Denise Clason Studios~Sewing & Quilting author

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who own my Quilted Bags and Totes Book, you’ll be excited to see that I’ve re-created several of the bags in the book! If you don’t have the Quilted Bags and Totes Book, well… you’ll want one, now!

Rikki’s Bag is a favorite in the book. I changed the look by using some prints Brenda Pinnick sent to me. Her fabrics are to die for and need to be in your stash! The collection is called, “Opulance” by Henry Glass & Co.

As you can see, her fabrics make a great looking bag! The size is perfect for make-up or any other objects you want to keep organized. Great gift idea! 

5.5″ x 8″ x 5″

Aren’t these just great Opulent prints by Brenda Pinnick!!! I love them all!

Allie’s Purse is on the cover of Quilted Bags and Totes. This bag is made from printsndy Pierce. They collection is called, “Decora Flora by Mitzi Paxwell” her daughter’s imaginery friend. (so cute) and made by Camelot Cottons.

Allie's Bag by Denise Clason

Another great bag, notice the use of trims! I love trims and this bag shows them off! 8.5″ x 15″ x 3″

Decora Flora by Mindy Pierce

Aren’t these great prints by Mindy Pierce! I love how the colors all work together!

Amber's Tote by Denise Clason

Amber’s Tote is a GREAT bag for gifts! It is 16″ x 12″ and sew easy to make! Notice the use of trims, again!

You can buy a signed copy of the book by visiting my Denise Clason’s website!

SoHo by BJ Lantz

This is only a portion of the SoHo collection. Find the rest of her fabric collection and others on BJ Lantz’s website.

I hope you enjoyed seeing new ways to make bags! Please contact me if you are interested in my Quilted Bags and Totes book!

Have a great day!

Denise

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by the Sizzix Blog Hop! Just a little intro here… Scoreboards are a brand new kind of die designed for Sizzix by my designer friend, Eileen Hull. Her ScoreBoards are cut and scored from matboard to make boxes, totes and folders.  As the ship date for the dies gets closer, Eileen realized that the best way to show them off was to ask some of her designer friends to play with them and see what they could whip up. I was delighted to be included with this fabulous group of designers! Just wait till you see what we have done! Follow our Blog Hop (see links, below) to see what other designers created using the Cupcake scoreboard die!

one of the eight ScoreBoard dies will be featured

on our blogs so you can get a peek at the dies...

THIS week is Blog Hop #2, using the Small Cupcake die!

Check out these other blogs who made designs using the Cupcake die:

Lorine Mason

Brenda Pinnick Fanatics

Laura Bray

Barbara Matthiessen

Jennifer Ellefson

I decided to create a Cupcake Pin Cushion---

I used another friends fabric, BJ Lantz, to decorate the bottom of the cupcake and her coordinating print for the top of the cupcake. The button on the top is an antique round buttons, too perfect to leave off!

I glued the cupcake to a painted terra-cotta tray, so that the pin cushion will stay put when in use!

Pin Cushion made from a scoreboard cupcake, designed by Eileen Hull for Sizzix.

Isn’t is CUTE! This is what you’ll need to create the pin cushion:

Cupcake Pin Cushion

by Denise Clason

(1) small scoreboard cupcake from Sizzix, by Eileen Hull

3″ x 6″ red print

10″ square green print

6″ red rick-rack

(1) 3/4″ round button, red

(1) 4″ painted terra-cotta tray

3″ x 6″ heavy weight fusible webbing

(1) 2 oz. bottle Fabric Tac by Beacon(r)

Sharp paper knife, Excel or Exacto, cutting mat

Heavy thread, large needle

Stuffing

Instructions:

1. Iron fusible webbing to wrong side of red print. Remove paper.

2. Press onto the right side of the cupcake scorecard. Be sure to place a paper underneath the cardstock while pressing fabric onto cupcake, to keep fusible off of ironing board.

3. With knife and cutting mat, cut off excess fabric around the cubcake scorecard. Be careful while cutting, go slow! Remove excess fabric. Gently bend the cupcake to make a circle.

4. With the Fabric Tac, overlap and glue the two ends together. Secure with a clothes pin or heavy clip. Let dry.

5. Fold the green print in half, and then in half again to make a square. Cut a semi-circle around the raw edges to create a circle of fabric.

6.  With needle and heavy thread, make running stitches along the edges. Gather the stitching. Leave a hole large enough to stuff with stuffing. Pull stitching tight and tie a knot.

7. You may want to stitch the opening closed and then push the needle up through the top center of the green fabric, put the button onto the needle and push needle back down through the fabric. Pull gently to give it a slight “tuck.” Tie a knot at the end.

8. Put Fabric Tac around the inside of the cupcake in a few places. Push the fabric top into the cupcake base, moving the gathers and tucking in where needed.

9. With the Fabric Tac, glue the rick-rack around the bottom of the cupcake.

10. Glue the cupcake into the tray. Let dry.

Enjoy! Follow the Scoreboard  Blog Hop!

Denise

www.deniseclason.com