Thank you bags

Thank you bags for Girl Lacer’s class teachers. She drew portraits of her three teachers and labelled them and I copied them onto fabric with back stitch and then sewed them onto gingham to make up some bags. The bags are not intentionally meant to be different sizes, I cut the fabric by eye, made the red one first and then the pink one and only then realised the pink one was significantly smaller than the first bag, I then thought blow it, I’ll make the third bag a really decent size!

Gingham was ‘interesting’ to work with, it’s as a cheap as chips, each bag probably cost about a quid each and I love the look and feel of gingham fabric, I like how it looks quite retro and how it feels quite soft and light, but it’s not the most forgiving of fabric if you have to unpick a seam! I think a dress or a top for Girl Lacer would be really nice in gingham (although not in her school uniform colours!) and possibly a top for me.

Having a sewing day, so will be probably back later with some more projects. Today is also this blog’s second birthday, happy birthday blog and a big thank you to everyone who reads it!