Letter 'R' tote bag

It was my friend's birthday at the weekend and I couldn't find anything to get her so I decided to decorate a plain tote bag that I'd got from Hobby Craft. The bag looked a bit boring with just the letter on it so I put some buttons on the letter and also at the bottom of the straps.

 

  

She loved the bag and used it to carry all her other presents home! I've got 2 more plain bags to decorate so watch this space to see what I do with them!

Felt letter decoration

This week I've been making this cute felt decoration for the nursery of my friend's new baby.

I started by cutting 2 letter 'A's out of the felt and arranging the buttons on the pieces before stitching them on. There are buttons sewn on both of the 'A' parts so it's reversible. I used a spare bit of pink ribbon for the hanger. The 2 parts were attached together by blanking stiching with white thread around the edges. I stuffed the different sections as they were stitched together rather than doing it all at the end.