Flowers on a Bag

If you have a simply bag and you need some decorations, grab some colorful felt and a needle.
This is a project for beginners. You don't need a sewing machine.

You need: a bag, needle and thread, colorful felt, beads, scissors and ribbon for a bow.

First, I cut some round shapes from felt and I sew some beads in the middle of the flowers.

I pin the flowers and the leaves on the bag. Then I sew it.

I added a pink bow to my bouquet. That's all. It can be a perfect present for a friend, your mom, your granny.

Or it can be a great gift for a book lover.

Happy sew.
Ema

Motorcycle Felt Name Banner for Room Decor

Hello Marc and Welcome. Marc is a new born. His parents love motorcycle and I made this blue -blue banner for him. Visit My Etsy Shop to order your personalized banner.

A motorcycle and a star for the ends of the banner.

The letters and the items are from colorful felt.

Dark blue, light blue, navy. It's boy-ish, right?!

Ema 

Thumbelina Dress - crochet and sew

My little dress for my Thumbelina. Rose and rose again. Crochet and sew. It was not easy. Not at all. But my little one was very proud to wear it.

I crocheted the top using double crochet stitches.

A zipper for the back.

A shell edge goes round.

Some little flowers in front.

My tutorial, in Romanian language, in Atelierul Magazine - HERE. If you need translation, use Google or leave a comment.

Ema 

How to train your dragon? - A banner

How to train your dragon? Just put a dragon in your room and ... It's not so easy, I think.
But it was nice for me to make a banner with 2 green dragons.

I made them from soft eco friendly felt.

The letters are colorful and the name is ....

...Arthur. His mother told me that he loves the dragons.

Visit My Etsy Shop to order your personalized banner with dragons. 

Ema 

Ladybug Crochet Bag - a pattern

Do you love ladybugs? I do. And my daughter too. I made this crochet bag for her. And now she is sooooo proud! First day when she wore it, she took the bag empty. Just to show it and just for fun.

You can buy the pattern in My Ravelry Store

I used Red Heart Bella and I put the thread in two because I wanted a thick and compact bag. The hook is no 3.5 mm (E).

If you have any question, please leave a comment.

Happy crocheting.

Ema

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - felt board with a song

I made this felt board some time ago. It's a perfect board for preschool and kindergarten kids.

All 6 pieces are detachable. And I sew the lyrics in the corner.

Here some activities you can do using my felt board:

1. Count the pieces: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2. Talk about the family: a mother duck and a duckling, a mother owl and her baby.
3. Invent a short story for bedtime.
4. Sing the song.

5. Play a game with up/ down, inside / outside: "Inside the pocket.... / Outside the pocket ..."
6. Talk about small and big: a big duck and a small duck.
7. You can hang this board in your nursery as a picture.
8. Use my board when you travel by plane / by car.

If you have other ides for playing, leave a comment. I loooooove to read your comments.

Good night, owls.

Ema 

Spring Bag - sewing tutorial

I like to decorate little things. This is an easy project for decorate a bag. Today I put some red flowers on a book bag. And 3 clouds. And sun. Because it's spring time. I used colorful felt and a bag that bought from hobby store.

Here is the bag. The size is 14.56 x 14.56 inches (37 x37 cm).You can make a bag like this as a present for your mom or grandma, a present for a teacher or for a book lover. And if you sew a little ballerina on the front, it can be a ballerina bag. But this is another ... ballerina story, maybe for another tutorial.

First, I cut some shapes: circles for flowers and sun, green stripes for stems, blue cloud shapes, green leaves shapes. I cut the shapes without a pattern, but if you are not so sure, you can download and use my pattern from here: Ema's Decorations Pattern. If you want to add some curly lines to your flowers, first cut the circle and then play with your scissor around to obtain a curly line.

Use some pins to fix all pieces on your bag and then sew them. It's easy. You can finish in an hour. 

I made 5 poppy flowers, but you can make more or less, depending your imagination. You can also use different colors and other shapes.

Happy sewing.
Ema