More Folk Dolls Fabric Makes

As mentioned in my last post I got busy with that lovely Folk Dolls fabric and made a door stop. I have had one of these in mind for some time now and this is what I made.

To be honest it went wrong, it turned out ok but it was not supposed to be like this, oh well, come with me and see what a pigs ear I made of this.

It all started so well, I sketched out a rough idea of what I wanted to make with dimensions:

I assembled my bits, neatly trimmed my fabric and interlining and ironed it all:

I very consideratly left a small space between each interlining panel in an attempt to keep a box shape to the finished item (which worked a treat by the way):

I turned all my seam allowances and ironed them for accuracy:

I then stitched the top square very carefully all around and trimmed it up inside and secured it with another ziz zag stitch, only to realise I had forgotten to add the bloody handle!! It was impossible to take apart and the upshot was that I had to make that the bottom and change my idea. Arggghhh!

I wanted the zip at the bottom so it was out of view but due to my stupidity I had to settle for having it at the top in plain view.

So I made a top this time with handle, I and sewed on one side to what should have been the bottom of my box shape:

I added a long zip to go round the three sides so that I could easily replace the contents if necessary.

Then I trotted off to the supermarket for 2kg of rice (which was not enough and I used about 3.5kg in total!!) Oops, forgot to add that I made another bag with slightly smaller dimensions from scrap blue fabric to hold the rice and lavender inside.

And here it is all done, the main box is upside down and the zip is at the top instead of the bottom, but when all is said and done it does the job and holds the door open, so I suppose I could call that a mini success...


When this was finished I was suprised at how big it is, but once it's in front of the door, it looks just right.

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Matroyshka Pouches

I love the new Kokka Folk Dolls fabric I bought recently from Fancy Moon. I was a little sad to cut it to be honest, but I am glad I did. I made a couple of lovely good sized pouches, I added the cotton lace and ribbon as it has a kind of folky feel to it and added some of my precious buttons.

I scoured my stash for some of the last of my little milliefiori hearts to add to the zip pulls.

I really don't want to part with these, I do love russian dolls. I made another lovely thing with this fabric I will share that once I finish it off, need to pop to the supermarket first...

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Russian Doll ~ Matryoshkas

Following my Russian Doll find last week at the Bank Holiday car boot sale it got me thinking. Recently I have seen some lovely Russian Doll type fabric and accessories about and thought I would have a go myself.

This was the result:

I drew her shape out freehand with a fabric marker (which will disappear, so please ignore the purple pen marks), with a little help from a couple of buttons for her head and face shapes, and kind of made the rest up as I went along.

A little felt and fabric matryoshka key ring (or bag charm).

I really enjoyed making this little lady and I have already started making more of these. They are very easy to do and it is all hand sewn so (as no sewing machine is required) if you have a stinking headache (like I did at the time) this quiet sewing project is the thing to do (if anyone is interested I will do a little tutorial).

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