I've been stitching again, this time with my machine and all sorts of scraps of fabric and ribbon.
I've made a whole set of tags for my sister and her family.
She can use them, re-use them, give them away, or put them away, it's up to her.
She might use them on gifts, or as meal table place markers, or hang them on door handles.
She could label shoe bags, luggage, tools, gadgets or lunches.
They could be bookmarks or coatpeg labels.
Each one is 3in by 4in, and has a basic layer of cream damask, onto one side of which I stitched fragments of fabrics such as chunky corduroy, or printed cotton, and then to the other side I added ribbons or lace, using those short pieces left over from other projects. Somewhere on each tag is a piece of twill with a name stamped on.
Finally I threaded a large eyed needle with a length of narrow ribbon, pushed it through from front to back, and knotted the ends.
There are frayed edges and visible stitching, all intentional, and lending a certain rustic charm, l reckon.
Bye for now
Eleanor
xx
Wow! I absolutely love these. They would be great to hang on the kid's bedroom doors. I am thinking I may do a set to go on the chairs on Christmas day or to tie on to the Christmas stockings. I have a big box of scraps that would lend themselves very well to this project.
Posted by: Joy | May 11, 2011 at 12:21 PM
How inventive! I have masses of bits of ribbon and I will definitely try these. Thanks for a great idea.
Posted by: Catriona | May 11, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Such sweet little tags and all so unique.
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy | May 11, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Beautiful tags, love them x
Posted by: Debbie Roberts | May 12, 2011 at 07:33 AM
They are gorgeous.
Posted by: Lynne V | May 12, 2011 at 07:48 AM
These are stunningly gorgeous
Posted by: Scrapdolly | May 14, 2011 at 05:15 PM
These are just fantastic! So very beautiful! and what a great idea ...
Posted by: alexa | May 15, 2011 at 09:12 AM
Love all the tags especially the beach hut one x tfs x
Posted by: Jayne | May 16, 2011 at 06:33 PM