Saturday Social - Pillow Talk

Our favourite tutorial from around the web this week comes from the super talented Cluck Cluck Sew. I love this bold, graphic, applique project which is great for using up small scraps of fabric. It is described as a "Fall" pillow, but you could easily turn it into a spring or summer pillow just by changing the colour of the fabrics you use for the leaves. Find the tutorial here.

The Saturday Social - Sewing Fabric Friends

Our Saturday Social project today from Sew4home features these beautiful fabric animals.  So dig out all your tiny fabric scraps and get sewing.

Saturday Social - Leather Notebook Cover

With the introduction of genuine leather hides into our shop. I thought that this week's Saturday Social should give you all a taster of some of the lovely things that you can make with this amazing material.

So today's tutorial is from Squidoo and is an in depth look at how to make a leather journal cover. 

Here are some more leather projects you could try...

Cool Leather Necklace by Wanted Again - Find out how to make it here 

This cute leather corsage would look great on a handbag or worn as a brooch.

Or if you are feeling very crafty this chair is rather fabulous - though it would take more than one leather hide to make.

Hopefully this has inspired you to start creating - all you need now is the leather - find it here and here.

Doggy bag

Well, Easter is over and the bunting from the royal wedding has been taking down. It is back to reality after all those lovely bank holidays. Here is a cute little bag that I made last week...