Denim Days

A little post on my creations this Easter long weekend...  Something old and something new led me to create these cute little kids shoulder bags.  I have a decent sized fabric stash and decided to use a few small pieces up when I hacked into a pair of unwanted denim jeans.  From a boys (size 10?) pair of jeans I managed to make five little bags from the legs, and one bigger tote from the top section.

If I had the patience, I would have loved to have embellished each one with more trim & buttons etc, but they are for a small, local one off market where I can't really charge too much.  The bigger bag is for my eight year old daughter Charlotte, she's been wearing it around all weekend, just around the house, empty.  I'm going to add a sash to go through the belt loops and it can double as a headband in, ahh... hair emergencies.

My other little project was making a few more of these divine little birds.  They have no real intended purpose except to look pretty.  I suppose they would make good pin cushions, a baby mobile, just hanging by a window, or in a small bird cage.  I'm planning to try a few with little pockets on the front as tooth fairy cushions.  The template was drawn free hand, and the eyes are sewn on last, but the inspiration was from my Crafty Minx book by Kelly Doust.  Check out her website/blog.  The fabrics are a mix of new fabrics and up cycled bed sheets/pillowcases.  The buttons are all recycled from pre loved clothing.  Photo editing was done in Picnik (well worth getting the very inexpensive paid version, but you can do amazing things with the free version too!)

Hope you had a colourful & creative Easter too!

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