Fab purse making course

I spent a wonderful evening at the lovely Make Lounge in Islington London back in June and I learnt how to make this snap frame purse in just one evening. The course is run by the lovely Ariane Dreysse who has her own accessories label Peppermint Twist. If you live in or near London I'd totally recommend the Make Lounge. It was a great way to de-stress after a day at work complete with nibbles, wine and like minded people. I really felt like I learnt something useful and as these purses can be a little bit fiddly, actually being shown how to make it rather than struggling with an online tutorial was totally worth the money.

At the beginning of the class you get to chose your material for the outside and lining from the amazing selection in the on site shop at the Make Lounge. I was in heaven - there were soo many fabrics that were totally my kind of thing. I couldn't help buying a few more for the next lot of bibs on my way out. I even picked up some glue and purse frames determined to make sure I made some more at home so I didn't forget.

As I'm writing this a few months after the course I'm pleased to say I have actually made some bibs with the new fabric and another purse as a birthday gift. Images to follow...I'm very excited!
How cute are these prints?!




Links: Snap Frame Purse course
The Make Lounge

The first baby bibs

As one of my friend's has just had a baby and another one is due in a few weeks I wanted to make a unique present for the new arrivals. So I attempted to make some baby bibs with some vintage print fabric. I was pretty pleased and they are definitely more satisfying to make then fiddly curtains!


After drawing a half-bib template freehand, you simply cut out the fabric. Sew together leaving a side gap to turn out he fabric. I great tip I read online was to use a chopstick to help do this.


















Then after ironing it flat you sew around the edge again, this time joining the gap. Simple.
I'm looking forward to seeing some photos of the little ones dribbling down them. Will attempt some more styles once the first two have been road tested!

Singapore Style

My excuse for being quiet on the blog recently is that my boyfriend and I went on an amazing trip recently to Singapore and Malaysia. I think I'll be paying it off for the next few years!
I loved the typography in Singapore though. Everywhere you go there is something cool like a cute vending machines or signposts for a soya bean shops!




We got very carried away by the Japanese style toy machines!!

Robin & Mould go global...

Inspired by the success of my lovely friends Amy & Christian who run Robin & Mould I'm determined to return to the blogging fold! After my holiday I haven't blogged for a while, so I have a stack of things to post about including the baby bibs I've been making.



But while I'm catching up, I just wanted to say congrats to Robin & Mould for making it on to the lovely blog Bloesem Kids blog. It's a beautiful blog that we've loved for ages, so I'm super pleased they've featured the Robin & Mould cushions available on their Etsy shop.



As soon as the Etsy shop went live I got super excited and ordered myself a fabulous tea cosy and owl cushion. The cushion was supposed to be a gift but I've become too attached to it to give it away. I'll just have to buy some more...

• Robin & Mould blog
• Robin & Mould Etsy shop
• Bloesem Kids blog