Fresh Sewing Day July

Well June is over and now it's July.  Summer holidays with four kids at home approaching fast and productivity will grind to a halt (ish).   I'm just going to show one little thing today which is a birthday present I have made for Laura Needles, Pins and Baking Tins.  My rule for handmade gifts is that you have to use your favourite fabrics for gifts for favourite people so I gritted my teeth and cut into my Lakehouse Paris Tea Panels and my Basic Grey Curio.  It was hard.

It's Laura's birthday next week and we're having a little bit of a do at my house - high heels, big hair, balloons, homemade cake (made by Laura herself as she is the best cake maker) and home made presents.

I was inspired to make it by this wonderful bag which Katy made to carry her EPP around in.  If you want to make one of these yourself, you can buy all you need (the frame, piping, interfacings, interlinings and glue) from U-Handbag.  There is also a tutorial on her blog for making bags and purses using these frames and it could not be easier (other than me getting glue all over my fingers and picking it off for days).

What about you?  What have you worked on this month?  Any finishes?  Maybe a mosaic of everything you've been doing?  One favourite thing?  Link up at the bottom of this post to share what you've been working on. If you do link up, how about visiting at least four of the other blogs who link up - two above you and two below you - and stopping to leave a comment as well as visiting back anyone who visits you. As always here's the button to grab:

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