WOYWW 195

DAISY, DAISY, GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER DO,
I'M HALF CRAZY, OH FOR THE LOVE OF YOU.....!

One of our tuba players in my band has recently become a dad! So I've been 
making bunting....yay!
Pretty, girly colours and hot, pink, spotty letters make a luscious combination! I bonda-webbed the letters on and then went round the edge with a small zigzag stitch....

What else? Oh yes....Pinterest. Oh my giddy aunt, there's a source of lost hours.....so many beautiful items, too much time spent looking. But you do find some peachy tutorials and this one http://ayumills.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/tutorial-fabric-basket.html
is no exception! Ooh, I thought, I'll have a go at making this, it's a variation on a tote-bag theme...





It takes very little fabric, a small piece of batting and Bob's your uncle!




I even discovered a new way of doing a handle with two fabrics that didn't involve 'turning the tube'. It is so easy and saves a lot of swearing! WHY didn't I know about it before? All is explained in the tutorial. Sigh! Anyway, it was quick and easy to make - here's the result:




Cute, huh? Made with my bargain £3 a metre fabric and some toning lining from my stash. Next time, I'll make the box construction of the bottom a bit wider so the bag/bucket/bin has a squarer base. Live and learn, LLJ.....




And the reason for making it? A little present to give to Fiona (Staring at the Sea/Angelfish) whom Julia and I met up with in Salisbury recently.
It's very blurred but I had just grabbed a random person to take the pic on my phone! We are in Franklin's, a fabric shop in Salisbury. We all bought a little something, had a lovely lunch and nattered away about Life, The Universe and Everything! That's what is so fab about meeting up in Real Life, you feel as if you've known the person forever. A fun morning indeed :)

Have a great week! xx

45 comments:

MaggieC (Silvercrafter) said...

I love that little bag and I am sure it will be treasured. It looks as though the three of you had a great time together. Have a great week. xx Maggie (no number yet)

Di said...

Super bag Jan - and I can vouch for the fun time you'll have had together. Never dull moment with you two girlies :)

Hugs, Di xx

Annie said...

Love the bag Jan and will pop over later to check out how it's made. Such a fab pic of happy blogging friends. :-)
Hugs,
A x # 56

lisa said...

Love the bag, Jan, but there you go talking in a foreign language again...batting????
I have discovered that sewing machines and me will never be best friends. I stayed very calm while it misbehaved (not usual i assure you) but had my teeth gritted and felt like I'd run the London marathon by the time I was done and yes i know all about turning handles inside out...how many hours!!!!!! It is now firmly back in the cupboard and I can play with paints and ink again, much more relaxing!!!!!
Love the piccy of you all, sounds like a lovely day.
Hugs Lisax #70

okienurse said...

great looking bag Jan. I am sure Daisie will love the bunting too! I have found on Pinterest if you really like something you should copy it to your hard drive beside pinning it cause the next time you come back it may be gone! Hope you have a great week and thanks for sharing with us! Vickie #39

Helen said...

Great bag, lovely pic of the three of you... no not calling you bags, the bag you made is lovely... ok I give up, stop digging.... have a great week.Helen, 8

Julia Dunnit said...

It was fun..it was really a nice diverting morning and lunch and I'm sure when Fiona's therapy is over, she'll probably feel similarly!!
Loving the Daisie bunting. Batting we're calling it now...how frightfully over the pond!

Lisa-Jane said...

Loving your bags missus! I'm off to Salisbury on Monday on our way back from the retreat so we might have to pop in Franklins. Pinterest - oh yes, my life is over.... ;-) Have a great week x

Debs Willis said...

hi Jan, loving that fruity hearts fabric! Not tried pinterest yet, not sure I can cope with another addiction loL!


happy woyww

Debs #95

sandra de said...

Ohhhh yes I know the lost hours in Pinterest. At least you made something, I just drool over beautiful things (laugh at ridiculous recipes) and realise I wasted two hours. Lovely to see woyww's catch up and post a pic ... so we can all have a geek. Love the old saying.
Sandra @12

Cardarian said...

Sorry I haven't been around lately - running out of time all the time! Still your bag - bucket what ever is wonderful! Also love the photo of you and Julia! I am looking forward to the crop so we can have another chat! Maybe sometime end of this year I will be able to have more chats! Psst...more on this at the crop!
Lots of hugs,
Cardarian

Laura said...

Daisies bunting is very pretty. I'm hoping to have a go at some bunting soon...
Have a good week
:)
Laura
111

Anonymous said...

I refuse to look at Pinterest, I really don't need something else to gobble up all my time! Love the bag, the simple things are usually what take the most planning to make it look sinple! Another meet up! Hopefully we can add to that when I'm back.

Hugs
Brenda 112

Twiglet said...

Fab basket Jan - I love the tutorial - so simple and I will be giving it a go. Hope your ears are a bit better - thankfully my cold has dried up a bit and I feel more like me today! x Jo

Nan G said...

Wow cool little bag! Great of friends enjoying a visit! Happy WOYWW! Nan #1

Unknown said...

Jan, I love seeing your sweet faces--you guys are so cute!! I really want to Skype in to the crop in June...at least for a bit! So, I am sending you (in spirit) a big get well hug for your ear, and if I could bring you some of my famous homemade potato leek soup, I would! I would deliver it fresh in a nice Ball jar. It's so cool, because your song at the top, is an old song I used to sing all the time when I was in fourth grade. I would sing it at the top of my lungs! Also, we must follow each other on Pinterest--how do we do that? You are so clever to help eliminate all the cussing we all do over tube turning! I adore making bags...but making the handles is the bane of my existence--so that's why I turned to lanyards! Too funny...I'm so lazy sometimes. And yes, I agree that variegated yarn gives us that Fair Isle feeling--but oh if I could knit the things that come from there!! Sorry this is so long--if only I too lived an hour away from Highclere, we'd have coffee! Take care dearest. Happy WOYWW! Sandy Leigh #52

Krisha said...

Great bag/bin/? Jan. What a fun day you had with your friends....I'm a little green
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Have a great week
Krisha #32

Fiona@Staring at the Sea said...

It is a fab little basket and I love it. It was so great to meet you both and I really enjoyed my day out. Can't wait for the crop. Hope you're feeling all better soon.
Fiona xx

Elizabeth said...

Hi Jan, love the bunting - it's going to look very pretty in the new baby's room. I haven't caught the addiction to Pinterest yet ... just a few items pinned on my board ... but I can see the attraction, especially if you find great tutorial like this. Anything is better than having to pull the tube through to make a handle ... such a pain!

Great to see a pic of you and Julia with Fiona having a great get-together in a fabric shop - where else :)

DH is fine, much recovered from his last bout of poorliness. Bonnie is in great form since her recent health scare - the inject the vet gave her seems to have perked her up no end :) Apart from asthma troubling me, I'm fine ... just can't go out in the cold for long. However, just seeing the sun cheers us up no end :)

Hope you and yours are all well and enjoying some spring weather too. Have a great WOYWW. Elizabeth x #104

CraftygasheadZo said...

How cute is that bunting and I love your new bag/bin. I'm going to look for simple super easy patterns once I get better acquired with my sewing bug, oh and once I can sew in a straight line. No desk from me, because it's empty or I can't share yet what I'm working on! Take care Zo xx

505whimsygirl said...

Dear LLJ,

For some reason I can't see everyone on Julia's post! Your bunting is ADORABLE. Lucky little baby. And oh, that new style of bag is to die for! How lovely to meet up in person....... someday I'll jump across the pond (fingers crossed).

Thank you for visiting me already!

Happy WOYWW
Kay

SandeeNC said...

Love the bunting and the bag, and of course, LOVE Pinterest!! lol Lucky you getting to meet up with everyone in real life too! Thanks so much for visiting my desk today!! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina ♥

pearshapedcrafting said...

Love the bag and will definitely have a look - I need to make quite a large bag that will stand up! Only thing is.... once I get on to Pinterest I could be awol for a while!! Trying to persuade hubby that we need to visit Wiltshire again(we rented a cottage there with the family last year)-maybe at the end of May?? Chris#83

Caro said...

I am now singing the song! Gorgeous bunting and cute bag. Thanks for visiting earlier and sharing. Happy WOYWW. Caro x

fairy thoughts said...

Hi LLJ
fab fabric on the bag and the tutorial was very good especially the handles.
It could be made in any size, I think I have made similar before.
I had a trip to Salisbury at the weekend and had to visit the new improved Franklins, nice airy shop with a good selection of patchwork fabrics.
Not so sure about the staff though, not terribly helpfull, maybe it was just a busy Saturday.
janet#31

jill said...

Pinterest is so much fun & the hours just whizz by before you know it. Happy woyww Jill #22

Bernice said...

Great bag Jan - will check out the tutorial later. About the peg bag - I just made up the design myself - half a metre of fabric and cut it a bit wider than the width of the wooden coat hanger. I drew around the edge of a salad plate (denby sized) to make the curve and then edged both ends with ready made bias binding, overlapped a bit and stitched up the sides. After turning right way out and inserting hanger, I stitched the buttons on each side to hold it together better. The panel was made using felt which had been die cut with my Vintaj machine and hand stitched (hope this makes sense - if not just email me bernice@utvinternet.com) Maybe you would have an idea how much I could charge for something like this on a craft stall? - think I'll have to get rid of all this stuff somehow!
Bernice #72

Rossella said...

Love the bag and the bunting
Rosie x

pearshapedcrafting said...

Sshhhh! Haven't mentioned the 1st of June yet!!! Cx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful bunting!Oh my goodness, pinterest has fast become my favourite website and many an hour is spent there! The bag looks fab, thanks for pointing us towards the tutorial, tube turning hissy fits are not fun!

Lauren #140 x

Anne said...

hi there gorgeous bunting and I love the bag- off to have a look. Mind you don't think I've enough hours left on this earth ( even if I live to be a hundred) to do everything I look at and keep ;-) Anne x #87

Karen said...

That song is still in my head! Love the new bags, so cute, as is the bunting too. Karen 92 x

Darnell said...

Congratulations to your tuba-playing new Dad! Adorable bunting! I really like that you took the time finally to mention Aunt Giddy and Uncle Bob this time!

You are the best stitcher, LLJ! Your bag for Fiona Staring At The Sea is so popping adorable! And to get to see her IRL and let her be the filling in your HAPPY photo sandwich with crazy Julia, how wonderful! She's a lucky, lucky girl!! All of you are enchanting!

Have a wonderful weekipoo!! Darnell #34

My name is Cindy said...

Hi Jan! Love that little basket! Isn't it great when you find out a new way to do something (and don't you sometimes wonder how you never worked that one out......).Looks like you had a fun day, it's great to meet IRL. Thanks for stopping by, Cindy

VonnyK said...

I love that little basket, such a shame I'm allergic to sewing machines (he he). Daisie's mum and dad will love that bunting, so cute and how nice to meet up with other WOYWW'ers for lunch.
Have a great week.
Von #75

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hullo there Lunch Lady Jan,
At last able to WOYWW again …Some lovely work going on here! adore your basket could REALLY do with one of them

..mmm sent me into memories of dim dark days way back when I sewed as read the tut...:D
and loved your spot with its Daisy ditty and deets on all things impartant too as always..
Thanks so much for popping over and for sharing ~ happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz. x #42

famfa said...

Love love love that bag - one to come back to when I get my sewing machine back. Great photo of you all at the end. Love the bunting too. The link to the angry birds is on my blog under Angry Pig. Tried to add the link in here but it's not behaving. Let me know if you can't find it and I will email the link to you.
Famfa 113 (I think)

Anonymous said...

You ALWAYS pick the best colour combos :) I love the brights and acid tones so your blog always makes me smile. Lovely to meet up, isn't it? and the fabric store wounds fun. I am off today to score some binding material for my quilt (I have a cunning plan - how could it go wrong? LOL and DOH! at once) but it the rubbish little local one. Of for a big, bright, well stocked store close by....

Ah well

Happy woyww

MA (4)

Scrapcat 1 said...

love the bag I can't sew so am always impressed by sewing! looks like you had a great time when you met up, thanks for sharing Tracy #72

trisha too said...

The fabric bunting is going to be fabulous, what a fantastic idea! And that little bag, so cute.

But now that song is stuck in my head . . . it won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage . . .

Thank you for stopping by this week for woyww!

:)trisha
#142 this week with
a bunting and snow

Ali H said...

Hi Jan thanks for stopping by ! Love your fun bag - so bright & happy looking !! Ali #28

Lucy said...

I love the cute bag from the tutorial. You've inspired me to set up a tutorials board on my Pinterest. If you want to waste time on Pinterest, come and check out my boards at http://pinterest.com/alcomog/. Nearly 2,000 pins and counting! Thanks for popping by and have a great week:) Lucy #29 x

Caz said...

Hi Jan. Thanks for the visit and nice words!!!
Love that bunting!!! Just been and had a look at the tutorial for your basket - next project for me, definitely!!! Love the colours in yours - even better that the fabric was such a bargain!
Will my love of all things paper ever come back.......hmmmmm am holding out looking at Pinterest for now - or I will get even less done!
Caz
x

JoZart Designs said...

Home from Brighton and catching up. I love your new style bag and feel and urge coming on to make one for me!! Such a lovely gift to make for a new born too and I'm sure the parents will be so thrilled. Hope you and your's are well and happy.
We celebrated the end of the little ones's treatment yesterday, such a knot gone from my heart now! Pic of her on lillybo blog.
hugs Jo x

SueH said...

Just doing my Monday morning catch up.
I thought the trend for bunting was going to one of those things that made a comeback and then went as fast as it came but it’s not the case is it…..it seems to be firmly here to stay. I love the length you’ve making, such pretty colours and it’s going to look beautiful in Daisy’s nursery.

Loving the cute little bag too but surely something that small must be so fiddly to made. You must have the patience of a saint, that’s all I can say.

Thanks for stopping by this week
Happy Crafting!
Sue

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