Zakka Style Sew Along Week 6 - Quilt Magnets
What only 3 you say?! Um, yes, I like the little bit of sanity I have left and I have more important things to do (see below!) than make microscopic pieces of fabric into mini quilty magnets. That said they are SO CUTE I may just find the will to make the other 3 over the weekend. I have a great tip for sourcing the magnets, I brought magnetic photo 'paper'. It is actually like thick card, and it cost me just £1 for 2 A4 sheets in the local 'pound' shop (where oddly enough not many things are a pound!). So I actually have enough to make about a gazillion more if I wish.
Friendship Star |
Pinwheel |
Offset Log Cabin |
A good friend of ours is moving to a new home tomorrow, it is a big new start for him and in between making quilt blocks for the borrowers I found a spare hour to whizz up a new home gift for him. I wanted to make something that not only made the new house a home but also reflected his personality and most importantly wasn't too girly! Not too hard a brief then!
Actually, I was rather excited about making something a bit different, I am a bit of a style schizophrenic and like all sorts. But I did have to keep this simple as I was really restricted on time.
Ah dear, I think this will be a wrestle to give away, I LOVE it! |
So does a certain Little Miss, who INSISTED on being in the photo this morning (spot the vintage sheet pj's!) |
I really enjoyed making these, I a secretly really proud of the 'Bang Bang' Gun and I'm thinking of a way to re-make this for myself, perhaps a notebook cover. I hope they find a good place in his new home!
Finally I have spent the rest of today cleaning, hoovering and I am about to commence a mammoth pizza making session. All because I have my wonderful girlfriends coming over tonight for a pizza and pamper night! WhooooooooooHooooo for pampering! There will be 6 of us, LOADS of pizza and pringles and nibbles, a great chick flick (that we will of course talk through), a beautician coming to give us all manicures, two foot spas, a load of face masks and these:
Sugar Mama Body Scrub, using this tutorial, for my lovely lovely friends. We all met when we had just had our babies, over 2 years later we have had lots of fun, tears and laughter and each one is a Sweet Mama in my mind!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
12 comments:
Your magnets are precious. From what I'm reading, they are pretty fussy to make!
Cute magnets and sounds like a great night in!
Your lost follower is missing out big time sweetie, you've excelled yourself here! Magnets are supercute. I WANT THOSE CUSHIONS. And I want a night like that too... :-( Have a wonderful time!
i have jumped in to take the place of lost follower :)))have a great evening !!
Love the magnets and don't worry about the follower. I lose them all the time. Usually when I have a good rant about something!! ;-)
Oh, Emily! I like you enough to follow you twice to make up for the lost one. Wish I could :)
Looks like you have it all sorted!
PS Typepad and other non-Blogger followers do seem to disappear if they log out - they might re-appear!
Such cute little magnets, I just ordered the book so will be fun to see the projects inside!
Looks like you'll be having fun! =D
I'm thinking of hosting a swap. Let me know if you're interested
http://ibescheraldine.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/sigh-of-relief-and-idea.html
Fab makes, and hope you're having a riotous time tonight :oD
PS, I seem to lose one every time I make one of those ASS posts, can't think why... ;o)
Well done to Linda!!
Love your cute magnets and I don't blame you for only doing 3! I think they're adorable but I don't fancy making anything that small!
The cushions are awesome!
Have a great time with your friends, sounds like bliss :)
Love the magnets and I wasn't the one to dump you from my reader ;-)
Great projects...schizophrenia works well for you! Love your plans for a party too!
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