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Sew Pretty Blog Hop

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I am delighted to participate in the month-long Sew Pretty for Little Girls Blog Hop being hosted by Stitch Craft Create. This blog hop is all about sewing for little girls, focusing on the wonderful patterns in Alice Garrett‘s upcoming book Sew Pretty for Little Girls (Little Lady Liberty in the UK). All the projects in her book are made using Liberty Art Fabrics.

I had never heard of Liberty Art Fabrics before – they are beautiful! Take a look at some of the gorgeous fabrics:

Can you imagine using these fabrics to make dresses, skirts, accessories, bedroom decor, bags, baskets… Oh, the book is full of eye candy. Alice’s projects are whimsical – I was itching to make one of them but could not decide which. Then, something caught my attention on the picture below…

 
Do you see that banner on the top shelf? Although it is not part of the featured projects, I had to make it! I did use Alice’s butterfly template and searched for fabrics with small prints in my stash.

It turned out pretty cool! I stitched two triangles together to add body to each one, top stitched them, fused the butterflies, machine appliqued them using blanket stitch, then stitched triangles to the ric-rac. This banner will look so pretty in my little niece’s bedroom. In her book, Alice shows us how to decorate a lampshade, which I will do repeating the butterfly theme. Finally on my list is the bag shown on the picture above…

Anyway, head over to the other participating blogs to see what they came up with. Here is the schedule:

Mon 2nd – Alice Caroline
Wed 4th – Crafting Not Cleaning
Thu 5th – Sew4Home
Fri 6th – Bloom
Sat 7th – A Spoonful of Sugar
Sun 8th – Fabricworm
Mon 9th – Pieced Brain
Tue 10th – Pretty Nostalgic

Wed 11th – Olivia Jane Handcrafted
Thu 12th – One Shabby Chick
Fri 13th – Sew Creative
Sat 14th – The Last Piece
Tue 17th – Sew Crafty Jess
Wed 18th – Stitchery Dickory Dock
Fri 20th – Molly Flanders
Sat 21st – Fabric & Flowers
Sun 22nd – A Bright Corner
Mon 23rd – Follow the White Bunny
Tue 24th  – Straight Grain
Wed 25th  – Sew Justine Sew
Thu 26th  – Tracey Jay Quilts
Fri 27th  – Feather’s Flights
Sat 28th  – Monkey Do
Sun 29th  – Miss Print
Mon 30th  – This Blog Is Not For You
Tue 31st  – Sew Scrumptious

 

Before you leave, don’t forget to check out block #6 of the City Girl Sew Along – it would be wonderful if you joined us for the fun!

Enjoy the blog hop!

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  1. Needled Mom says

    Those fabrics are wonderful and your projects are so cute. I love the little butterfly flags.

    • Denise Russell says

      Thank you! The triangles aren't very big so the banner is very delicate…

  2. Rosa says

    So yummiest.The bag caught my eye!

  3. Anonymous says

    THANKS for your neat Blog!
    THANKS for this Banner idea!
    THANKS for sharing in this giveaway!
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