Giveaway winners !!!!

Hi.
Today I closed the entry for my second giveaway.
And now, I picked three names.
As the previous time, I wrote down all your names on recycled paper, and cut them in pieces, and put in a box.


Then, my boyfriend drew three pieces from them.
He took quite a long time,,, he wanted to do it fair.
(Then, he got tired and is sleeping now...)


Here are the three winners! I made three gifts and chose by myself which would fit them.

The first winner is Maevy.
I thought this color fits her.



I also made this for her. It's a small wreath with a tiny sarubobo.


I hope she likes it too.

And I put my handmade tags too (* v *)!!!!!


The second winner is Kris from Iowa(There are two Kris in the box).
I couldn't leave a comment on her blog, so if you are Kris, please write me your address. -> maimairuru(at)gmail(dot)com. Thank you!


She wrote about Bo-chan in her comment, so I chose this bag with a Bo-chan tag.


The wreath for her is this.


I hope she could enjoy them all.


The last winner is Laura and Kelly Allen. I couldn't believe it but she was the last person who left a comment on this post. It's miracle!
I chose her this pouch with double gauze fabric.



I made a wreath with purple Sarubobo plush.



Thank you very much for everyone who left a comment on the post. I'm sorry I could send only for three persons, but please wait for my third giveaway.

Now, I'm making more wreathes in different sizes (* v *). It's easy and fun to make. I made the wreathes with paper code. It's cheap and easy to get here in Japan.

Have a good weekend for you all!

Leather tags and a linen pouch with the tag

I made leather tags with tiny pieces of scraps. It's very simple and easy to make.
I cut leather in 3.6 cm x 2 cm (1.5 inches x 0.8 inches).


I punch them three holes. I made a pattern with thick paper, and put it on the pieces to check where I should punch. I also used these small circle pieces too!


I cut a piece of fabric as the same size as the tag.


I put the piece on the back of the leather piece, and put little glue on the place of a hole.


Then I put the circle piece on the glue, and pushed the piece into the hole. I used a pen to push it well. I put three pieces in the same way.


Then I cut the excess fabric.


The front side is this.


I made a lot.


At last, I made four holes at the corners with a stiletto, so I can sew the tag on my items.


That's all!


Then, I made a linen pouch and put the tag on it.


This is made of white linen from SWANY. I sewed it with Sashiko cotton thread.

I also put a small piece of leather at the code, as the stopper.


But I made a mistake. I used different color of leather as the tag...


It's easy to use leather on your project and it makes handmade items more gorgeous, isn't it?

How to make a patchwork Lanyard, with fabric scraps.

Last week, I made two Lanyards with fabric scraps again. It's similar to my patchwork string, but I put a cotton tape on the back for this.


I write here how I made them. I used a piece of leather on it.
So to make it, you need,
* Fabric scraps
* 1.5cm(0.5 inches) width of Cotton tape(or Linen tape), 90cm(1 yard) long
* A piece of leather (1.5cm x 4cm/ 0.5 inches x 1.6 inches)
* A pair of rivet
* Swivel snap
* Tool to rivet, hole punch, riveting tool, rubber plate and a hammer

At first, cut your favorite fabric pieces in 3cm(1.2 inches) width, and totally it should be 90cm(1yard) long.


Sew them and cut it in 90cm(1yard) long.


Open the allowances and iron it.


Fold it in the width of the tape and iron it.


Put it on the tape and sew them together at the both edge lines.


I finished sewing.


Before putting the leather piece, glue the two ends together.
I used my favorite Japanese fast-dry glue.


Put it on the one end, and put the other end on it.


Cut a piece of leather, in 1.5 cm x 4 cm(0.5 inches x 1.6 inches).


These are my tools for rivet.


Make two holes 5mm(0.2 inches) from both ends.


Put a swivel snap on the center of the leather piece and put it at the end of the lanyard. Then make a hole on the lanyard to put a rivet.


Put a pair of rivets at the hole, and rivet it. I use this rivet tool and wood hammer.


Finish!



I wanted to make Japanese taste Lanyards.

But it might be too simple. Umm...


Now I'm out of swivel snaps. I'm preparing two more, but I should wait...

Thank you for reading it.
Have a good day (* v *)!!!!!

Yokohama Jazz Festival

Thank you very much for all your comments on my previous post. I'm really happy to read them. I didn't imagine if you would leave so many comments, but I read it one by one every day. Thank you (* v *)!!!!

By the way, last weekend, we went to the Yokohama Jazz festival which was held once in a year.
Before we found a Jazz live, I noticed there was a live of Senegal musician's also.
I like percussion the best, so we sawed it at first.(Though my boyfriend likes Jazz better...)

I enjoyed it very much! They are so powerful. One of them broke the stick because he beat it too strongly.

After the session started, there came lots of people hearing the strong beats.

I enjoyed it very much under the beautiful sky.

Then we went to the next place to listen to Jazz.

It was also beautiful session.

And the outside of the building, there was another stage.

It was the space to repair big ship originally. So this is called dockyard garden.
The garden is under this building.

The highest building in Japan. I used to work in the 47th. floor before. I enjoyed the beautiful sight every day.


Children didn't stay sitting. They were playing always and I enjoyed seeing them.


I found a cute girl and her mother. They both put cute boots. I think their clothes are very Japanese.

At the second day, we went to a street to listen to younger people's Jazz sessions.

They were not good enough, but everybody enjoyed it.
I saw some stages this day too, and enjoyed them very much.
I don't listen to CDs so much, but I love listening to the lives. In this street, once a week some young people do the street lives in the night and when I worked near the street before, I used to go to listen to.

But I was surprised when I was in San Francisco. i could see many street lives there, and they all are very high quality!!!!! I wanted to live there to enjoy more lives...