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Sewing over at Emmaline Bags

August 12, 2012 by Abby 6 Comments

British Stamps Bag

Today I’m doing a guest post for Janelle over on her blog, Emmaline Bags. Janelle is in the process of moving from Australia back to Canada…I don’t think you could pick a longer trip! Understandably, she hasn’t got a lot of time for blogging at the moment, so she’s got some friends helping out.

Janelle’s blog is all about hand bags! She sells some patterns and bag hardware and there’s lots of tutorials all related to bags.

If you’ve seen my bag series, Build a Bag, then you’ve already seen one of Janelle’s patterns, the Emmaline.

Seeing as Janelle’s blog is all about bags, I thought I’d stick with the theme and tell you about a bag I’ve made. This bag is covered in British Postage stamps! Head on over to Janelle’s blog to check it out!

Filed Under: Chit Chat Tagged With: Bags, Sewing, Things for Mums, Upcycled/Repurposed

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  1. Cliodana says

    August 14, 2012 at 3:23 am

    love love love i have a stamps collection with a lot of ”double” stamps! now i know what to do with it thank’s a lot

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    • thingsforboys says

      August 15, 2012 at 11:28 am

      Do let me know if you end up making a ‘stamps bag’! I’d love to see it!

      Reply
  2. Laura says

    August 15, 2012 at 7:00 am

    That’s amazing. I just assumed you used some stamp fabric. What a brilliant effect.

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    • thingsforboys says

      August 16, 2012 at 10:20 am

      Thanks Laura!

      Reply
  3. Janelle MacKay says

    August 15, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    Thank you so much for the Guest post!! I am forever in debt to you and hope to some day return the favour. It’s a shame I didn’t meet you a few years ago, and now I’m off to Canada and we’ll be chatting in different time zone. Back to the bag… now you’ve got me shopping stamps! Janelle

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    • thingsforboys says

      August 16, 2012 at 10:20 am

      You’re most welcome Janelle. I hope the move goes smoothly.

      Reply

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