Sewing

I wanted to make some fabric buckets for the girls rooms to keep some of their soft toys in. I have made some smaller ones in my time but they didn't work as well as I would have liked. These one's I made using a medium interfacing as the fabric is thicker. They were easier to sew and turned out how I wanted. There are quite a few tutorials out there to go by for these.

I love them as they are reversible, so even with them being the same, they are still a bit different.

I used a pop of bright pink in them as I am quite liking it at the moment. I bought the fabric at Spotlight when it was on special, so they also didn't cost too much to make.

I am in love with piping at the moment too and I have been making heaps of new cushions and piping them for a more professional finish. This one I made for Olive's room using some fabric from Made 590. Every now and again they have a sale of off cuts of their lovely fabrics. I was lucky enough to nab myself the quilting sized fabric bag. So many beautiful fabrics, I had fun just searching through the bag when I got it.

I backed it with some of the fabric from the buckets and made a mustard piping for it.

This fabric was also from Spotlight, and I made a navy blue piping.

I made a lamp with this fabric from Kelani fabric a while ago. I loved it so much I really wanted a cushion also. I decided on making a rectangle cushion and cut a larger cushion in half and stitched the opening shut to make two smaller ones. This was the first cushion I made with the piping, I used a store bought fuschia velvet piping for this one.

I also sewed a zip in this one to save on fabric.

I love them so much, I have been told that we may have enough cushions in the house now, but I'm not convinced yet.

I also made some bunting for Olives room also using the Made 590 fabric.
I was pretty happy to get the sewing machine out to make these, I think they would make some great gifts for kids instead of toys. I know Ruby was pretty happy with her bucket and is asking for a new cushion.

Em xx ♥