a sweet little canvas bag... by leeann pearce

Hello Linnie Blooms fans. Today I wanted to share another sweet but simply project I made using one of the 9x11 inch canavs blanks.

I made this little canvas bag for my youngest daughter as she has a love for bags of any kind. She loves to just stuff what ever she can in them.

One of her favorite animals is elephants because she remembers them from our Thailand trip.

 anyway so this is it...

- I simply cut a piece of fabric measuring the same size as the canvas.

- I also made a elephant template and cut this out using scraps of fabrics.

- I used a canvas heart and cut in two and used them as leaves for the red fabric flower.

- Once the shapes were cut out i pinned everything in place and used a zig zag machine stitch.

- I went around twice.

NOTE: At this stage it was time to machine stitch the large piece of fabric I had cut out. 

- I used some scraps of ribbon to create the carry handles and machine stitch them in place.

So you can see how easy it really was. 

There are so many great ways to used this canvas blank. 

I certainly loved making this little bag for jorja!

Thanks for popping by Leeann Pearce

a sweet canvas for the home - using linnie blooms canvas shapes...with leeann pearce

Hello Linnie Blooms fans, I hope you are all well and have been creating up a storm with Linnie Blooms canvas products!

So today I am sharing a sweet canvas I made for the home.

Lets check it out! 

When I am creating  I don't feel that I have to paint it and ink it every time. Sometimes it looks perfect in it natural state. It already has shape and texture. It might just need a touch of detail. And that's how I have used the canvas shapes today! I simply glued the canvas shapes into a window and added some hand stitching detail. I also layer and hand stitched a  small canvas heart onto the bird for it's wing. I added some flair to the larger heart and buttons to the owl shape.

So there you have it... I hoped you enjoyed my simply but sweet canvas.

Thanks

>>>Leeann Pearce<<<

http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/

Simple bunting using linnie blooms canvas shapes... with Leeann Pearce

Hello Linnie Blooms fans... I hope you all had a wonderful valentines day yesterday. I'm sure there was lots of I LOVE YOU and chocolate and wine and kisses and and and....

This month also happens to be the month that I was married we will be celebrating 12 years!

-ain't that just sweet!

Anyway I decide to create a little off the page project for my home, I've had this pink paislee tray for a while and really wanted to semi embellish it.

My intention was to keep it simple with little color ... because I plan to display amazingly  awesome photos I have captured of my children.

"Simply Bunting using linnie blooms canvas shapes"

Step 1: Gather an assortment of shapes and line them up and machine stitch.

Step 2:  Add a tiny bit of detail to them. A stamped pattern and a couple of wooden buttons hand-stitched on.

That's it, told you it was simple!

Now just add it to your embellish tray, photo frame, scrapbook page or card. 

Totally up to you.

Thanks Leeann Pearce

MY BLOG: http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/

shabby jar huggers by leeann pearce

Hello Linnie bloom fans!

Today is my first post ...and yes i have been busy in my space creating some shabby jar huggers!

Jars are on trend everywhere... I love them because of the many wonderful things we can do with them! 

anyway lets check out my shabby jar huggers.

Starting here - I used the 11" x 9" canvas blank and cut this into 3 strips. Now I don't measure everything  I eye ball everything. 

I am very much a random freestyler. 

So you just relax and go with it ok! 

- Unpick one end of the trim canvas.

 - Cut a small piece of elastic and loop in unpicked end.

- Machine stitch elastic in place and zigzag all the way round.

- Gather together assorted fabrics, hessian, lace and  ribbon  what every strips of fabrics that are lying around.

- Cut at random lengths and layer.

-  Layer assorted fabrics on base and machine stitch in place.

- Now simply finished off by layering  clusters of embellishments such as buttons, metal alphas/numbers, doilies,  linnie blooms canvas shapes and flowers.

- Finish off by hand stitching with embroidery thread for extra detail.

NOTE: Be sure to add a large button at the opposite end for elastic to loop onto.

 ...and here they all are shabby jar hugging.

Thanks for popping by and you can see more of my work at 

http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/

Leeann Pearce