Sewing Project - Cute Cat Cushion.

This is a cute cat cushion. Great as a decoration in children's room. You will need fabric, buttons, soft toy filling and Heat Bond Lite iron-on adhesive. 
Draw the basic shape of the cat onto a piece of a material (2x) of your choice and cut it out. Draw (2x) shape of the tale and cut the tale out as a separate piece. Draw the shape of a face and the heart onto Heat Bond Lite iron-on adhesive and cut it out. Iron the 2 cut out pieces of the iron-on adhesive onto the materials of your choice and then iron the 2 pieces to the material that's to be a front of the cat. To make sure that the face and heart materials would stay attached, sew round its edges. Sew on nose and mouth and eye buttons. 

Sew 2 pieces of the tale together leaving a lowest point of the tale opened and stuff it with soft toy filling. Then put 2 pieces of the materials (cat's body) together, secure it together with pins. Then attach the tale to the side of the cat and also secure it to the side of the cat with pins. Ensure that the tale is inside the cat, in between the 2 pieces of materials. This way when you sew the 2 pieces (incl the tale) together and turn the materials inside out, the tale will end up being on the outside of the cat. When sewing the body of the cat together, remember to leave some part undone so you can stuff the cat's body with soft toy filling. Then close the opening sewing it by hand. Hand sew the tip of the tale to the side of the cat.

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.

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

Handmade Valentine Card - Hearts Hedgehog

To make this card you will need:

• White card paper (15 x 30cm)
• Dark red card paper (15 x 15cm)
• White card paper (10 x 10cm)
• Yellow card paper (9 x 9cm)
• Message outline sticker - "With Love", "Happy Valentine" or "Happy Anniversary"-
• Double sided tape 
• 3 Red adhesive gems
• Letraset promarkers (making this card I used set of 6 - Letraset Metallic Traditional Christmas and Mid Tones promarkers - which you can purchase from my blog's Craft Magic Online Shop)
• Cute  craft stamp (you can purchase the same or similar stamp from my blog's online shop)
• Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick) 

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.

You can purchase following items in my online shop. Click on the image for more detail. The link will get you directly into my shop.

LETRASET PROMARKERS:

SOME CUTE LOVE CRAFT STAMPS:































Instructions:

Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a dark red card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Stamp an image of hedgehog on the yellow card (9 x 9cm) and colour it in using letraset promarkers. I used following colours - blue, pink, yellow and brown from Mid tones, red from Christmas edition. Attach the yellow card (9 x 9 cm) to the white card (10 x 10 cm) using double sided tape, then  attach the yellow / white cards to the red card using foam pads. Attach 3 red gems to the card as well as the outline message.

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.