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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Sewing organiser - A finish!

One of the first blogs I followed, when I discovered quilting, is Aneela Hooey's Comfortstitching.  Aneela designs really cute fabric, very girly, lots of sweet colours, pinks & purples and beautiful hand drawn art. She also makes patterns for fabric boxes, pouches and project books.

Last week, when leaving a comment on Carla's blog Granny Maud's Girl, suggesting Annela's blog for inspiration for pouches and small makes from heavier weight cottons it occurred to me that it would be the perfect place to find a use for this embroidered design of a fox and a bunny!

The design is from Urban Threads Moonlit Winter.  They have since released Spring, Summer & Autumn in both machine and hand embroidery - they are really gorgeous.  Urban threads is another one of my favourites and well worth a look!

I came across this design while looking for cute bunny rabbits, as my swap partner for the #SPDFairytaleswap on Instagram loves them.  I thought this fox and rabbit were seriously cute.  I'm calling them Fred and Barbara (no idea why, just suits them to me!) 

My Husqvarna has an embroidery adapter that I don't use much, preferring to hand stitch embroidery but sometimes I set it up and use Silk threads and let it run.  I had a nice big scrap of solid grey and let the machine do its thing and scratched my head for a bit as to what to do with the embroidered piece. 


Annela's Project Book Pouch looked like it might be the perfect thing for it. I used some Architextures and Art Gallery fabric to make the little piece stretch into a book cover.




Some Minimalista fabric and a low volume fat quarter with scissors all seemed to go well together to make pockets for a few small goodies.


Hand sewn binding on the front to finish.  I used fusible fleece on the front cover as I wanted it a bit squishy.  Next time, (and there will be a next time as I am definitely making one of these for myself and probably as Christmas presents for everyone I know!) I'd stick with Aneela's instructions and use the stiff heavyweight fusible to make it more book like.

I really like how this turned out. Hope my partner does too!
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20 comments:

  1. Marly1 July 2015 at 12:28

    A lovely organiser, and a great way to incorporate your lovely embroidered panel. You're all set for some delightful hand embroidery now.

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  2. Judy@Quilt Paradigm1 July 2015 at 12:56

    Beautiful finish and your partner can't help but love it! I think Fred and Barbara are very fitting names for the fox and rabbit :D

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  3. Lorna McMahon1 July 2015 at 13:35

    Awwww! This is adorable! The embroidery design is really cute. And the organizer is beautiful. I can see how you might want to make another. And another....

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  4. Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl1 July 2015 at 14:59

    What a sweet finish - the embroidery design is lovely and I love the names for the fox and rabbit. :)

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  5. Jasmine1 July 2015 at 16:04

    What a beautiful finish. Your fabric choices compliment the embroidery so well.

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  6. Soma @ inkTorrents.com1 July 2015 at 17:36

    It is beautiful! All the colours look wonderful together. Your partner will love it! Now you need to make one for yourself :)

    -Soma

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  7. Gina1 July 2015 at 17:42

    The pouch is really cute. Your partner will love it

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  8. Gina1 July 2015 at 17:42

    The pouch is really cute. Your partner will love it

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  9. Lisa J.1 July 2015 at 18:56

    This is beautiful Ruth. What a great gift.

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  10. Little Black Cat Quilting2 July 2015 at 01:28

    Fred and Barbara are too cute! Those fabrics work beautifully together, your partner is lucky to get such a cute gift! :)

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  11. Serena @ Sewgiving2 July 2015 at 11:13

    Oh goodie! I can't wait for Christmas ... you know me, right?! LOL Love this and Fred and Barbara make the cutest little pair :)

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  12. Celtic Thistle2 July 2015 at 18:33

    It's beautiful Ruth, your partner will love it :)

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  13. Cheryl2 July 2015 at 19:11

    That is a beautiful gift, your recipient is one lucky quilter!

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  14. Tomomi McElwee4 July 2015 at 00:06

    That's really cute. Lucky partner.

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  15. Kaja6 July 2015 at 07:32

    I particularly like the combination of fabrics you have used on the inside of this: it it a great swap for one lucky person.

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  16. Granny Maud's Girl8 July 2015 at 15:11

    Aneela is so inspiring in so many ways! I love the fox and the rabbit – unlikely friends, I think.
    I seem to be rubbish at figuring out size and scale, but I have some of the scissor print so was able to tell that this is a generous and handy folder! Love the inside fabrics.

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  17. Lara B.8 July 2015 at 21:54

    So whimsical and wonderful Ruth! Fred and Barbara (hee hee) must have been a huge hit!

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  18. SuperMomNoCape10 July 2015 at 15:10

    I'm sure your partner is going to love it. It's beautiful!

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  19. M-R Charbonneau11 July 2015 at 00:40

    Your partner is so lucky! That is an adorable sewing kit!

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  20. Carie @ Space for the Butterflies11 July 2015 at 07:54

    Oh isn't it sweet! I'm wildly impressed by the embroidery, probably because my machine would never do anything like that!

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