Girl's bag made from pockets

Daughter#1 had a shirt with pockets - but she didn't like the pockets so I took them off.

Then I thought it would be fun to sew them together and make a small bag.  I added a ribbon handle, bow and a popper. 

Daughter#1 is happy and daughter#2 has a new bag!

Princess dress

I bought some fabulous purple velvet fabric last October - I didn't know what I was going to do with it but I bought it anyway (a recurring theme, I might add!)

Then my daughter tried on her long party dress and found that she'd grown out of it.  But she loved it sooooo much. 

So I thought and I thought and I thought some more.  Surely I could look at her existing dress, create a pattern and make a larger one out of purple velvet?  It couldn't be that difficult, could it?

So I did.  The pattern took the longest but once I'd finished that it was quite straight forward to make up.  I half-lined it, added some matching material from a skirt as shoulder straps and also used some silk (another charity shop find) to make a waist tie.

She feels like a real princess when she wears it!

Bag out of leftovers!

I loved making this bag!  All hand sewn too!

The handles, bow, lining and interior pocket are made out of an old shirt, the outside fabric was once a skirt discovered in a charity shop and the brim of the bag was made out of an old pair of jeans!

I made the bow out of two pieces of material - I'll upload a 'how to' soon!  Simples!