Handmade Monday 158

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What a week!  This week saw my digital stamps in Digital Crafting Essentials, my Easter cards in Craftseller magazine...

and one of my Thank You cards (which was in a previous issue of Craftseller) has apparently found a new lease of life in Wedding Invites magazine!  It's rather nice when that happens (not least because they pay you again!).

I've also been sewing this week.  Sewing World liked the scissor keeper heart I made a few months back, so I made them a new one, which will feature in an upcoming issue.  There's a sneak peek of it above.

I also made an applique bag for my sister's 60th birthday (I can't quite believe she's 60 - where did all that time go?).  The gorgeous patterned fabric (from Wholeport) in my scissor keeper (above) also featured in the bag - I love the bright colours and I still have some left over so it might even resurface in another project too!

can you tell there's a duck in there somewhere?

The duck applique is going to form part of a pattern for another Sewing World project (it seems everything is being recycled this week - magazine articles, fabric, applique patterns!).

I've had a lovely day sewing the bag today.  Well, it's always lovely until the seam ripper comes out!

What's been happening in your world?

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