Macklemore Make-up Bag

As you may know I love a bit of Macklemore, and it turns out I also love embroidering his lyrics.

This lyric from 'Thin Line' always stands out to me and thought it fitting that it should go on the side of a make-up bag.

I printed out the words in a font I liked and traced them on to the fabric using a light box. Then I put the fabric in an embroidery hoop and got through lots of episodes of Grey's Anatomy as I sewed.

I made the make-up bag the same way I made all these. I gave it a black lining to match the stitching on the front.

What do you think?

Map Pouch

As you saw on Sunday I got this awesome map print fabric from the Scrap Store. It's kind of plastic-y and I think it's what people call oil cloth, but I'm not sure. 

I love it so much I wanted to make something with it right away. I chose an easy pouch and made it long enough to fit all of the United States on.

On the back is the North Pacific Ocean. 

I sewed across the corners of the pouch to give it a bit more body.

I used a greenish grey coloured fabric for the lining to match the outside fabric.

These are the pouches I made last year using the same method. When I sold them at craft fairs I put toiletries in to make them perfect Christmas gifts. Things like little bottles of shampoo or shower gel, and a small flannel/wash cloth.

Any ideas on what else I could put in them to market them as gifts?

Jigsaw Pouch Bag

I still had a lot of jigsaw left from my jigsaw bag cover project, so I decided to use another section on another bag, except this time I made the bag from scratch.

Like before, I covered my chosen jigsaw section with sticky back plastic.

I placed the jigsaw on a piece of black fabric and folded the sides over to create a frame around the jigsaw. I'm super impressed with myself that I managed to get the corners to fold with that diagonal line.

I then sewed it all in place.

Then it was time to construct the bag. I used black plasticy fabric for the remaining sides.

Trying to figure out which order I should sew the bag, make the lining and add the zip made my brain hurt. But I got there in the end! Aside from a bit of a wonky zip it turned out pretty great.

I went for bright orange for the lining as I thought black would have been too safe an option, so I picked something that would match the bright colours of the jigsaw image.

There's still jigsaw sections left so expect even more jigsaw projects in the future. I am am getting a lot for the £1.50 I paid for it.