Here’s what I bought at the Craft Fair:
The fat quarters are for making small table cloths, the beads in tubes are the ideal size for adding to knitting or weaving, the other beads are handmade glass and though I have no plans for them yet they were too beautiful to leave, and the chain is for another jewellery project.
And, of course, there is the ‘Lifestyle Bag‘. (I went hunting for it on the BH&G site hoping there’s be a shot of the contents, since most of what was in mine has been given away, eaten or stowed in the fridge.)
Aside from the Craft Fair, I also received these:
Which are very cute, but not quite what I was expecting. The trouble with the internet is that you sometimes get no sense of scale. These shapes are confetti-sized, which is a bit small for what I had planned. But the punches were much cheaper than those in the shops, and I know I’ll put them to other uses.
Any suggestions?
Can’t help with the paper punches… but did you see this about making gift bags out of newspaper? http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-make-gift-bags-from-newspaper.html
I did the craft show, found some interesting stuff, looked at quilts, spent more money (one Zauberball, 9 FQs, one mag subscription)
Great tutorial! I used to make little bags with this method when I was a child, but out of coloured paper. Using it to recycle newspaper is an excellent idea.
Actually should you wish to make ‘fabric paper’ – http://sheeprustling.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html – they make great insertions in between the two layers. Much larger punches are available – go and look at them in Spotlight or Lincraft to get an idea of the size you want and then order them online, but be warned that they are hard to get through too thick a layer of paper, if that was what you had in mind. Ask me how I know!
Looks like a lot of fun – and I can see all sorts of uses in bookbinding and sewing projects. I’ve seen the hole punches in Lincraft and Spotlight and I think I’m going to have to go back and buy some. I also want a corner rounding punch, too.
I have drawers full of punches if you want to borrow any? It’s part of my ‘stationery sickness’…let me know if you want to see what I’ve got…
Oooh! What shapes do you have?