My eldest daughter has been in desperate need of a new pencil case for a while now so I whipped this one up for her on the last week of the holidays. She chose the fabrics, designer fabrics I might add :-) She definitely knows what she likes and doesn't like this girl :-)
I found the free pattern and tutorial over here at "A spoonful of sugar" I like the triangular shape because it's just a bit different to your everyday pencil case shape plus it sits nice and flat. The pattern is a little on the small side so I made it a couple of inches longer mainly to accommodate the larger zip that I had on hand.
I also gave it more of a scrappy look and added some pretty machine embroidery stitches too.
And I finished covering this lampshade last week using up some of my scraps. It was a pretty quick and easy project plus I had fun putting all those gorgeous fabrics together :-)
I love how it turned out but I'm not quite sure where it's going to go yet. I think it would be perfect for a girls room so might have to look for a lamp-stand for it to go on.
And here's a sneak peak of a couple of cushion designs I'm working on this week. I spent yesterday morning brainstorming and sketching and now I have more ideas/designs than time which is a good thing really.
5 comments:
She does have good taste in fabrics!! Very nice. The lampshade is pretty too.
Busy lady! I love the lampshade. I would have it on my landing.
Wow - what a productive few days you have been having - that scrap pile must be getting quite low now. :)
Love the lamp. I really like patchwork things made from real scraps.
Some very pretty finishes! The pencil case is fab. I lust love the triangle ends. I make my son one each year for school but my design is nowhere near as nice but truthfully I think a nice design would be wasted on him. I just pick a fabric he likes. Next year he tells me he wants to buy a horrible plastic thing like his friends have. Oh well. Will wait and see if he changes his mind when the time comes to get the school supplies sorted. Hope you are having nice weather. Ours has been horrible. We are in desperate need of rain. We even washed the car in the hopes that would bring some rain.
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