I love these little doorstops I have a grip seal bag inside mine the first one I made I used sand but this one is filled with rice and took a 1kg bag.

Ive figured out how to make them now without any zips or hand sewing, but with a concealed opening so that you can fill the bag inside with rice, lentils etc and this way you can get into it easily to change the rice etc should it start to perish.

The machine she was showing was my sewing machine that I bought in June this year. I had also picked up a lovely pale blue remnant whilst out last week so decided I would finally make my cushion, so with the aid of some pink gingham and plain white fabric, here it is.

I love it.

This fabric matched perfectly with the gold tone so I made 4, then LouP on UKscrappers asked for help with a simple sewn gift idea she wanted to make and I remembered that I had seen a door stop idea in a mag and on the net.

So I decided I would make one with the left over fabric from my cushions.  I added a bit of applique detail using scraps of fabric and felt.

I designed a simple house shape and cut the pattern from card using my Pazzles Inspiration, which I then drew around onto the fabric and cut.

I used an applique stich which is on my sewing machine.

I have filled the inside with sand which is inside a ziplock bag and added just a bit of toy stuffing on top before I stitched it closed.

I love how it has turned out and think I will be making more of these.

I used some plain black as a border around the top just to break it up a bit.

The flowers are felt which I cut using a Sizzix Bigz die and my cuttlebug.

Cute dont you think?

Ive put makeup in it but will probably use it for sewing or craft items.

I made the pouches on the front different sizes and when its not in use it folds up flat.

Cute dont you think? I love it. You can find it in my Folksy shop if you would like to buy one. The link is in the sidebar.

What do you think?

I made it from some scrap fabric I had left over from the little tote bag I made for my daughter, and some felt for the inside.

The Ipod fits inside completly and the earphones have their own little pocket, I love it.

So I decided I would make another wreath, I cut circles from felt and made them into spiral flowers to add a bit of depth and interest.

I used lots of buttons and stickles as highlights.

Hope you like it.