Friday, September 21, 2012

A small Friday Finish

Another week of work has seen me kept out of the sewing room again. I did manage a quick project this week though! We are off to the Barossa tomorrow to continue with our house renovations. While we are there, I am going to meet up with a fellow blogger who I have been in email contact with over the last few months. I wanted to make her a small gift to thank her for all her advice and support.

I needed something quick and not too complicated so I had a quick flick through the Zakka style book and came upon the Delightful linen bag - perfect!


I went with the general instructions in the book, but went with the sizing from Fiona from Finding Fifth's tutorial so that the bag would be big enough for a Kindle or Ipad. Oh and I didn't have any linen, so went with some grey homespun.
I embellished on the front with some bunting and on the back with some vintage doilies held in place with sunshine yellow thread.






The lining is a Denyse Schmidt print with blue and green tones.



and to finish off....a vintage button from my button jar and a loop of sewing tape that had come via Kristy at Quietplay!



I am really pleased with how this turned out...just hope that my bloggy friend likes it too!

Linking up with my friend Jane from WhereJaneCreates for






8 comments:

  1. Oh perfect little gift! This is so sweet- love all the little touches you added!

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  2. Your gift turned out perfectly! The lining is fantastic, really pops. Enjoy your weekend :)

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  3. That lining really is great. I like the cute bunting too. And go you for making it your own with sizing and embellishments.

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  4. What a thoughtful and lovely gift, Marieka! I'm sure your bloggy friend with like it. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  5. Ooo it turned out great with the darker homespun and the bunting (are you addicted to it?). That vintage button and tape are just the 'thang' to finish it off!

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  6. Adorable bunting!! I think I need to do something like that... Hmm, brain's turning...

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  7. Too cute, I hope she likes it!
    Thanks for linking up to TGIFF :)

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