Cath Kidston - SEW!

Last summer I bought SEW! by Cath Kidston and have drooled over the projects in it. Between one thing and another these last few months, I never got round to doing anything with it. But last Sunday, I found myself at a loose end so I decided to sit down and sew up the free bag that comes with the book!

The picture is a bit rubbish on account of it being such a dull grey day, but it is a lovely bright blue fabric with a country rose type pattern. Very Cath Kidston! 

It turned out smaller than I expected it to but it's nice all the same. It is called a shoulder bag so I was expecting a larger bag but it would be an ideal size for anyone who doesn't lug half their life around with them!

 

The bag looks a lot bigger on the front cover, doesn't it?

I found the instructions easy enough to follow but the book does presume you know what you are doing so I had to re-read some parts to make sure I understood it. I only had to unpick my work a few times!

I'm rather please with it and now I'm thinking about what to try making next.

Fun post!!

I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of two fab books which I ordered on Amazon to help me in my sewing/crafting quest, and they finally arrived yesterday!! Yippee!!

This is the first one:

This is a great book all about Christmas decorations (one of my favourite things!) and there are some fab projects which I will def be making this year. There are also a few things that are not too obviously christmassy so they can be made for other times of the year so I think this was a good buy! My first make will prob be these cute birdies:

SO much nicer than the tacky plastic robins you get in the shops! And they would look fab in any colour.

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And the second (and maybe slightly more exciting) book is this:

It even comes with all the stuff you need to make the bag on the front cover!! Can't wait to get started on that one and I am so keeping it for myself :-) I also think one of my first makes from this book will be one of these as I really need one!

There are so many lovely things to make and sew little time...