Last year, for teacher gifts, I made the Mother & Daughter Totes from Oliver+S which is one of their free patterns. I'm not sure why I didn't make them again this year, but this pattern on Sew4home caught my eye.
It is a Roll-up Makeup Brush Case, made with a wipe-clean lining. Most of these type of patterns have square corners, but I liked the curved corners and the Sew4home website gives a template for this.
It's a lovely easy pattern and what took me the most time was joining the bias binding on the outside.
This is the inside of one of the rolls with some mini brushes inside
and opened out to get the full effect.
I used a very varied mixture of fabric from Stenzo, Hilco, Moda, Farbenmix, Patty Young and laminated cottons from Amy Butler and Anna Maria Horner.
I've had a lot of fun making these, matching and mis-matching colours of fabrics, bias and ribbons. I have 2 more to make and that will be the end of my assembly-line sewing for a while.
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You are so good to make teacher presents! We have so many teachers and teaching assistants that I just sort of feel overwhelmed to even try. These are lovely, and I am sure the teachers will be chuffed to receive them.
ReplyDeleteThere can be a touch of being overwhelmed going on here too;-) What I do, is pick something I really want to sew, and I had fun (as you can see) with all the colours, bindings and ribbons - that helped al lot. I hope they like them too!
DeleteYou are very, very good to the teachers. It must be wonderful to receive something made with such care and attention.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mise, the teachers have been very good to the children too. I' m not sure what I would do if they had issues with the teacher!!
DeleteIt's a lovely and thoughtful gift! I totally pinned this to add to my never ending list of projects to make.;)
ReplyDeleteCindy, I have that never-ending list too;-) I was surprised how quick these were to sew though.
DeleteThese are lovely, Angela!! Lucky teachers to receive such a heartfelt gift.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alicia :-) I wouldn't have made them, only that they are so clearly presented on your site.
DeleteThese are great. It's a good idea for teacher's gifts, and it loks so pretty! I'll save that for next year! (too late for this year.. :-))
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michal. I made last years gifts in a rush, so I was more prepared this year!
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