French bag, sewing box, and..

It is June already, but it's still warm and humid.

It makes me aware every day of the Global warming...

Anyway, I have finished with my new shoulder bag, and is in Yahoo Japan Auction today.

The back side of the bag has a stamped French love letter, with my original hand embroidery.
Now, this is my next sewing box!

I have just finished with my cross sititching, and have fabricated the box today.

I have to do some more cross stitching on other bits and pieces tonight, and it should be completed maybe tomorrow, I hope!

I have always wanted to put my bag into e-bay auction, and have finaly decided to try it!

It is not much to look at yet, but it will become a shoulder bag.

pouches and bags and...

It has been too long since I last updated my blog.

It doesn't mean I haven't been making anything, Oh no!

Here are my recent works!

This is a mini pouch for digital camera, or for your mobile phone.

They are quite popular in Japan.

I have used an antique Hungarian linen to cross stitch "E".

(Don't ask me why "E", I just love Sajou alphabets)

And, this is the second one, with "O".

They are both in Yahoo Japan Auction now.

This is the mini bag and a pouch set I made using a modern cloth.

I just loved the boy scout design, and bought these sets of 5 fat 1/4s from Calico & Ivy ages ago.

Now that I have used them, I think I have done a good shopping! don't you think?

Oh, and this is my nex cross stitch work I am working on now.

This will be another one of my sewing box!

The previous sewing box (with red cross stitch) I put on Auction was quite popular, and the lady who won it could not believe she could have it so cheaply.

Well, I was happy to get what I got, so I was very pleased to hear that!

Finally, this is my new bag I will be working on today. The figure of the post modern lady is actually a stamp I got from the Craft show in Perth Convension centre last weekend.

I stamped it on the linen fabric using the black inkpad for fabrics.

The fabric to match it will be this antique fabric I got from England.

This stamp shop had loads of beautiful stamps which I have never seen before, and they were all from USA. She has HP as well, so if I want more, I can get it on net.

The link is, www.PaperForest.com.au

It was closed when I went there last week, but keep trying until it opens again.

This is the most recent shoulder bag I made.

The base fabric is an antique Hungarian linen, and I have used an antique feed sacks for the patchwork.
It is a fastner bag with opening of 2cm on both sides.
The strap is adjustable for long shoulder to a shoulder length.

sashiko bag

This is my recent item.

I have stitched sashiko stitch on the cotton canvas fabric,

and then decorated it with some feed sack fabrics.

This is the back side of the bag.

I stitched the same sashiko stitch on the pocket, and stack monkiri pattern next to it.

The bag opens with a zipper and has a leather shoulder strap.

Now, this is a totally different bag which I used an antique hungarian linen for the base, and played around with an antique feed sack fabrics.

I have stitched a small cross stitch at the front.

This is the back side of the bag.

I have stitched a feed sack patchwork pocket to put a pen and a memo pad.

This is my recent water colour painting.

The first order

This is the box made to order.

Fabric was chosen by the client, and she fell in love with this Laura Ashley interior fabric.

The request was to have her initial "M" to be cross stitched on the lid, and have edging as well.

The initial is my favourite one from Sajou.

This is the inside of the box, and have used the Laura Ashley all over it.

This is the bin, and have covered inside with the fabric as well.

It has a cross stitched flower on the front, and so does the pin cushion.

This is the scissor case made for her scissor. It is 15cm in length and so is bigger than the one I normally make.

I have used the edge of the Laura Ashley fabric with the writing on it to add character to it.

The cross stitch pattern on its front pocket is the same one as the edging of the lid.

Sewing box with red cross stitch

I have finished this sewing box today, and it looks beautiful with the edging!

The fabric used to match the cross stitch is an old Laura Ashley and it goes really well with my embroidery.

The cross stitch patterns are all from Sajou.

This is the inside of the sewing box.

There is the removable bin, pin cushion, and scissor pouch on the lid, and 2 small movable boxes are fitted in the box.

This is the mini-embroidery book, and I have cross stitched on it as well.

This is the inside of the embroidery book, and it has two pockets to put your embroidery threads, and your mini scissors.

The centre is the pincushion, and there is a small felt pocket on one of the pocket which you can put rubbish in.

This will be on Japanese Yahoo Auction after their long holidays.

feed sack sewing box kit is completed!

The box has been completed!

It took quite a long time to finish it because of the patchwork.

It was fan doing it though.

I have changed the lid part a little.

Instead of having a pocket for scissors, I put a long pocket at the top, and brought pin cushion and the bin to the bottom.

It is handier to have pin cushion and the bin at the bottom part of the lid.

But I realised that it is hard to put things into the top pocket, so I may change it a bit again next time.

These are an accessories I made for this box.

The top one , I call "Shi-shu book", is a mini mobile booklet for embroidery tools.

In one pocket you put your mini scissors, and in the other you put your embroidery thread.

There is a bin made of felt on one of the pocket, and the pin cushion is at the middle.

The bottom one is the scissor holder.

They are both made by using cartonnage techunique.

They are all in auction until Saturday.