Showing posts with label Sew Sweetness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sew Sweetness. Show all posts

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Bag Making Club 2017



If you love making bags then our latest mail order club is just for you.

This is a brand new online club where, over the year, you will receive 6 bag kits to create stunning bags to suit your own personal style. Once you join the club 1 Bag Making Kit (Pattern, interfacing and hardware) will be sent out to you every 2 months. Featuring bag patterns from You Sew Girl, Sew Sweetness, Two Pretty Poppets and Emmaline Bags plus high quality stabilisers and hardware, these kits will enable you to try out new techniques and expand your bag making skills. 

Each pattern has been chosen to introduce you to different techniques, stabiliser combinations and hardware. The patterns all have clear instructions and illustrations/photos.

 The first four kits are set but you have a choice of the following for the last two.


You can also choose if you prefer Silver or Antique Brass Hardware* and Black or White Zippers. 

Your Subscription Includes:
- 1 x Bag Pattern -
- All necessary interfacings and stabilisers -
- All required bag hardware (rings, closures, slides etc) -
- All zippers (choice of black /white) -
- BONUS useful sewing/bag making tool! -

Fabric is NOT included ~ great way to utilise your fabric stash.

Numbers are strictly limited so sign up now to avoid disappointment.

$68.00/kit (inc. GST and postage)

Payment will be charged every 2 months for a total of 6 payments ($408 total over 12months).
Kits will be posted in the first week of February, April, June, August, October and December 2017.
* The Butterfly Sling and Framed Purse Bag are only available in Silver.
Fabric is not included in the kits.


Hardware Colour
Zippers
Kit 5
Kit 6

Sunday, September 18, 2016

New in Store - 18th September 2016

In addition to all the regular shop work I have been super busy making new bag samples for the 2016 Brisbane Craft and Quilt FairThis week I made the Rockstar Bag designed by Sew Sweetness. I have 
used True Love Tattoo Black By Andover Fabric as the exterior fabric, Ed Hardy Love Is True Roses Light Grey By Quilting Treasures for the lining and the red accent fabric is my go to Premium Solid Tomato (24) By Northcott. I have added the rockstar edge with rivets (coming to the website next week !!) and metal spikes (new in store this week). 

This bag is interfaced with Medium Weight Woven Fusible Interfacing on the lining and In-R-Form foam stabilser on the exterior. At times you will be sewing through 1/2" of foam stabiliser on this bag so you will need a sewing machine that can handle these kind of thicknesses. I found that my little Brother Innovis-950 couldn't handle the bulk (broke 5 needles learning this :/) but my Janome Memory Craft 4900 handled it fine. When sewing bags with a lot of stabilisers in them I find that a some form of double sided adhesive tape is brilliant for holding straps and zippers in place before sewing. It is also invaluable when inserting the piping and the bias tape on the lining seam, in fact I think that I used most a roll on this bag ;)
Overall this bag can be a little challenging purely due to the bulk of the foam stabiliser but the level of difficulty will come down to your sewing machine. 
I think you will all agree that the finished product is pretty awesome and worth a little effort :)


I still found time to list some new products over on the website, check them all out below :) I believe that Hot Wheels has been discontinued by Alexander Henry so this may be the last time that I will be able to stock it.


Top Row

Middle Row

Bottom Row

Till next week, happy sewing
- Ky

Sunday, July 10, 2016

New in Store - 10th July 2016

This week the remainder of the very funky Keep On Groovin' collection from Riley Blake Designs arrived in store. I love the colours and retro design of this range, a must for any kombi lover :)
The latest pattern from Funky Friends Factory is also now in store. Sparkles is a shy little Seahorse who is spends the day playing hide & seek in the sea grass. She has lots of little bits so this pattern isn’t recommend for beginners.
I have gotten a bit behind schedule with listing bag interfacing and hardware kits because I was sick the last few weeks, this week I started listing them again. The Sew Serendipity Madison Wallet Bag interfacing kit and hardware kits all available in store and online. Also available is the Sew Sweetness Ansel Camera Bag interfacing and hardware kit, the buckles in the hardware kit are available in several colours as well as black.


Top Row

2nd Row

Till next week, happy sewing :)
- Ky

Sunday, January 24, 2016

New in Store - 24th January 2016

I've almost caught up with the backlog of product listings I have to do, of course every time I think that I'm done more stock arrives, LOL. This week I have some very nice beach themed fabrics from Riley Blake Designs, Flamingos from Michael Miller and Timeless Treasures. I'm very excited to receive the new Doctor Who fabric range from Springs Creative, consisting of a fabric panel with two co-ordinating fabric. 

On the patterns side of things I now have Sew Sweetness patterns by Sara Lawson. I have been sewing up the Ansel Camera Bag this week, you can checkout my progress over on Instagram or Facebook. If you are a fan of Soft and Stable byAnnie you might want to have a look at our new fusible foam interfacing. This product is from Australian brand Matilda's Own but it is made in the same factory as the product from byAnnie. It is also similar to Pellon Foam Flex but is slightly thinner.


Top Row

2nd Row

3rd Row

Bottom Row

'Til next week, happy sewing :)
- Ky