Out and about.. On the tourist trail

We had visitors this week-end, on their first ever trip to London, so we went along with them and visited places we'd not yet seen..
Westminster Abbey - simply breathtaking / The Tower of London on the other hand, slightly disappointing.. / The Changing of the Guard / Prince George - isn't he the cutest baby!?

Fabric notebook cover of the week

And here's the last thing I made to go with the London bag for lil sis' birthday (apologies for the pictures, I never iron anything!) - a fabric book cover (or a bag with handles) from January's issue of Mollie Makes.
You can either fit a standard paperback or an A5 size notebook inside.

Explanations here:

Again, this looked like a simple enough project, straight lines etc.. and I even simplified it by not doing the handles, but for some reason I always end up undoing and redoing things a couple of times!! I really have to learn to be neater and not to rush everything just to get it finished asap!

I thought I might use one of the Russian dolls to put at the end of the bookmark ribbon but they're far too big, thought they'd be a lot smaller than that!

So this is the end of my London stuff (bag, tissue case, pencil roll and notebook cover), this is all going off to Lille very soon - one tick off the list and about 20 things left on it hum hum..

London calling

Details of a bag I'm making for lil sis, a mix between this one and this one, using a gorgeous Japanese linen. It's a relatively simple bag (no zips, no hooks or buckles, no fancy handles or straps) with a few pockets. I love making bags, sewing squares and rectangles is just my thing!

I won't show it all so she gets some element of surprise (it's for her birthday early April - I know, I'm being very organised! I'm actually capitalizing on my motivation and making lots of things while I'm up for it. I'm sure it will slow down at some point..).

To go with it, the indispensable tissue case of course (seen here) and some other things I'm yet to make (maybe another pencil case!?).

Big sis, if you fancy a new bag too, just shout!