Hi my dears,
do you remember my purse with long long long name: Tell me please, where I can find the rainbow? Yes, I admitt, really long name - but I love it :-)... When I designed this little rainbow purse for our little rainbow faires, you wrote me sooooo many times, if I could make a biggger one - for bigger rainbow fairies :-)
do you remember my purse with long long long name: Tell me please, where I can find the rainbow? Yes, I admitt, really long name - but I love it :-)... When I designed this little rainbow purse for our little rainbow faires, you wrote me sooooo many times, if I could make a biggger one - for bigger rainbow fairies :-)
Soooo here it is. And it is really big :-) I used Lily sugar and Cream cotton yarn and the colors of this yarn are really gorgeous.
The Big Rainbow Bag pattern is ready :-)
Hi my dears,
OK, it is time to admit that the Autumn is in full swing, but I have still the Spring in my mind. And accordingly that looks my New Autumn Collection 2014 - butterflies, flowers and colors in the main role :-) Ooooh, I am still going by different way, that the others. I know, that Autumn colors looks completely different - but I can't use them, not now - maybe next Autumn? I just need to brighten up that grey days, I really need to see all that colors around me! :-)
So, here it is:
Autumn collection 2014 by Vendula Maderska
" Somewhere over the rainbow "
I wish you wonderful Autumn days !
Oh - I almost forget - here it is something beautiful to listening ...
Oh - I almost forget - here it is something beautiful to listening ...
P.S.: OK - one Autumn picture :-) This realy huuuuuge mushrom found friend of mine, when we were together on the trip at the mountains at Tuesday. I found only some small one with many holes :-) but I was so excited as I found this big mushroom myself :-) I never saw this huge mushroom.
Ta daaaaah !
I know, I was ambled a little bit - I am sorry. Belive me, it was not on purpose. Do you know this joke? : " Would you like to entertain God? Tell him about your plans " And this is all my life - my plans never work. But finally - the pattern is ready! Thank you very much for your patience.
When I designed this colorful rainbow bag - in Spring 2012 - yes - it is really so long, I was suprised too, how the time goes fast! ...
So back to my speach - I just crocheted it without thinking about stitches, listened only my feelings. I am very happy you like this design. But you know, writting a pattern is completely different thing. I was unsure if I could make it once again - but this time - with counting every stitch, with the sure, that I could write in that way, that anybody could make it. I was thinking about the material I will use. To you could find and use it too. I still changed it, because I wasn't satisfied with the result. It drawed me crazy! But finally I found new material, which is available worlwild, and I hope, you will like it. I changed the design a little bit too. I made a new Crazy rainbow bag for my beautiful sister :-).
And this one - this is my own :-) Different material and little bit different design too... I made so many version :-D
Oh, I almost forget - I wrote also new free tutorial: How I sew the lining in my crocheted bags. Maybe you will find it usefull :-) ?
Hi my dears,
it is lovely Tuesday, we are going with our girls on the trip to the mountains - oh, I am terribly looking forward to make a little break and spend the day at the mountain with my beloved ones. I hope you will have a nice time too :-). I didn't write quite long time, I was busy like a bee - I finished some of my news and revised some of my older patterns - but I will let you know about all in next posts, I promise.
Today I am here with my new free tutorial - How to sew the lining to crocheted bag.
I make the lining to every of my bigger bags. I am not professional seamstress, so this tutorial will be suitable for beginners (but very enthusiastic ones for sewing as same as I am :-) ). I wrote this tutorial, because you were writing me quite often with question, how I making the lining to my crocheted bags - so this tutorial is my collective answer.
So, what do you need?
Some crocheted bag will be fine :-) and fabric (100% cotton fabric), sewing threads, some pins, scissors, sewing machine and iron.
Tip: most of all, I am using 100% cotton fabric. It is better to wash it before sewing, because the cotton fabric will shrink after washing.
Instruction:
Please measure your bag :-)
My measurement:
For this tutorial I used one of my most favorite bags – Crazy rainbow bag. This bag is rectangle shaped with the bottom part.
Upper
inner circumference of my bag is 74 cm
Don't
forget to the addition fabric for the side seams – I have 1 cm for each
side
Height
of the my bag: backside 26 cm, bottom of the bag 6 cm, front-side 26
cm – totally 58 cm
Don't
forget to the addition fabric for the seams of the upper edge – I have
5 cm of each side
Cut
the rectangle of: width 76 cm (74 + 1 + 1) and height 68 cm ( 58
+ 10)
*** Please adjust the measurement to your bag ***
Place the fabric at the half, with right side inside and sew it on the sides. I use zig-zag stitch first of all, but at the
end of all work, I sew it again by basic stitch.
Make the lower corners:
Shape the fabric to make a tip, as you see on the picture below. The tip is right-angled and side seam, you made one step before, is directly in the middle. Sew the corner - the measurement of the corner seam will depends on the measurement of the bottom of your bag - I have 6 cm.
Then sew the lines of the lining's bottom. Iron the bottom lines first of all and then sew them 1 mm from the edges, as you see on the picture below. The bottom of the lining will get nice rectangular shape then.
Put the lining into your bag and fold upper edges two times as you see on the picture below. You will fold 2,5 cm of the fabric and them fold 2.5 cm again. Check, if it is enough and then iron it.
Sew upper edge by your sewing machine.
Turn the bag to the wrong side and sew the corner of the lining to the corner of the bag, as you see on the picture below. Then turn the bag to right side.
Final sewing :-). Pin the lining by some pins and sew it thoroughly by your hands. Use double thread. Insert the needle only in wrong side of the lining (don't goes through all upper edge), as you see on the pictures below. If you make it by this way – the stitches will look invisible. Nice, clean work :-)
Oh, your bag is lined ! Congratulation :-)
I hope, you will like this easy tutorial. If you have another tips, how to sew the lining into the crocheted bag, I will be glad you write me. Always is something what could be done better :-)
I wish you nice day!
