Sewing Machine Pin Cushion

Using my rest days to start making some of the things I've had pinned on my pinterest boards for ages... I started a rather pesky sewing project and had pins everywhere when I suddenly remembered I had pinned a tutorial for making a sewing machine pin cushion to save the hassle of pins going everywhere. The tutorial can be found here.

Now I've got this nifty little pin cushion and I'm using it I really don't know how I managed so many sewing projects without it. Certainly wouldn't have finished some of my recent projects without having my pins to hand as easily, grabbing off the desk isn't ideal when you're trying to hold a seam together and just need that one extra pin while the fabric's going through the machine.

Quick and easy to make but oh so very useful, could have stuffed it with wire wool instead of cotton wool then it would have kept my pins sharp too but oh well. Just held on by a bow tied in the ribbon so I can move it round to the back of the machine or remove it if need be.  

Great Pinterest Challenge August 2011

Morning ladies and gents... so here we go again Round 2 of the Great Pinterest Challenge voting has begun and once again I need help, please please plase come vote for me!

Here's my piece for the challenge...

To help me out here's what you gotta do...

1. Go to Honeybear Lanes facebook page and 'like' it
2. Go to my photo in the Great Pinterest Challenge album and 'like' it. Either click here, click the photo above or have a browse throught the album yourself till you find me.

There's some gorgeous projects in that album there really are, think the sewing category of the challenge will be a hard round to do well in.. so please everyone come help me.. much appreciated if you do :)

Lace flower necklace

I seem to be leaving the sewing machine alone a little at the moment, so guess what I have gone back to doing... yup more jewellery.. can never have enough necklaces so I have made yet another...
I pinned the tutorial Ashley (Little Miss Momma) did over at Tatertos & Jello (it's here if you want it too) the other week and decided it had to be made, so with a spare few minutes the other morning I whipped one up with some stash from a recent fabric shop trip.

Look I even tried to copy the bathroom mirror pose too.. this is now my facebook display picture.. yes I'm somewhat of a poser but it never occurred to me to pose in my crafty pics, no idea why... so prepare for more posed pics in the future!

A close up just so you can see the large pearls hidden amongst the lace.

(for the sake of linking up to some parties, needing backlinks: http://makingtheworldcuter.com/)

Better Life Bags Pinterest Competition

Ok, so I've entered the Better Life Bags Pinterest competition on Facebook and now I need some 'likes' on my piece to try to win me a Better Life Bag. 'Likes' can be done between now and the 22nd, so please 'like' my baby bib, click the photo below to be taken the photo you have to 'like'.

(P.S you will need to 'like' Better Life Bags in order to 'like' my photo)

Thanks all!!!!

Baby Bib Gift

There are some brill tutorials and templates out there for making bibs for babies... like here and here. I tweeked the sizing a little bit to make mine a tad longer than the patterns.

I've used a teal blue dotty fabric and glittery white towel for the back piece, seeing as the gender of the baby this is for is unknown it made life much harder picking fabrics, what exactly counts as neutral nowadays? So with that in mind I hand drew a teddy on some felt, pieced, layered and then hand sew it onto the bib, everyone loves teddies right? I've used a small metal snap as the closure for the bib, just to make sure it's secure when being worn.

Now I just got to hope that my friends like it when I give it to them. If they do then I may just have to whip up more for other friends who are expecting soon!


Ok so now I have entered the bib into Better Life Bags Pinterest Challenge on Facebook and I need as many people as possible to like my baby bib in order to win a Better Life Bag. Please go like Better Life Bags on Facebook here and then like my photo here. Pretty pretty please with loads of cherries on top!

Pinterest

So I 'pinterested' myself the other day and found four of my things had been pinned, I try again tonight and loads more have been pinned :)

Shame I'm not on Pinterest though, I keep requesting invites but never actually get one :( So to any of you lovely people who pin me.. would you invite me if you can please?

Edit: Thanks very much Nancy for the invite, I have Pinterest now :)