  I made this Petal Flower Cushion from this tutorial that I found a while ago.  I always had a special little girl in mind for whom I would make this for.  But she will have to wait for her birthday (luckily she can't blog yet - I think!)

The instructions were great.  It did use alot of felt to create all the layers.  I decided to go with four different shades of pink to create this effect rather than one solid colour. 

I have been working on a custom order cushion for a customer that has also used pink.  The request was for light shades of pink, blue, yellow and purple.  Here is my progress so far

All my new patterns have now come back from the printers and I have been busy packing them today.  The big reveal will be over the next few days as my first job on my 'To Do' list tomorrow is to get them listed into my Etsy shop and on display here for you all to see.  So stay tuned.

I love Holidays!

I love the Holidays.  With lots of friends and family to catch up and spend time with this big school break over summer is such a wonderful time especially to share with my girls. 

Well, while it may be holidays there has still been plenty going on in the Tied with a Ribbon sewing room.  I have put the finishing touches on some new Felt Kits which will be available in my Etsy Shop hopefully by next week.  This is a sneak peak at the making of one of them.

Because Christmas is now over it is safe to show you some of the presents that I was busy making but could not post photos about incase they were seen early by family and friends.



These are some Christmas Sacks I made for my nephews.

I made this swing top for my beautiful God Daughter.

This i-phone cover I made for a special friend to celebrate her birthday.  It was from Janelle Wind's book Pieces of Me which I had bought a few weeks ago.  It was very easy and I could not believe how quickly it came together.  

I have been able to tick lots of things off my to do list this week and lots of other new creations are in the works.  Now that Christmas is over I have been putting the finishing touches to my Easter range.  I have made lots of Easter Bunny Party Bags and Bunny and Easter Egg Decorations which have been listed in my Etsy shop. 

Merry Christmas

Well after months and months of planning the day has almost arrived.  I hope Santa is good to you and that the festive season is a safe and happy time for you all.  Let the drinks begin and the over eating commence!!

Sweet Christmas Party bags that I have filled with some special treasures for my girls for Christmas Eve.  Merry Christmas all!

How did it get to the week before Christmas!

I know that I have been planning and making Christmas treasures for ages now but seriously - how did we get to the week before already!! 

I had a parcel of fabric arrive last week from Ballarat Patchwork.  They were having a sale so I treated myself to some fabrics and some books and Patterns. A girl can never have to much fabric (can she!!!).

I am especially keen to get started on one of the projects from Janelle Wind's Book - Pieces of Me.  I finally entered the world of the 21st Century and got an i-phone and so what do you need most importantly when you get one?  Yes of course you need a cover for it.  There is a beautiful cover in Janelle's book so I hope to show you next time some completed photos of my i-phone cover.

I also made some Aprons for my girls with some Amy Butler laminated fabric that I also bought.  My girls love art and crafting and mostly this involves lots of mess and paint so I wanted to make some Aprons that I could just wipe off.  I have not worked with laminated fabric before so I was a little unsure of things like when I normally iron the press hems - how do I do this with a plastic coated fabric?  And the fabric was folded so how do I get out the creases?  If anyone can help me out would love to know the secrets of working with this type of fabric.

Surprise !

Remember this parcel that I posted about a little while ago.  Well the special little girl whom I had made it for received it over the weekend.  So this was the surprise inside.

A Felt People set all with mix and match clothes and hair, with its own felt board to play with the people onto.  I stitched ribbons and buttons onto the clothes to add detail to the clothes - Happy Birthday Bella.

This was another custom order towel completed this week.  There has not been as much sewing going on this week as I would like between illness and Christmas Parties and Christmas school concerts it has been busy with the kids.  But I have been working on some new ideas that have been buzzing around in my head for a while now.  So lots of cutting, sewing, re-cutting, re-sewing and the like going on with mixed results so far.  Hopefully soon I will be happy with some samples.  This is one project in the works.

Tutorial : How to make a Gingerbread Man Gift Tag

How to make a Gingerbread Man Gift Tag

Gingerbread Man Gift Tag

What you will need:

You will need :

White card

Ginger or brown felt

2 black brads

2 buttons

25cm ribbon

Ball point pen

Glue

Scissors

Gingerbread man template

Hole punch

Step 1 - Find a cookie cutter or Gingerbread man picture to trace around onto card and cut out.

Step 2 -  Cut the white card to 7cm x 10 cm.  Trace the Gingerbread man template onto the felt using the pen.



Step 3 - Cut out the Gingerbread man using scissors.

Step 4 - Push through the Brads for eyes and glue on the buttons (these could be sewn on instead).

Step 5 - Mark the centre of one of the short sides for the ribbon and punch a hole in this spot.

Step 6 - Thread the ribbon through this hole to make a loop.

Step 7 - Glue your Gingerbread man into place on the front of your gift tag. Finished!

You could use other Christmas shapes such as trees, plum puddings or stockings to make other gift tags.

This tutorial is intended for personal use only!  Enjoy