Handmade fabric coasters - Tutorial

Hello everyone!
I am back in grey and sad England...I wish I could have stayed in Italy longer but...oh, well, the important thing is that I had a great time there :)
Anyway, today has been a quite productive day, I made seven or eight fabric coasters and they look beautiful! They just need to find the right table to be put put on and it can be your table!!

What do you need:

• two fabrics, one exterior and one lining 10 cm X 10 cm
• a piece of fusible interfacing 10 cm X 10 cm (I used a normal batting for mine)
• a sewing machine
• scissors

1) Cut the fabrics and the interfacing

2) Place the fabrics

On exterior fabric right side up, put the lining fabric right side down (in my case it was irrelevant as the lining is just a plain colour fabric). On top of the lining put the batting.

3) Sew!

Sew along the sides and leave 5 cm on one side as shown in the picture:

4) Turn it right-side out

5) Sew along the sides, with a thread of a matching colour and voilà! Well done!!

Good night!

Shopping!

This is what I found when I arrived home after my short holiday to Italy...
Sweet surprise, I love flowers, he knows exactly what to do and how to do it :)

As I already mentioned in a previous post, I went shopping in Italy in a huge shop that sells all sorts of fabrics, buttons, zippers and everything you need to sew. It was like paradise!!
 

Can't wait to start using these!! :)

Italy

My holiday is almost finished already.
I wish I could stay longer but on the other hand I can't wait to be back in London.
I went to a shop where I bought many beautiful fabrics and tools to make sewing easier....I am so happy I am going to make a lot of new purses, bags and poches....I can't wait!!

My holiday in Italy has been beautiful, as always. I had the chance to spend time with my family and my friends...and I am going to miss them all.
These are some pictures of the amazing place where I grew up, you can find them on Panoramio and Flickr, username: gloria_gibi

And this is a place not far from where I live, called Torbiere, it's very beautiful

I hope you all had a great Christmas! Mine was just perfect :)

Handmade coin purse

Good evening everyone,
as I mentioned in a previous post, I went to buy new fabrics on Saturday!
I have to say, I was expecting a bigger range of patterns, but I will buy even more fabrics in Italy, where there is a huge shop that sells everything you can dream of if you like sewing.

And here is what I made last night! I really like it, especially the small one, that became my personal oyster card holder :)

And this is a picture of Hyde Park, taken a few weeks back, I love it!

Good night :)

More handmade paper bookmarks

I made more paper bookmarks. They are super easy to do, but if you don't have the time to make your own, they are on sale!! They only cost £1.50 each or you can have 3 for £4.Just drop me a private message if you want some. Get ready, because it's a bunch of pictures!! Enjoy :)

Book: Anita Nair "Cuccette per signora" (original title: Ladies coupé)