Friday 11 June 2010

so back to bags...are you sick of them yet lol I seem to be on a mad bag making run at the moment.

Once a month we have an art group locally, affectionately known as 'glue and stick' ....generally we glue and stick stuff...doh!..no ..really we do!

But this month we got all fabricky. our esteemed leader Effie tries out a project and then we all have a go, and this month she came in with a decorated calico bag.

This is how is started...actually this isn't how it started, this is the back of my finished bag, proudly modelled by my giraffe,Trafford...but the front did start out this way too.




We used a mask,made by cutting a birdcage on the cricut. then we coloured areas with transfer paints.

Add bits of fabric, beads,ribbons,lace,buttons,a little crown and some embroidery and this is what you end up with.





Close up...



here are the rest of the bags just as the day ended, most of them were 3/4 done. I finished mine off at home. Not bad eh? for a bunch of bags that only cost £1 each. All the same, sort of, but all different too. I love how we all put our own touches into the design.






So there you go, get yourself a cheapy bag and pretty it up....


Thanks for looking, have a great day. I am off out for a couple of hours to escape the nightmare of world cup fever.

9 comments:

  1. oh really love these bags,hun such super prints,on all of them must try and have a go myself,as you have to take your own bags shopping now,brilliant love them all hugs cheryl xxxxx

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  2. Now altering a bag even I might be able to do - making them from scratch like you - I doubt it!
    Lovely designs again!

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  3. Oh, the calico bag is cool - I've got Connor's bookstart one, might have to dig it out to see if the picture on it is small enough to be covered! And there are some very yummy cakes in the Eat Me book, I recommend the French Toast and Lemon Meringue cupcakes, my next try is the Black Forest Gateaux cupcakes... x

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  4. Ooh those bags are fab, I absolutely adore the adornment hehe and now I must cut out a bird cage using my Tim H die and use my transfer paints - only thing is I need more, I only have 3 but last time I looked could only find 2 :-( Love your Nottingham friend's bag too :-)
    Anne xx

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  5. Oops forgot to say, how lovely - all the goodies you got, what a wonderful surprise :-)
    Anne xx

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  6. Fab bags. I bought some canvas bags to decorate, but haven't got round to it yet!

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  7. Wow love the bags- now I picked one of them up in a shop yesterday, not sure why I put it down again !

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  8. I absolutely LOVE that birdcage bag...always on the look out for new ideas!!!...Kirsti .xox.

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