no longer secret sewing.

now that the hen's night has been and gone, i can finally reveal all of that super secret hen's night sewing i had going on!

from the very beginning of the hen's night plans, i had some very definite ideas of what i wanted to do! i knew i wanted to make some handmade bits and pieces for the guests (and bride) to take home and be able to use...
AND i wanted everything to match!

first thing to do, was to head to spotlight and find an appropriate patterned cotton (or similar), with enough metre-age and at the right price...

following that, i scanned the fabric, and set to making invitations featuring it!

then came some maths, some cutting, and MUCH sewing!
a planning afternoon saw a pattern made for a simple tote, to serve as a goody bag...



which i kindly left, for the sister and mother of the bride to finish off. they did a fabulous job!

i then got to planning for a little special something for all of the goody bags...



a teeny sewing kit!
i used some skills i picked up on a previous project (which i still haven't blogged about... stay tuned for that one!), to apply to this!
i'm pretty happy with how these turned out, considering i pretty much just made them up as i went!

the final little bits and pieces to go into the bag, we originally had just loose in the bag, but thinking about it at midnight the night before... i came up with this idea...



i sealed the little bits and pieces into cellophane bags with little slips of paper: "refresh", with a few mints, "re-energise", with some lollies, and "recover", with a couple of panadol and a berocca.
and of course, i sealed them with some sewing on my machine :D

i was super keen to get these couple of things done, as i felt they were a fair representation of the bride, a keen quilter and crafter :D


what secret crafting have you been up to lately??