Thursday, 18 October 2012

Bamboo handle handbag

The girls are at Grannys. I'm having a quiet afternoon, called into the bakery for a piece of carrot cake, made a cup of tea and put on my new cd. City & Colour - Bring me your love. Its not a new cd to them, as in it came out in 2008 but came across this song on youtube and got the cd for £3 on amazon. Thats just me, I'm years behind everyone else when it comes to music.

I found another photo of a 'make' and thought I would post it so you can see I make things other than girls dresses! I made this a while back using a pattern from MollieMakes Magazine. It was quick and easy, and has really managed to last the pace in this house (its current use is for the girls irish dancing shoes).


It uses Melody Miller's 'Happy Kitchen Mint' from her original Ruby Star Rising range. I'm now sold out of this (although I think I have a small cut lurking somewhere, I'm a little bit reluctant to let go of it though if truth be known.) The handles were some that my Mum had got free in a magazine, they are 'D' shaped. This was obviously before I started stocking them in the shop...... Circular handles would have worked better but these are fine.

Here is a tutorial from 'Little Birdie Secrets' blog which can use up any bamboo handles you might have floating about the place.

Oh - and speaking of Melody Miller's Happy Kitchen Mint, I splashed out on this a while back. A gelaskin for my laptop. I know Melody has some new designs up on the gelaskin website now if anyone fancies having a looksie at them!




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14 comments:

  1. Sarah18 October 2012 at 08:57

    Love your bag Alice, perfect for dancing shoes - that fabric is so pretty and to be honest the Ruby Stars haven't been my favourites. This one is really beautiful though and I know so many people who would love a gelaskin of Melody Miller. Think I might have to share that link with them.

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  2. Unknown18 October 2012 at 11:39

    Thanks Sarah - funny this wasn't my favourite fabric from the range initally but it just grew on me!

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  3. Judith, Belfast18 October 2012 at 14:37

    Hi there Alice, found you via Sarah! Lovely to meet another NI blogger! And it looks like we'll get to meet for real next year at retreat!! Btw, do you know that Sarah won't get your reply to her if you do it via your blog like this (unless she revisits this comments section)?. You can reply to her directly from your email, where you should be able to pick up your comments. Try it with this one and see if you can reply directly to me. Looking forward to chatting more with you in the future. Jxo

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    1. Unknown19 October 2012 at 01:33

      Hi Judith, thanks for stopping by and commenting! Looking forward to blogging a bit more and seeing what everyone else is up to before the retreat. Hopefully it may spur me on to finish some projects and start some new ones :)

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    2. Unknown19 October 2012 at 01:34

      PS - do you get a notification on this reply or should I reply to that actual email?! thanks for the pointer

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  4. LucyLovesYa19 October 2012 at 02:10

    I am going to use my bamboo handles that I just bought from you to make a bag this weekend. I love this fabric...
    Looking at your earlier posts about little sewing machines - do you recommend the John Lewis one? x

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    1. Unknown19 October 2012 at 05:00

      Its a great spare or kids one Lucy. It has about 8 stiches on it - I tend to only use the straight stitch anyway. Its quite lightweight so great to just put in and out of a cupboard when you need it BUT I wouldn't like it to be my one and only, not sure how it would cope with anything other than two layers of cotton.
      Looking forward to seeing your bag if you put it up on the blog :)

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  5. Pink Stitches21 October 2012 at 10:02

    Hi,
    Love the gelaskin and the bag!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I look forward to meeting you at the FQ retreat!! Sorry I could not send you an email direct as your email was coming up as noreply-comment@blogger!!
    Look forward to stalking you to :)

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    1. Unknown21 October 2012 at 12:01

      Oh no - really? Thought I had that sorted, or I wonder was it because I posted on your blog before I sorted it. Ah poo. Can't get the hang of this blogging malarky.
      Thanks for stopping by - woohoo a stalker! I'll be lucky :)

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  6. heart of charnwood22 October 2012 at 10:19

    Looking forward to meeting you at the FQ Retreat. Love the bag, i have some spare handles which i really must make into a bag at some point soon, I have too much stashed for when I "need" them!! Ange : )

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    1. Unknown22 October 2012 at 12:04

      Hi Ange - indeed! Really looking forward to the retreat. Can't believe I will get 2 days of uninterrupted sewing. Heaven :)

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  7. Sarah Lou22 October 2012 at 12:01

    Gorgeous bag! I do love that sea-greeny colour :D

    PS - did you know that you've got word verification on? If you want to take it off, have a look here: http://mydesignethos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/how-to-remove-word-verification-in.html

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    1. Unknown22 October 2012 at 12:06

      I didn't know Sarah Lou - still finding my way. I know I have come across it in a few other blogs and questioned my own humanity when I kept getting the flippin' things wrong! Thanks for the heads up :)

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    2. Sarah Lou22 October 2012 at 13:07

      No worries, it took me ages to figure out as it doesn't show when you post on your own blog :-) Thanks for the follow!

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