Stampin’ Up! Fabric

An exciting new product which has been added to the Stampin’ Up! range with the release of the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalogue is fabric.

I used a free on-line pattern which can be found here and the gorgeous Timeless Portrait fabric to create this bag.   The fabric comes packed really neatly in a box – 3 fat quarters to each pack.  I used two of the fabrics to create the bag and added the “red” fabric to the flowers for effect.  I also used some addtional black fabric to make the lining and I purchased the handles.   I actually increased the size of the pattern piece to get a larger bag.

I didn’t take any photos but inside I have two pockets which I made using the same pattern.  It is so cute and I just love it.

Along with the fabric the catalogue also has  Big Shot Fabric Adhesive Roll and I used this to iron two pieces of fabric together so that it was double sided to create my flower decoration.

I used the Flower Folds Bigz XL die to create the first decoration for my bag.  I used some of the black fabric I used for the lining as well.  I cut a piece of the Big Shot Adhesive  from the roll and ironed it onto the wrong side of the fabric, then trimmed around the adhesive, removed the backing paper and ironed it to the wrong side of another piece of fabric so that I had double sided material to run through the big shot.   I went through the same procedure and cut flowers using the new Fun Flowers Bigz Large die as well.  Once I had all my pieces cut I layered them one on top of the other and topped each flower with a button from the Neutrals Designer Buttons.  I pushed my Paper Piercer through the holds in the buttons and all the layers of the flowers and then used a needle and Linen Thread to attach the buttons to the flowers and at the same time I attached a brooch pin onto the back.  I sewed through all the layers several times to make it strong and then tied the linen thread in the front of the button and trimmed it off.  Now I can change my flower and give my bag a different look each time.   I have another pattern that I found on the web that I want to try out and will post it when I have it made.

I kept all of the little bits and pieces that were left over because I just know I am going to find lots of places on my cards and scrapbook pages to use this fabric.  There are 5 different designs in the fabric that are available and they are all gorgeous.  The material is 68.6 x 45.7cm and I believe is just slightly larger than the normal fat quater you can buy.

I’d love to hear what you think about this fabulous new product Stampin’ Up! has included in the current catalogue.

Bye for now, Kris.