Sunday 25 November 2012

Alice's Birthday Bag :)

Oh we've had fun today! There's nothing like spending 6 hours with a thirteen year old to make you appreciate how unimportant the 9-5 stresses of working life really are ... she's the best company and I knew most of the music we listened to on the radio :)

This post contains lots of pictures so I'm going to keep the text to a minimum and the pictures tell the story really well. Firstly, please meet Alice ... today is part of her birthday present with 'mad Aunty Jenni' ... I love this kid and she loves ... sweets!


Practising her 1/4" seams:


Auditioning fabrics ... we're going to make a bag:


Chain piecing ... still lots of sweets there:


Now that's what I call a perfect 1/4" ... good job, Alice:


Making the inside pocket ... ok, Alice, I could have left you a little more room to pull it through! She was in stitches ... I put her ' problem solving' skills to great use:


Making the lining ... hey, where have all the sweets gone?? I was at the ironing board for like 5 minutes!! 


All component parts ready for assembly:


Button sewing, she's under there somewhere:


And finally after a little unpicking ( yes, Alice, I should have listened to you when you said the button holder didn't look like it was on the right side!):


One very sweet and funny birthday girl with a unique bag:


Thank you, Alice, I have had such a fabby day :)












4 comments:

  1. Oh, how fun! I'm wondering which one of you enjoyed it more? It turned out great!

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  2. Looks like a wonderful time was had and the bag looks great.

    Cheers Pauline

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  3. Looks like you both had a grand time together. =D

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