Handmade Monday - Fabric bucket

Let me introduce you to the latest love of my life - the humble fabric bucket. I've had my eye on these for a while and as I've recently being experimenting with stiffeners on another project,  it led me to these lovelies. Oh I just can't stop looking at them!

I think I find them so appealing because they're rigid without being hard, they're so incredibly tactile ( I can't stop touching them) and I love their casual, slouchy appearance.

Is it ever possible to have too many handy storage containers? Well no, I don't think so. Pile them with pine cones, ribbons, thread, jewellery or just use them for your bits and bobs that get left all over the place. I've even seen them used as a plant pot cover which looks utterly gorgeous. If you would like one, I'll be popping them onto Folksy and Etsy later in the week.

You may recognise 'my snowflake', well she made a reappearance this weekend. I wonder if I was the only person thinking  about snow over the last two days? Probably.

Creamy cotton lined with a gorgeous red linen mix

 

How fabulous is this grey linen? It perfectly complements this white linen lining.



Where would we be without red gingham!

 Anyway there are a gazillion tutorials online as to how to make such a pot so I couldn't see the point in making it a gazillion and one. I've now got all sorts of ideas going on in my head as to what else I could put on a fabric bucket and how big or small I could make them, I'll have an army of fabric buckets by the time I'm finished.

It's coffee time now so after I've brewed up I'm off to see the very talented Wendy at 1st unique gifts who has been experimenting with a new design and then of course a tour around those Handmade Monday blogs, there's always something that makes me go "Wow!"

 

Happy Sewing!