Sewing Project - Alphabet Adder Bag

 
This post is about another sewing project. In the past few weeks I have been very busy sewing (I completed several sewing projects) as well as working on designs for Valentine cards.

I decided to make this bag after buying an Alphabet Adder puzzle intended as a Xmas present.

 I looked at the box the puzzle was in and though that it would be much nicer if I made a bag for all the little wooden pieces to put in. I wanted to make it fun and colourful and of course, the picture itself had to be recognizable. I drew the shape of the adder onto Heat Bond Lite iron-on adhesive. Then I cut the picture into pieces. I chose bright colourful materials, first attaching the piece of the iron-on adhesive to the material of my choice and then attaching the material to the bag. I also added a smiley sun to the picture. Draw a circle onto the iron-on adhesive, cut it out, attach it to a yellow material and then to the bag. Using sewing machine I sew sun's rays directly onto the bag. To make sure that the materials would stay attached I sew round the edges. To complete the picture I stitched black beads on as eyes of the adder and sun. And at last, don't forget to hand stitch smiles onto the adder and the sun.

 
The puzzle itself is very well done and is a great idea teaching kids alphabet and numbers (numbers are on the other sided of the adder). If you like you can purchase it from my online shop. Just click on the picture on the right for more detail.



I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 3 parts; paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies,  crafty kids (offering variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children) and sewing and patchwork supplies.


 Bellow are samples of fabric you can find in my online shop. Click on each image for more detail.
 

Handmade Card - Sunflower

To make this card you will need:

• White card paper (15 x 30cm)
• Pastel yellow card paper (15 x 15cm)
• Brown card paper (9 x 9 cm)
• Small piece of white card paper to fit a flower outline sticker on 
• Craft corner paper punch
• Double sided tape
• Silver and gold colour gel pens
• Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick) 

Here are few of many corner paper craft punches and outline stickers you can purchase from my Craft Magic Online Shop. Click on the pictures for more details.

 





























 Paper craft cutters. Click on the picture for more details:











 




I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 2 parts; one offers paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies and the other one is for crafty kids and offers variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children.

Instructions: 


Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a pastel yellow card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take brown card paper (9 x 9 cm), cut its corners using corner craft punch, then attach it to the yellow card using foam pads. Attach a flower outline sticker to a piece of white card paper and tear around the picture to create an uneven edge. Colour the outline sticker using gel pens. Then attach it to the brown card paper.