Sunday, 21 June 2015

Making a quick peg bag




Just another thing I have had to make since moving into our new house. 

so a quick and easy way of creating a peg bag, I Drew around a hanger to get the right shape at the top
making it a little shorter and leaving space a the top. Making the back of the peg bag shorter than the front so that I can hem the opening and create a flap front.

After hemming the opening I stitched the top sides together leaving the top and the small edges, Then I stitched the bottom half over the top, leaving a small slip at the edge to squeeze the hanger through the edges. 


This is the end result nothing too fancy but it does the job.





Monday, 15 June 2015

Making a Bean bag



A little project I was asked to make, for my boyfriend's birthday was a Bean bag!

I created a simple pattern for this bean bag without any hassle. The fabric he chose 
was a heavy dark denim type. 

firstly I began by cutting out a large circle for the base of the bean bag. I created a circle with the diameter of around 60cm but this can be made smaller or larger.  


I then cut out a long strip of fabric to stitch around the edge of the circle to create the 
sides of the bean bag. i did the exact same thing on another fabric which is to sit inside the bean bag so that if the bean bag ever ripped the beans would not pour out. 


This was me collecting a very large bag of beans ready to pour inside


I used a few scraps of fabric to create the lining as it was just handy to get rid of fabric that I wasn't going to use. to actually fill the bean bag it would have been goo to stitch up the bean bag fully and use a funnel to pour them in, however i had to hang the bean bag off the edge of the bed and use a saucepan to scoop the beans in slowly. 

I then hand stitched the lining up I stitched it by hand first so no beans would get out then went over it with the machine to make it much sturdier. 



As you can see quite a few beans made it onto the floor :s

After I completed the inside I put the lining bag inside the outer bean bag and slip stitched the top of the fabric together.  


Another way would to be to add a second circle piece and fit it on top but 
I love the shape and style of this, It looks much more comfier and welcoming to sit on.


and Ta Dahhhhh !!!