Monday 20 December 2010

More Buttercup bags!


Following the success (if I do say so myself) of the Buttercup bag I made the other day, I decided to make some more for my mum, boyfriend's mum, and friend from work. I made them production line stylee to save time and head scratching between steps.


As I discovered last time I made this, the Buttercup pattern turns out a very small handbag (10" across), so I decided to adapt it into a zippered make up bag pattern instead. I added a little extra height and flat tops to pieces A+ C, and followed Flossie Teacakes' extremely clear instructions for covering zip ends and sewing zip and fabric layers in the right configuration.



This one is made from the Liberty reproduction of an 18th century print that I bought from the V&A Quilts exhibition.



This one is a Tanya Whelan print, correctly identified by Jane as the leftover fabric from my Sencha blouse (a blouse I have never worn, BTW - the fabric is much better suited to bags!).



This one is from a tiny piece of one of my favourite fabrics ever, with a darling vintage beauty product print.


And this is what my street looked like while I was busy stitching in the warmth!

Love from Tilly x

9 comments:

  1. Fabulous! Great adaptations too. Sewing in the snuggly warmth whilst it's cold and snowing outside has been an unexpected pleasure these last few weeks!

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  2. Lovely Tilly, I have to give them a go at some point...sadly after Xmas!

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  3. Wheeee! You finally got to use your V&A fabric. Mine is still untouched. I think I'm going to use it in a quilting project for a friend who loves turquoise.

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  4. Gorgeous! I so want to make one now, thanks for the inspiration!

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  5. They're lovely. In fact I think I prefer them as make-up bags rather than handbags. I've also got some V & A fabric looking for a use - this might be it. x

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  6. Tilly you make such cute stuff! I love these!

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  7. Wonderful post! Looking forward to this Christmas to try it!

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