Little critters - Kaffe Fassett Fabrics

These lovely critters were emailed to me yesterday by one of my lovely customers who makes these for friends and babies. They are just so colourful and cute, i love them, I want one!

Thank you Catherine for sending in the pics, you can read her great blog posts at Word Write for Success .

The fabrics used are from Kaffe Fassett, and available from my online store I Just Love That Fabric.

Happy sewing
Susie

Elephants, and more Elephants for children and babies

Elephant Walk Fabric in Ink/Red, available from 1/4,
lovely and wide 100% cotton drill.

Beautiful cushion in Elephant Walk Ink/Grass colourway

Well winter is here, which is good, that means we are a step nearer to spring and summer, whahoooo.

I have added another colourway to my childrens and babies fabric collection , the magnificent Elephant Walk in blue and red.


These lovely elephants will walk forever, and never go out of style. Im busy sewing library/book bags today and I must say they look fab.

Have a lovely sewing day.

Susie

The lucky winner of May's Fabric Giveaway is....Sharon from Blossom

Well done Sharon, your lovely fabrics will be winging their way to you shortly. Thank you so much for participating.

All the comments were put into a hat from both posts about the giveaway and my little man picked out the winner.

Back to some chat and things later in the week.

Happy sewing

Susie

Blog Giveaway - Fabric from Kaffe Fassett ~ 10 days left

There are only 10 days to go till this blog giveaway has finished. The bundle consists of 6 fat quarters each measuring 50cm x 50cm from Kaffe Fassett as seen in my store

Just leave a comment, on how you found my blog. Thats it ~ simple. Either on this posting or the one below. And the winner will be randomly picked on 1st June.

A big thank you to all those who have already commented, its a great response, keep on coming.

BLOG GIVEAWAY ENTRIES NOW CLOSED

Susie

Blog Giveaway ~ Fabulous Fabric ~ 6 Kaffe Fassett Fat Quarter Bundle

Well, i have decided to have another quick Blog Giveaway, and share this beautiful collection from Kaffe Fassett.

There are 6 fat quarters, each measuring 50cm x 50cm (this is a total amount of fabric of 1.50metres). Value in my online store is $29.95 at the moment.

The bundle includes 2 Verbena, 2 floating flowers and 2 in the daisies design.
The colours are so fantastic, I love them and you will too.

To enter the giveaway just ~
Just please leave a comment telling me how you came across my BLOG. Thank you

Thats it, no questions to answer, so simple.

I will then on 1st June randomly pick a winner.

Please also leave me your email address.

Thats it!! Good luck

BLOG GIVEAWAY ENTRIES NOW CLOSED

Caterpillars, Cupcakes, Strawberries and Daisies

Yummy grossgrain ribbons, I love that feeling of the post van pulling up outside and rummaging in the back for your parcel. Its just so exciting, this week it was a small brown box packed with ribbons and buttons.

The cutest caterpillars ever, some cupcakes and daisies, and some more strawberry pie, so yummy.

Hope you all like them!!

Lila Tueller ~ Soiree Beautiful pinks

At long last, I have been waiting ages for these fabrics to arrive, I have a selection of 5 from Lila Tueller's Soiree Collection for Moda.

They are just stunning, fresh and beautiful, having been released earlier this year.

I hope you all like them too.

Available now at my on-store, from a 1/4 metre upwards, also available as a fat quarter stash of the 5 different designs.

Lila also has some great patterns available, visit Lila's blog for great sewing ideas and beautiful childrens patterns.

How to make Canvas Wall Art

Easy Instructions on how to make a Canvas Wall Art.
What you will need for the job.

Allow 1 hour for your first. A blank canvas ~ available at the cheapie shops. 1m square is approx $25.00 Fabric - enough to cover all round, allow an extra 20cm in length and width. Craft Stapler and staples
Scissors
Tape measure
Cord or tape to hang your finished artwork

E.g. 1m square canvas, i would need 1.20m length of fabric by 1.20m wide (most furnishing fabrics are 1.35 or more wider.

1. Remove all creases from the fabric.

2. Lay the fabric face down on a clean surface.

3. Place the blank canvas face down on top of the fabric.

4. Position the design to suit, making sure there is enough fabric for edges and turnover .

5. Start at the top and in the centre and gently staple out towards the edges every 3cms or so, stopping about 5cms from the corners.

6. Repeat for the botton, pulling the fabric taught, up till 5cms from corner.

7. Staple the left side firmly by do not pull tight up till 5cm from corner.

8. Staple the righthand side pulling taught, up till 5cm from corner.

9. Neatly fold and staple each corner, trying not to leave any bulges.

Once you have completed one canvas then the next is even easier.

Marimekko Unikko More Colours now in Store

Baby Pink Unikko by Marimekko

Marimekko Unikko -If wall art is what you are looking for then these are sure to inspire, created by Maija Isola back in the early 60's. Still as popular if not more so now.

I now have a few more of these stunning colourways in my on-line store.

Orange Unikko by Marimekko

One metre of this Unikko design will give you approximately 6 poppies over 2 rows, this is enough for a 1 metre square canvas wall art. I have listed a short summary of instructions below for those of us who would like to make a piece of designer art.

Citrus Unikko by Marimekko